"Sometimes You Get Lucky..."

So I'm prepping the Mighty ZZR (she prefers to be referred to in that manner: the Mighty ZZR) for the 3,500 or so miles I'll be doing soon: cleaning and oiling the air filter, changing the engine oil and filter, mounting new tires, checking over everything for anything not quite right, etc. As I remove the rear tire and give it a hearty bounce prefatory to rolling it over and wrestling off the retiring rubber, I notice it just doesn't feel right. The tire pressure must be off. But that's odd, I think, because I just rode this bike a couple days ago and it was fine. Then something gleaming from the surface of the tire catches my eye. Sumbitch! How fortunate that the tire was minutes away from the trash anyway, huh?

Sometimes you just get lucky...



Incidentally, the ZZR1200's new shoes are Avon Storms, the replacement for the Avon Azaros, which have performed very well for me. I expect the Storms to be even better. My buddy Greg even mounted Storms on his CBR, and I'll be doing the same soon, though I admit I've had reservations about putting an ST tire on a 160hp liter bike. Greg's tires performed great on his CBR in Arkansas, though. You just have to remember that they don't warm up nearly as fast as a sport tire.

With the Azaros on my ZZR, I was able to get 6,000 miles out of the rear ... versus less than 4,000 miles with anything else I tried. Some ZZR owners report higher mileage (they must not be a throttle monkey like yours truly). As they say, your mileage may vary.