Rear tyre is looking a bit, er... bald...

[rhone81]

Need the bike to get to work tomorrow, about a 30 mile round trip and then 10 miles to garage next Tuesday (bike won't be in use over weekend). Rear tyre is a Pirelli Diablo on an R6. Will be taking it easy, but wanted to know if it'll last...

[Kal]

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[kawakid]

Wouldn't even ride it to a bike shop a mile from my house. You need to take the wheel off and take it to the tyre place.
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[Ichy]

Should be OK if you keep swerving left and right, there's loads of tread left on the sides.



Big fine if you get stopped through.

[rhone81]

What's the tyre construction like underneath?

[stinkwheel]

Mate of mine rode a tyre in a similar state from the Forth road bridge to the tyre shop in Creiff last weekend (just over 30 miles). He made it. Take it REALLY easy, no sharp throttle opening or braking, expect it to deflate at any time.

DISCLAIMER: It is illegal to ride with a tyre like that and if you get done for it, don't be surprised when books get thrown. 2 points and a fine last time I looked.
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[hmmmnz]

plenty of life left in that, atleast a few hundred
lol, how did you let it get like that?? burnout??
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[_Will_]

When the wires are poking its not looking good.

Mate of mine had the same thing, left it in a garage n got a lift home.

Then someone else rode it 10 miles to be repaired.

Very risky, one catseye and its goodbye.

30 miles is really, really not a good idea
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[matthab]

If you keep the bike leaning onto the side with tread then youll be fine. But seriously not a good idea.
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[DEN MONKEY]

and if you need to brake hard because some twat pulls up in front of you and the rear blows out ? what then ?

fuck work. tell em I gave ya the day off .
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[bish777]

Someones been a bit overenthusiastic with the burnouts methinks.
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[SoND]

There's shit loads of tread left on it, except for that tiny little bit where the threads are showing but what do you think black duct tape is for? Cover that up and I say you're good to go for another few hundred miles.
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[Nb]

It might last it might not, hopefully for you it wont deflate and put you into a guard rail. I think knowing that you know its like that the choice is relatively simple.
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[kitty kat]

be careful, I had more tread than that, had a blow-out on motorway, luckily I stayed vertical and managed to get to hard shoulder. It is not worth the risk!
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[chris-red]

Do you go round corners at all?
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[Louise]

Dont think ive ever seen one look quite like that

[Philious]

Someone needs to cut back on the burnouts lol


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[Sharpy]

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I had a tyre that looked like that once and it went flat very soon afterwards.

[ram_doom]

I had a tyre that got to that stage, was going to use it for a bit before getting a new one... fortunately (in hindsight) it managed to deflate by itself one night, thus forcing me to replace it
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[stinkwheel]

They can go from just off the wear bar to that in not very long at all. There is very little rubber left at that point and if you get enthusiastic, it overheats and starts shedding big lumps of rubber. I have seen a lot of tyres like that.
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[Timmeh]

it'll only take one drop of diesel and you'll lose traction.

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[veeeffarr]

Apparently the rubber used to lay up the plies is different from the actual tread surface of the tyre, hence almost instant shreddage when they're extremely worn.

T

[rhone81]

Made it to and from work ok. No ton-up overtakes. Just need to nurse it to the garage on Tuesday.