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1cyl
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PostPosted: 16:27 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Sweating/Condensating Tyres? Reply with quote

As its raining, thought i'd stay in and have a garage sort out....
Soon find myself just standing with hands in pockets. Bent down to check grime factor and noticed that both my front and rear tyres are evenly and consistently moist, almost as if they are secreting?

Both my bikes are garaged in the same enviroment. But its only affecting the one bike, I assume because they are brand new tyres.
My fuel tanks are also sweating but this is nothing new to me. Both are brimmed with fuel as per winter check list Thumbs Up

Wise ole BCF, have you seen this before? Were you concerned about rubber degradation?
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PostPosted: 16:48 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Funnily enough, just spent an hour in my garage to fit a fender extender and noticed exactly the same thing, small layer of condensation on the panels and tyres a bit damp.

It is warm and rainy down here so must just be atmospheric conditions, I have left the cover off the bike to let it breathe a bit better but will give it another wipe down tomorrow, my tyres are not new though.

Did make it easier to give it a nice clean rub down though Very Happy
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

air temp in the tyre different to the air in the garage would give condensation
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Acemastr wrote:
air temp in the tyre different to the air in the garage would give condensation


Agreed. And condensation forms on surfaces with only fractional temperature difference behind them. My garage temp doesn't fluctuate too rapidly, (currently around 10degrees) I haven't ridden the bike for a week, so surely the tyre and air inside it are going to be at pretty much the same temp? Gdj444 is experiencing it on older tyres and its only happening on one of my bikes Thinking says to me maybe it's got to be compound related?
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think its the same stuff as they salt the roads with. That never dries either as is slippery as ice imo.
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PostPosted: 19:19 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

andi wrote:
I think its the same stuff as they salt the roads with. That never dries either as is slippery as ice imo.


They salt the roads with rocksalt.
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 15 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

andi wrote:
I think its the same stuff as they salt the roads with. That never dries either as is slippery as ice imo.


Salt is hydroscopic. That's why it appears to stay wet; it's harder to dry than clean road.
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PostPosted: 01:08 - 16 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

*hygroscopic

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PostPosted: 14:08 - 17 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

From what i can tell it definitely has something to do with salt on the roads, my winter bike is dripping on the garage floor but nothing on my summer bike and they are parked right next to each other - you can see on the engine case too where the spray from the front wheel has hit and there is water droplets below a line and above there is nothing - so I washed it, first time this winter normally i would of waited until christmas
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