part worn tyres

[Lyam]

My new bike tht I pick up in Saturday has got new tyres recently fitted, qualifiers and in August I plan on going touring, instead of wrecking the new tyres I'm looking to fit some part worns, mainly should the front and back be the same? Or could I get away with just putting a part worn on the rear?

[_Iain_]

Put part worn roadriders on, tread was ridged up to fuck and crashed within a week or two.

Put part worn qualifiers on & ended up munching a tyre every 4k.

To the point;

Just go and buy a new set. It'll be marginally more expensive, last longer & you wont have to do your touring on tyres someones already squared off for you. If you're touring in august you'll have trashed the qualifiers by then anyway
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[kitty kat]

I won't even put part worn on my car, wouldn't even dream of part worn on a bike.

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[woo]

i only use part worns no way im paying £200+ for a pair of tyres.

i have been using part worns since 2004 and have not had an issue just i only take tyres that have a minium of 4mm thread left and are not squared off.

i dont have a problem with punture repaired tyres as the best ive had are tyres which have got a punture in less than 400 miles and been repaired fitted to the bike for £30 all in.

my trip to scotland from london in 2007 the rear had 3 punture repairs and had no issues.
so long its had a proper repair should be fine

have a good long search on ebay or tyre shops
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[DrDonnyBrago]

I change tyres as and when they run out, mix brands/models and I get on fine with it.

Currently have a "part worn" 50% left pirelli ST rear and a brand new Michelin PR3 front. Feels fine, although the front is a little lazy.

[_Iain_]

But given the deals watlings usually have on...

Subtract the £30 for fitting to two loose wheels & chuck that into tyre fund. Add £20 & you have a pair of BRAND NEW tyres. They'll fit for free anything they supply, so it just doesnt make sense not to really, especially given the price of anything half decent on ebay anyway.

I get what you're saying about it being a case of when you get five miles down the road they're part worn, however - how old are your part worns? Half the tat on ebays past its best & the rubbers gone off/hardened up so not offering optimal grip.

Plus the roadriders had a realy dodgy feathering/ridging on the tread from what i can only assume was incorrect storage & such - which you couldnt tell till after they'd been fitted!

Might just be the suppliers i've used. Dodgy as fook though.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

A big part of buying part worns is fitting them yourself.

Spending twice as much on fitting part worns compared to new eats up quite a bit of the saving.


For the record, I made a wheel balancer and bead breaker and bought tyre levers/wheel weights/rim protectors/valves/lube for about £20 all in.

[P.addy]

M&P have Diablo Stradas for £139 the set. 120/180 sizes. Bought some for R1 for touring.

https://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=902115

+1 to Iain's dodgy Avon, I'm using it now, makes for some amazing cornering, you look boss and you drift your 125 whilst having it skip massively to the side.

[c-m]

I did a full tour on a set of Supercorsa Scrubs. Excellent grip, and warmed warmed up fast in the wet too.

Downside was the front blew out about 40 miles from the Channel Tunnel on the way back, and once back the rear only lasted another 100 miles.

Still for £60 fitted I got over a good few thousand miles out of them.

[Lyam]

Definitely going down the route of part worns then, really don't want to ruin a new setvof qualifiers!

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[Pete.]

Used part-worn tyres many times. It's no different to re-fitting a tyre you removed yourself.

My local Watlings fixed a puncture in a loose tyre and fitted it to a wheel (that they removed th eold tyre off) for a tenner this week, mind you I did also have four new tyres fitted to my daughter's car.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Lyam]

[P.addy]

Or just buy their 190's .. they have those too.

But yes, I'm putting a 180 55 17 on my R1 which currently has a 190 55 17.

[Pete.]

[evoboy]

[Red Devil]

I have a set of Metzeler Racetec scrubs I'm selling if you're interested? They will last for ages while touring...honest
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