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    Square back tyre

    My back tyre is getting very squared off, seems a real waste of rubber. Bike is gsx1100g ( shaft drive ). I wonder if some thrillseeker might make better use of the tyre for the rest of its life by wearing out the outer 3/4's faster than the rest of the middle?? (Metlzer MZ4)

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    Quote Originally Posted by zooter
    My back tyre is getting very squared off, seems a real waste of rubber. Bike is gsx1100g ( shaft drive ). I wonder if some thrillseeker might make better use of the tyre for the rest of its life by wearing out the outer 3/4's faster than the rest of the middle?? (Metlzer MZ4)

    You know zooter, it sounds like you desperately need to get out on a kiwibiker ride...
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zooter
    My back tyre is getting very squared off, seems a real waste of rubber. Bike is gsx1100g ( shaft drive ). I wonder if some thrillseeker might make better use of the tyre for the rest of its life by wearing out the outer 3/4's faster than the rest of the middle?? (Metlzer MZ4)
    Find some corners...
    Don't nail it on the straights...
    Get a dual compound...
    No more ideas.

    Even I wear more than the middle. (just)

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    Zooter: Sounds like you've been dropping a patch or two Where can I check them out

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    Quote Originally Posted by zooter
    My back tyre is getting very squared off, seems a real waste of rubber. Bike is gsx1100g ( shaft drive ). I wonder if some thrillseeker might make better use of the tyre for the rest of its life by wearing out the outer 3/4's faster than the rest of the middle?? (Metlzer MZ4)
    YOU SHOULD HIT THE CORNERS HARDER I KNOW THOSE BIKES CAN DO IT , IF ANY ONE EVER MET STEVE K FROM TREADS WHEN HE HAD ONE, DECKED OUT EVERYWHERE SPARKS COMEN OFF THAT FUCKER

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    Ditch it, get rid of it, abandon it, fit a new tyre and revel in the handling a new tyre brings, old square tyres are dangerous and make you think you bikes handling and suspension is shot.
    Take it from me, fitting a new tyre will make your bike more responsive and handle better, do it and you'll be convinced!!
    Don't do it and you will have a poor handling and dangerous missile.
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    Had my new tyre put on yesterday. Makes a big change from the square model I had before.

    You just need to find a loving corner freak for that tyre. Hey Stonechucker, you have the right sort of bike
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