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Originally Posted by Craig380
A long, long time ago, I was having a Michelin M38 fitted on my Suzi X5. The tyre fitter had just finished putting a back tyre on a Z1300, and he said the owner had a new one fitted every 6 weeks. He went on to say that "if he waited until he was doing 15 or 20mph before he nailed it, the tyres would last twice as long."
That stuck with me, and ever since, I've always tended to ease away from a stop rather than giving it a fist-full (unless necessary, obv), and only wind it on once doing 15mph or so.
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It's probably kinder to the chain and transmission too.
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