Are These Tires Used Enough? - Page 2 - Tires - VFR Discussion - Page 2

Just returned home from the Radar / Huckleberry Nuptials, with a side trip to Wenatchee to visit with the silent cassandtim.

Got a little rain in the last 25k or so, and once in the garage I did a quick check.

Do these look used enough to you?   I figure I got around 9000 miles out of them, including the 5400 from the cross US trip last month.

Dam slabs take their toll.

Good thing I've got a set of Pilot Road 4's on order and install next week.

Geesh!

Just use a sharpie on them.

I was thinking I could just do a couple wraps of black electrical tape, then ride it over to the shop for install.

It'd be interesting to see the look on their face?

Seriously though, taking the tires off for mounting - won't be riding / pushing my luck any further.

One good smokey burnout should kill it.

Tony,

I headed down to Orlando a few years on my VFR. Thought I had enough tread to get down there and was going to pick up set of sale tires at Cycle Gear...new pavement on I-75 and some high speed runs to get the lost time back from an accident and when I stopped to fuel up in Lake City? just north of Gainesville I gave the bike a quick once over...saw the cord showing on the rear not quite as bad as yours.

Rode the last hour or so into Orlando with one cheek constantly off the seat to keep the bike rolled over off of the center of the cord...rode it to Cycle Gear the next day and pulled it off in the parking lot for them mount the new one.

I would say you got your money's worth from that one. Glad you made it home without issue.

i used to have tires like that when young and broke as hell-- now that im old and broke as hell- i dont ride with them like that anymore---

Plenty of meat left on the sides!!

Removed the front & rear for delivery to the local shop.  Now shot with brand new PR 4's.

First time I've removed - replaced the front myself. Took her out for a good 400k run and everything feels great.

The new 4's sure feel good, very whickable side 2 side.

As for the meat on the side, with over 85,000 km on her now, I'm more of a (touring) lover than a (corner) fighter. 

I would never use a tire that far! :ohmy:

I  see  the  air   ...

That tire is a sure pop!!!

3 years ago I'm heading to Sturgis and I'm about 3 hours out when my chord starts to poke through. I drop into the Honda dealership first thing Sunday morning - closed of course, after all, why would you be open during bike week ... hmm. Next door is a big HD dealership. Hey, I figure they handle Buell.

I wheel the bike over to the service department and after a time of non-eye contact I ask if they would happen to have any brand of 180/55-17 in stock.

"We don't service your kind around here".

"I realize that, but would you happen to have a tire".

"Nope".

"Don't you service Buell, they'd probably have a common size".

"Nope", and they both left ... nice!

By the time I got to Sturgis I had about a 1" strip of chord showing. That was a little intense.

I would never use a tire that far! :ohmy:

And no one expects you to. I don't think you can be 300 miles from anywhere in Europe and not be able to find a replacement.

Absolutely  the  best  rear  tire  ever.  100's  of  Dragon  passes. After  reading  one  of  CC's  posting  about  reversing  the  rear  after  one  side  had  wore  more  then  the  other  I  reverse  it  and  ran  it  for  4  more weeks  and  a  bunch  more  passes on  the Dragon . 

The  center section  never  changed  thickness  after   it  wore  to  this  height !!

Must  be  kevlar  !!!

Now that's the way to use up a tire - sides gone and tread remaining down the center! 

Absolutely  the  best  rear  tire  ever.  100's  of  Dragon  passes. After  reading  one  of  CC's  posting  about  reversing  the  rear  after  one  side  had  wore  more  then  the  other  I  reverse  it  and  ran  it  for  4  more weeks  and  a  bunch  more  passes on  the Dragon . 
The  center section  never  changed  thickness  after   it  wore  to  this  height !!

Absolutely  the  best  rear  tire  ever.  100's  of  Dragon  passes. After  reading  one  of  CC's  posting  about  reversing  the  rear  after  one  side  had  wore  more  then  the  other  I  reverse  it  and  ran  it  for  4  more weeks  and  a  bunch  more  passes on  the Dragon . 
The  center section  never  changed  thickness  after   it  wore  to  this  height !!

David,
I think you could sell that rear to one of our FL members! :-)

PS I flipped rear tires all the time at the track when it favored lefts or rights, never an issue.

:goofy:

I  am  a  believer  now  about  reversing   the rear  tire  .