Just changed tires and went from the Avon Venom to the Avon Cobra. Now before the "whys" start in, here is why, to date the tread splitting and other Avon issues has not happened on the on the 250 size tire. And getting almost 25k miles I am more than happy, and to make it more impressive I put a plug in at 6500 miles. Here are pics of the new / old rear tires together, and the rest show lots of wear left and the plugged hole on both sides.
Changing out the tires had nothing to do with the plug, or the wear, but there was starting to be some sidewall cracking, and I cannot ride with tires in that condition.
I do not hotrod this hound nor have I ever done a burnout with it. I need this bike to get me where I am going with no issues, long distance runs are the norm and this pup has been awesome so far.
Pablo, where are you, bring it Bro...
Just saying... :choppersmiley::choppersmiley:
new / old

see the plug

Now see the outside of the tire:






http://s151.photobucket.com/user/KnotSo/media/Big Dog/Avon Venom with plug/010_zps97e98f78.jpg.html
http://s151.photobucket.com/user/KnotSo/media/Big Dog/Avon Venom with plug/011_zps4944a540.jpg.html
Changing out the tires had nothing to do with the plug, or the wear, but there was starting to be some sidewall cracking, and I cannot ride with tires in that condition.
I do not hotrod this hound nor have I ever done a burnout with it. I need this bike to get me where I am going with no issues, long distance runs are the norm and this pup has been awesome so far.
Pablo, where are you, bring it Bro...
Just saying... :choppersmiley::choppersmiley:
new / old

see the plug

Now see the outside of the tire:






http://s151.photobucket.com/user/KnotSo/media/Big Dog/Avon Venom with plug/010_zps97e98f78.jpg.html
http://s151.photobucket.com/user/KnotSo/media/Big Dog/Avon Venom with plug/011_zps4944a540.jpg.html

What a great story. Thanks for sharing. My first set of tires on my Triumph didn't last long but the second set which were the same brand, etc are lasting forever with over 20,000 miles. I couldn't tell you why. Oh well. :2thumbs: