Just curious what ya'll think about the wear on this tire and HOW MUCH tread wear you think I might have left (if any).
Ordinarily...I wouldn't even ask, but I'm going on a 2000 mile round trip (mostly interstate driving) to South Dakota to photograph wild horses...I feel like there is plenty of tread, but I have a new front in my garage...but I'd also like to get my money's worth out of the current tire WITHOUT jeopardizing my health. :laugh
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What say you?
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If you're at or near the wear bars, replace the tire. Or if they're over 5 years old, consider replacing them. If you're asking, it's likely time to replace the tire. It's really that simple.
Yup, I agree with Mark. If you have to ask the question then it is time to change it.
Otherwise you will be spending a great deal of time examining and wondering about your tire during the ride.
Put a new one on now and you will have a safer and more enjoyable trip.
Don't replace your tire. That will be one less Bernie or Killary voter. Just pointing this out--what's your life worth? More than the price of a tire? Then do it. Otherwise.....
I think it is his front tire as he says "...I have a new front in my garage...but I'd also like to get my money's worth out of the current tire WITHOUT jeopardizing my health."
To me the front is more important than the back. If the back slips you can live with it... if the front slips, that's a scary moment and you could go down hard.
Yeah mate nothing like the feeling of skating your front wheel into a turn when a sudden downpour of rain happens, that adrenalin rush as you realise your front hoop is no longer in full contact with the road, the way everything slows as your heartbeat quickens and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up!
You darent touch your front brake but you know instinctively that you're going just that bit too fast and you're praying that this puddle of water crossing the road is gonna end soon!
You breathe a sigh of relief as you feel the front regain contact with the road.
Aquaplaning on a worn front tyre is a terrific feeling.
Been there once with an old Avon Roadrunner, the older ones amongst you will remember the Avon Roadrunner the tyre that never seems to wear out but has abysmal wet weather grip, specially when old and almost worn out.
Front tires are nothing to be taken for granted...
It's a beautiful summer day in southern Idaho, I am singing down a secondary adjacent to the I-15. We head east at Idaho Falls towards Jackson WY, and pull into the first bar we see. I roll up to the line of bikes and back my trusty steed in. Just then an old school Road King pulls up, with a weathered Satan's Choice rider on it. We exchange head nods and my buddy and I head in for a cold beer. We saddle up to the bar order a couple brews and 2 shots of Fireball. The old club member sits down to my right and orders the exact same thing. I turn and tell him what excellent taste he has. He says to me... You need a new front tire junior! I said what are you talking about? You on drugs old man? That tire only has 9000km on it... Old weathered biker replied. "It's got nothing to do with the mileage, do as you wish it's your funeral"
My hombre and I drink our beer, smash our shots and proceed to the parking lot. I light a cigarette and begin the visual on the front tire. I see minor weather cracking and a little tiny bubble the size of a dime top dead center. As I am finishing the visual, weathered club member saunters out the front door. He says, "You see that there bubble?" I look again at the tire and respond with a yes. He says, " That tire is going to blow out on you before you make it to Jackson." I say thanks for the advice but I have been riding bikes my whole life.
My buddy and I fire our scoots up and **** off out of there. The weather is dynamite and there is minimal traffic as its a Tuesday afternoon at the end of June. We get on this secondary with some decent twisties and grab a hand full of throttle. We make it to Wilson WY and decide to pull in for fuel and another deliciously cold beer. As I am getting back on my bike I notice the little bulge has doubled - tripled in size. We tear ass out of there heading east. As we are approaching the Snake River bridge, I hear what I thought was a gun shot!!! My bike goes into some kind of weird speed wobble, massive head shake. I manage to get her slowed down and onto the shoulder 150 ft from the start of a steep embankment... Front tire is blown and my fender is fucked. I should have listened to the old biker...
This is just my way of doing things but I'll share it. If I have the slightest question about my front tire I replace it. The day I can't afford to replace a set of tires is the day I'll sell my bike. It's your life and you are free to do as you wish with it but I hope you decide to replace it.
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