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mudcow007
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Squaring off tyres Reply with quote
You commuters out there, how long do your tyres last before they look like Kryton's head from Red Dwarf?

I havent checked the mileage on MOT's but I cant have ridden more than a few thousand miles at most an mine have got shoulders Sad

I do go around corners honest

pressures are checked every week or so.
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fazer usually starts to change shape at about 8000 miles on BT023's
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PostPosted: 18:13 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Re: Squaring off tyres Reply with quote
mudcow007 wrote:
You commuters out there, how long do your tyres last before they look like Kryton's head from Red Dwarf?

I havent checked the mileage on MOT's but I cant have ridden more than a few thousand miles at most an mine have got shoulders Sad

I do go around corners honest

pressures are checked every week or so.


I think it's far more to do with tyre pressure than riding in straight lines.
Have you tried putting in about 3 or 4 more PSI than recommended? And checking pressure every day? I had a slow air leak from my rear tyre that was coming from around the valve (not the core) and possibly the rim as well. I found I was losing increasing amounts of pressure overnight. I had to get this sorted out by a garage only a couple of weeks ago.
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PostPosted: 18:14 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
About 8000 on my Avon Storms, too, before the profile became too 'orrible.
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PostPosted: 18:43 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Enf's are square from new Smile
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ThatDippyTwat
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PostPosted: 19:36 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another vote for adding pressure, with the addendum, that *it feels right*.

Obviously, if it makes if feel like you're the star of a new Strictly spin-off with bikes, then it won't work. I run 5 psi higher in the rear, 3 in the front, but obviously this will differ with every bike and rider. I've found it works better with softer tyres.
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 08 Dec 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Shaggy D.A. wrote:
The Enf's are square from new Smile


Yup. More rubber on the road with square tyres.
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