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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HotRodZilla" data-source="post: 1431886" data-attributes="member: 13519">Do NOT, leave on a long trip with used tires on the bike. Many have tried and failed. Heat, speed, road surface, weight, tire compound, tire design and the phases of Jupiter put tire life all over the place. If you want to buy tires while on the road, do what you want. If you want to make a trip without worrying about it put new tires on before you go.As said above, there are lots of options. I really like running the 190/55s. I like that my speedo is closer to true. I really like the Bridgestone BT30 GTs. I just got back from a 4500 mile trip on Dunlop Roadmsart 3s and I don't know that I'll buy them again. They stuck really well, but if I would have been 2-up, I don't think they would have made the trip. Be sure you buy sport touring tires. Not sport tires and not touring tires.What I mean is, if you buy Michelin Pilot Power tires, you will run out of tire quickly. If you buy the Bridgestone Battle Ax sport versions, they'll stick, but only for about 2k miles. If you buy cruiser or GoldWing tires they may not have the stick you want. Make sense??On a long trip like this, find a way to hydrate. Many use CamelBaks which are super convenient. Don't do oil changes every 3k unless you like wasting money. Yamaha recommends every 4k and many of us do it every 5k. No one has ever had an oil related issue that hurt the FJR because they want an extra thousand or more between oil changes. The rest of it? Twist the throttle and have fun. The rest will come with time and reading up here. Just be careful, you CAN get in trouble in 2nd gear. Haha!</blockquote>

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