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R U 4 real?
A pair of tires will cost you 200 quid.
Liability in an insurance claim a lot more.
Loading on future policies.
Life and limb.
Its only a bike but it's only your' s and anyone else's safety.
Buy new tires FFS.
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/motorbike-tyres/ ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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You sure it says 2010 and not ZOLO?
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EazyDuz wrote: | Shaft wrote: |
After 38 years of riding bikes on the road, I can learn to live with lots of things, including crap brakes, but shit tyres is where I draw the line; that postage stamp sized contact patch is the only thing between staying topside and having your arse sliding down the black stuff, with all the dire consequences that might entail. |
Agreed.
While on the subject, is there a particular method best used to scrub in the new ones? They're really wide on my bike.
Front 130/90 16
Rear 170/80 15
Dont want to end up with a scrubbed in midsection and then two huge, lethal slippery chicken strips at the edge. I've never had two new tyres fitted at the same time either so I guess its just a case of gentle inputs and very gradual cornering for the first 1 or 200 miles? Would it benefit to purposely drop the PSI a touch for better contact? |
Release agents that require scrubbing in haven't been a thing for a good few years now.
Having said that, I wouldn't go decking the pegs straight out of the tyre shop, if only to get used to how your new tyres behave.
Even matched sets of tyres from the same company don't always perform in the same way as you would expect them to, so take it easy for a bit, until you've got used to how they feel. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Ask Paul Walker if he likes old tyres
When I got my DRZ years ago it still had the stock tyres fitted, still gripped fine but upon further inspection I could see cracks starting to form, so binned them. 8 years old and sat in the garage most of its life (600 miles on it). ____________________ KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM |
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The lifetime is 4-5 years as far as tyre dealers will say but....
As the rubber (natural product) degrades over time volatile compounds vaporise out. Sunlight affects it more and its why tyres have Carbon Black added as sun screen. UV protection.
I would use them but if you are doing any 'extreme' riding then best to replace.
Good quality tyres far exceed the general limits of duty placed on them by a big margin. They are not made just good enough. They are made to be much better than good enough.
Unless you buy cheap low quality shite.
https://www.ntda.co.uk/useful-links/tyre-ageing/ ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 321 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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