Can I borrow a wof legal tire?

[The Pastor]

Hey guys,

After almost getting a ticket yesterday I realised that I would be getting $800+ in fines :gob: so I really need to get a wof and a rego, but dont have the dosh for a tyre....


150/80/v16 is the tyre type I think.

I will only need it for about 20 mins :P

Any help would be great. (I would offer beer but I dont even have dosh for a six pack :bye: )

[bugjuice]

Go see Kerry at MotoHaus. He's hell bent on making sure we keep safe, and he's a top bloke. He's always said he'd help out with arrangements to make sure you don't go bald. Especially in weather like today.. Even if you ask if he's got any older tyres that someone has ditched

[Jantar]

Here's an idea, and please don't take it the wrong way. Sell your GPZ1000, and buy a bike that you can afford to ride and maintain. Your life may depend on it.

I would be shit scared to ride a bike with a tyre below wof standard. The tyre is unsafe way before it is worn to that extent. Just look at the profile. It will have 3 flatish sections with a sharp ridge between them. The handling will be shit, and the amount of grip uncertain to say the least.

As for borrowing a tyre just to get a wof... forget it. If a had a suitable tyre I would give it to you, but never lend it knowing what you would be putting back on the bike afterwards.

[crashe]

Hey guys,

After almost getting a ticket yesterday I realised that I would be getting $800+ in fines :gob: so I really need to get a wof and a rego, but dont have the dosh for a tyre....


150/80/v16 is the tyre type I think.

I will only need it for about 20 mins :P

Any help would be great. (I would offer beer but I dont even have dosh for a six pack :bye: )


Yep you were very lucky weren't you.......!

BTW the cop didn't even look at the WOF or Rego on my bike.
Just my license......

Go and buy a new tyre......

cos I saved you $230 bucks yesterday.
As I got the ticket and the copper told me he was also after you as well.
Unless you want to give me $115 for half the ticket... :whistle:

[scumdog]

Reading between the lines it seems you want to borrow a tyre for a WOF then put your rooted one back on?

If so that has to be (said in best Neil from The Young Ones voice)"the like stupidest of really really really stupid ideas man.":nono:

Don't be a dummy dude, GET a roadworthy tyre on your bike for keeps, sheesh!!.

[oldrider]

Hover your cursor over your green bling squares...I hope it is for all the "right" reasons! Think about it. Good luck. :yes: John.

[Crazy Steve]

Just dont fckn ride it...

Untill you can afford to.....

Makes sense to me....:yes:

Why cant people just fckn walk!!!!!!!

Crazy Steve..

[dawnrazor]

got to agree with the consensus here, no excuse for having shite rubber - it literally keeps you on the road, not in it.

[quickbuck]

:gob:


Concur with what has been said so far.

There is nothing to stop the policeman ticketing you for your bike not being up to WOF standard when you put your shite tyre back on.

As also said, most tyres are cr@p when they get to the WOF limit, and will not pump away standing water fast enough at any speed, let alone 100km/hr.

I know the police flick their bike tyres at 3mm.

Get a new one man.:yes:

[Badcat]

i'm with jantar.
FFS - try to impersonate a grownup and keep your bike off public roads you share with me and my family until it's safe.
Surely you're not stupid enought to borrow a tyre to get a WOF and then put an unsafe one back on?

[Beemer]

Can you imagine what would happen if you did as you planned and had an accident and were killed? Who do you think the police would be talking to first - yes, more than likely the poor bastard who gave you a WOF. There are enough dodgy vehicles on the road without you advertising that you want to join them. If the tyre you have on now is that bad it won't pass a WOF, it didn't get that way overnight so you should have budgeted for a replacement.

I can just see the outcry if a car owner posted a similar thread, you'd be up in arms saying how they were putting your life at risk. :nono:

[SwanTiger]

Here's an idea, and please don't take it the wrong way. Sell your GPZ1000, and buy a bike that you can afford to ride and maintain. Your life may depend on it.
That is some bloody good advice right there, advice you should seriously consider.

I picked up a second hand rear tyre for me bike for $50 from Cycle Treads, it was second hand, but near new condition, had huge chicken strips.

Anyone can afford $50 if the try hard enough.

If you are that strapped for cash go and wash car windows at the traffic lights in Auckland.

There is no excuse for having no money, opportunities are EVERYWHERE.

[Titanium]

Yeah dude, like what they all said......

The guys that ride with you have got to be nervous to .. no WOF, No REGO, NO back tyre.....

= Potential statistic..... :nono:

[Swoop]

Ditto what everyone is saying.
You only have 2 pieces of rubber connecting yourself with the tarseal...

We do not want to see another "biker down" thread if avoidable.

[Motig]

Agree with all the advice given. You would have to be stupid to ride with a stuffed tyre purely for your own safety let alone anyone elses. And if anyone is silly enough to lend a tyre think how you'll feel if he winds up in hospital. (Mind you I'm guessing from the attitude to safety it'll happen anyway)

[Ixion]

I can't help I'm afraid, and I think that size (16") is fairly rare.

The advice given by other posters is sensible, and you would do well to heed it.

However, perhaps unlike some, I remember being young. And poor. And what one does when young and poor is often predicated by what is possible not what is desireable.

You imply that you have enough for rego and warrant, but not a tyre. Perhaps it would be better to apply the funds to a tyre and wof, and let the rego slide for a few months (rego it a day or so before the warrant expires, that gives you the longest term for your dollar). Provided you are "clean" otherwise , a cop is prolly not going to get to be too arsed about an expired rego, if the bike is roadworthy with a wof.

Or, there is a 130/80 x 16 on Tradme now for $15.which would probably fit.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Parts-accessories/Wheels-tyres-brakes/auction-65445014.htm

[Patch]

had huge chicken strips.
an no real chance of changing that either :nya:



I ain't gonna say much other than ask you to think about this:

You choose one:
1. Park your bike an save for the required riding gear (whatever that may be; tyres, leathers, back protector etc etc)

or

2. Take the risk, ride anyway, someone else's mistake causes you to crash but you pay with your life.


How would your Mum feel not having you around??

I've only met you once, don't let it be the last. Think about it mate.

Take care

[marty]

i'm sorry, but if my 14 year old can walk into countdown and get a part time job that pays him $100 a week, then so can you.

buy a tyre. don't ask someone to lend you the one THEY paid for, especially for a false pretence. if you can't afford it, put the bike's rego on hold, and don't ride it til you can afford it.

there's a difference between asking for genuine assistance, and being a bludger - which one are you?

[Motu]

Hope no one takes a look at my back tyre......

[Easthorpe]

riding with dodgy tyres is false economy

if you can drop your bike and do less damage than the cost of a tyre you are doing well

[Motu]

Dunno about false - it's certainly true that I've saved myself a fair bit of money by not putting a new one on.Thing is,I'm not stupid - I know my tyre is worn,and ride acordingly.

[Ixion]

Main thing with worn tyres, until you get down to the level where canvas is starting to show is (a) the little cuts (sipes ?) that channel water away become erased an inefficient ; (b) the tyre profile becomes "deformed", flattened.

Neither of these apply to knobblies, which do not have sipes, and have a different profile. And anyone riding knobblies on the seal is probably going to have the skills and experience to handle things.

[DMNTD]

Ya fuck'n knob!! I could've GIVEN you a tyre yesterday whilst you were up here attending the.... SAFE AS ....meeting!
Not quite sure whether to get pissy or not,think it best if I leave it alone

[SwanTiger]

Ya fuck'n knob!! I could've GIVEN you a tyre yesterday whilst you were up here attending the.... SAFE AS ....meeting!
Not quite sure whether to get pissy or not,think it best if I leave it alone
I hope its not stolen TL :nya:

[jtzzr]

is renegade master coming on the mandel ride,if he is can `i ride at the back wayyyy at the back.

[DMNTD]

I hope its not stolen TL :nya:
You can be such a bitch sometimes...oh golly :scooter:



is renegade master coming on the mandel ride,if he is can `i ride at the back wayyyy at the back.
May I suggest that infront would be safer? :yes:

[jtzzr]

it`s for entertainment value only!Otherwise I would agree with you.

[The Pastor]

Firstly I have heaps of tread on the out side, just on the middle its a bit low.

Secondly im not a road racer like alot of you guys are.

Thirdly, Ive been riding on it for ages and I havnt even come close to losing, sure the back has stepped out once or twice - in the wet but belive it or not I can actually ride so its no big deal....

Fourthly If I get the tyre I can get the wof (in a few weeks when I actually have money)then after two more weeks get the rego, but there is no way I can afford to get a tyre + rego + wof in the next payday. I Know you all are saftey concered sheep, but you must look at the facts, I don't enjoy going fast around corners, I can ride and controll it.

I know ideally that a new tyre would be great and i'll get one asap. But atm its not dangerous to be riding on it, I just cant afford the fines.

Also how long does your rego last after it expires? ive already been expires almost 3 months...

[Magua]

12 months before it expires.

[TonyB]

I totally agree with Jantar- you own a bike that not so long ago was the fastest 2 wheeled thing on the road.Performance comes at a cost- such a machine is going to go through tyres, sprockets and chains pretty quickly. If you can't afford the price of ownership then maybe you should trade down to something more sedate.

I had the same issue as you not so long ago, and I seriously considered selling my bike. I got by by buying* tyres from a rental company. Give that a go.

Bike wreckers are full of smashed up bikes with dodgy tyres...

*(fuck that looks weird when its typed out:spudwhat: )

[crashe]

Also how long does your rego last after it expires? ive already been expires almost 3 months...

The day your rego runs out is the day it is expired.

If you havent done it for 3 months..... then when you go back to the postshop in to register it, you will be hit with oweing the past three months expired and then you will then also pay for the next 3 or 6 months depending on how many months you register it for.

You can register for 3 months, 6 months or a year.
I'm not sure if you can do it for 1 month.


WOF is for 6 months unless your bike is under 5 years old then it lasts for 1 year.

[Bonez]

Also how long does your rego last after it expires? ive already been expires almost 3 months...You do realise you will be paying for those 3 months if the rego isn't on hold? Rego plus the lapsed 3 months.

[oldguy]

Can someone lend me a front tyre, just kidding but Im due for a new tyre, better sort this coming week. Looks like my favourite HO, on K Rd is not going to get any money this week will have to spend it on real rubber

[The Pastor]

You do realise you will be paying for those 3 months if the rego isn't on hold? Rego plus the lapsed 3 months.


Yes im 100% aware of that, I like to (belive it or not) pay my own way its just I cant afford to right at this moment.

[Bonez]

You can register for 3 months, 6 months or a year.
I'm not sure if you can do it for 1 month.

You can register it for a day if you want.

[The Pastor]

regos not really the issue anyways, I need a wof......

[crashe]

regos not really the issue anyways, I need a wof......

$25 to $30 for a WOF.
Depending on who you go to.

[SwanTiger]

You can be such a bitch sometimes...oh golly :scooter:
Sorry, so what are the Norfland prices on front tyres? :wait:

Old Russell Road and the Forest ate it up.

What size tyre does a K6 GSXR 1000 take? hmmm :innocent:

[Lord Derosso]

I really can not believe this is a serious thread. If you were in Wellington, thankfully not, I would politely ask you not to F'ed get anywhere near our roads as its dangerous enough without twits actually encouraging other twits like you trying to get back on the road riding dangerous vehicles, car or bike.
How can you have the cheek to come on a serious forum like this with the number of recent fatalities and ask to 'borrow' a tyre just to get a WOF?? It also amazes me that such a number of members have been encouraging you in this nonsense just so you can ride and either waste yourself or some innocent road user or worse a totally stupid pillion. Try knocking this response sunshine(s), because I note that this forum has been dorkland response mentally challenged at this stage ...... DOOOOHHHHH !!!!!!!!!

[crashe]

Lord Derosso - No one is encouraging him to 'borrow' a tyre......

I would say everyone is saying go and buy a tyre or take the bike off the road until it is road worthy....

[Motu]

Yes m'Lord...whatever you say m'Lord...

[Ixion]

Firstly I have heaps of tread on the out side, just on the middle its a bit low.

Secondly im not a road racer like alot of you guys are.

Thirdly, Ive been riding on it for ages and I havnt even come close to losing, sure the back has stepped out once or twice - in the wet but belive it or not I can actually ride so its no big deal....

Fourthly If I get the tyre I can get the wof (in a few weeks when I actually have money)then after two more weeks get the rego, but there is no way I can afford to get a tyre + rego + wof in the next payday. I Know you all are saftey concered sheep, but you must look at the facts, I don't enjoy going fast around corners, I can ride and controll it.

I know ideally that a new tyre would be great and i'll get one asap. But atm its not dangerous to be riding on it, I just cant afford the fines.

Also how long does your rego last after it expires? ive already been expires almost 3 months...

Heh. Squid alert. Tyre flattened in the centre section. you're not taking the corners hard enough.:o

But, if the tread is ok at the edges, you *might* , maybe, perhaps, get through a WoF. The law says it must have 1.5mm of tread across (I think) three quarters of the section. I've argued this with WoF guys before and won, that the 3/4 includes the side bits. Have you tried for a WoF?. Don't go to a bike shop , go to an AA place, they don't know shit about bikes and you canargue with them.

Don't have a cow, man, most of us have been young and poor, just most of us have forgotten what it's like.

Unfortunately, you've missed the chance to put your rego on hold, you'll have to pay the back rego when you do.

I'd suggest, track down a second hand tyre with enough meat to get a WoF, get Wof, (6 months), pay back rego (ONLY) , put rego on hold. That's your cheapest option. If you get pinged , you're riding without rego, but, so long as everything else (licence, wof etc) is clean, every cop except Cuntstable Cunt will (at worst) give you a compliance ticket , to allow you to get a rego.If you run into Cunstable cunt, you're toast anyway. As we all are. Come with the territory of being a biker.

Which in no way implies that I endorse anything of what you're doing.Cos I'm Nana's Nana and would never endorse anything even remotely improper .And I do think maybe you should think long and hard about the "have to have a thou cos it proves I've got a big prick even if the girls all laugh" option.

[The Pastor]

Firstly, the tyre might just make it through a wof (its not $%#en bald OR dangerous). But if it doesnt theres no way I can afford a tyre with in the 2 weeks that you have to fix it up. Although im not sure what happens if you dont.... I will JUST be able to get the $25/30 for the wof.....

And not that its anyones bussiness, but when I got the bike I actually had a propper job... now after a month Ive just got a 16hr a week job on min wage which Ive just worked a 2nd day at so im broke as a bum...

The main reason I wont be able to afford it is im well over due on paying for my uni classes and my tyre will cost for a good wack of that.

this is a TEMPORY measure not a long term plan (I would love a new tyre). The tyre still has 5mm tread on most of the sides!

And ixion, I don't have to prove anything..... :first:

[Ixion]

Hmm. Ahem. I never said this. But I have heard, from sources that I could NEVER endorse, that it is surprising what can be done with a soldering gun.As you were. Nothing to see here. Move along

[Virago]

Nah, sorry mate, not only are you publicly stating your intention to break the law, you're asking others to assist you. If you have such little regard for your fellow KB'ers, what hope have your fellow road users?

[The Pastor]

Actually this whole thread was a clever decoy to get some more red rep. I am the dark side.......


Thanks to everyone who has helped :)

[Lord Derosso]

Nah, sorry mate, not only are you publicly stating your intention to break the law, you're asking others to assist you. If you have such little regard for your fellow KB'ers, what hope have your fellow road users?

Someone esle with sense thank you. People whom take shortcuts on safety are less likely to care what happens to them or other road users. I mean how can you just 'Borrow' a tyre? That surely means the old one is intended to be put back on straight afterwards doesn't it ? No wonder members get so annoyed with the antics of the minority whom ensure ACC and insurance costs will continue to rise for everyone. Is that so cool??

Though I am curious about one point. When you go for WOF's I thought you were suppose to have a current rego showing. Wouldn't that be logically part of ensuring that any MV is legally allowed to be used on the road once the WOF is issued. I am sure they checked this out when I got mine last because I was in the workshop and they asked me where it was displayed. In this case the member is saying he only needs a WOF at this case?? Perhaps he should registered it as a dead chook carrier as in my thread last week?

[Lord Derosso]

[QUOTE=renegade master]Actually this whole thread was a clever decoy to get some more red rep. I am the dark side.......


Hay I thought the deal was that it had to go until Monday ??????
Good dark sides are hard to find........

[Motu]

With all the holier than thou reponses I'm surprised some Christian minded biker hasn't already fronted up with a tyre.We are ready to dish out the words of advice,but no action....hollow words.

[Badcat]

Actually this whole thread was a clever decoy to get some more red rep. I am the dark side.......


Thanks to everyone who has helped :)

clever?

riiiiiiiight......

[Lord Derosso]

With all the holier than thou reponses I'm surprised some Christian minded biker hasn't already fronted up with a tyre.We are ready to dish out the words of advice,but no action....hollow words.


Funny that 'someone' deleted an earlier response of mine with some good advice on the matter. I am still keen to know if you need a Rego to get a WOF or is that up to the issuing shop? As to this thread? Course he meant it.

[Ixion]

No, you don't need rego to get a WoF. 'Tis the other way round, you need a WoF to get rego.

[Scouse]

Firstly I have heaps of tread on the out side, just on the middle its a bit low.

Secondly im not a road racer like alot of you guys are.

Thirdly, Ive been riding on it for ages and I havnt even come close to losing, sure the back has stepped out once or twice - in the wet but belive it or not I can actually ride so its no big deal....

Fourthly If I get the tyre I can get the wof (in a few weeks when I actually have money)then after two more weeks get the rego, but there is no way I can afford to get a tyre + rego + wof in the next payday. I Know you all are saftey concered sheep, but you must look at the facts, I don't enjoy going fast around corners, I can ride and controll it.

I know ideally that a new tyre would be great and i'll get one asap. But atm its not dangerous to be riding on it, I just cant afford the fines.

Also how long does your rego last after it expires? ive already been expires almost 3 months...Your not Listening park your bike up for the few weeks it will take for you to afford tyre WOF and rego then enjoy being completly road leagal with no debts or fines TWAT

[Lord Derosso]

With all the holier than thou reponses I'm surprised some Christian minded biker hasn't already fronted up with a tyre.We are ready to dish out the words of advice,but no action....hollow words.


The key word is 'Borrow' . So you would encourage him to get a WOF and then replace the borrowed tyre with the one that kills him or others? I think that is certainly the work of the Great Deceiver and not a Christian. DOHHHH!

[Badcat]

Actually this whole thread was a clever decoy to get some more red rep. I am the dork side.......
)

i corrected your typo.

[Jantar]

It also amazes me that such a number of members have been encouraging you in this nonsense just so you can ride and either waste yourself or some innocent road user or worse a totally stupid pillion.

Err, Have I missed something? Who has has been encouraging him? Could you please include a quote that we may see.

[Badcat]

Err, Have I missed something? Who has has been encouraging him? Could you please include a quote that we may see.
i certainly wasn't encouraging him - i was calling him a dick.

[Lord Derosso]

Nah, sorry mate, not only are you publicly stating your intention to break the law, you're asking others to assist you. If you have such little regard for your fellow KB'ers, what hope have your fellow road users?

I wasnt the only one getting this impression was I ? There is at least one reply claiming they ride on worn tyres anyway but knowing this ride more carefully. I think a lot of us have all done this at some stage, including myself.

I brought my current bike with what appeared to be its original tyres and after riding it for several hundred kms discovered small cracks in the inside tread. I stopped riding her until I managed to save the $350 and get new rubber because the rubber is the most important part of any bike. I didn't mean to offend anyone but I am sure most readers are totally safety concerned and this sort of thing riles me big time. It just doesn't take that much to cause an accident.

[Titanium]

It also amazes me that such a number of members have been encouraging you

All I can see is a lot of members encouraging him to sharpen up .... and what he wants to do is way out of line...... .

You must be reading a different thread than the rest of us....... appropriate bling given.

[Lord Derosso]

i certainly wasn't encouraging him - i was calling him a dick.


Sorry Badcat. Hay are you working on a SR500 street project !!
I had one back in the early 1990's I turned into a street mean machine with King and Queen seats, power pipe and engine work and she was a monster. Most fun bike in the city I ever had. Wheelies no end without trying. Would love ro see your project in another thread. Cheers.

[Badcat]

Sorry Badcat. Hay are you working on a SR500 street project !!
I had one back in the early 1990's I turned into a street mean machine with King and Queen seats, power pipe and engine work and she was a monster. Most fun bike in the city I ever had. Wheelies no end without trying. Would love ro see your project in another thread. Cheers.

the whole thing is here:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11291
K

[The Pastor]

Your not Listening park your bike up for the few weeks it will take for you to afford tyre WOF and rego then enjoy being completly road leagal with no debts or fines TWAT


And how would I get to work and uni....

[Scouse]

And how would I get to work and uni....Have you heard of somthing called the Bus....?

[The Pastor]

Ive looked into that, busses cant make it from pt chev to work intime (half an hour) when im not at uni im working

[jtzzr]

Hey guys,

After almost getting a ticket yesterday I realised that I would be getting $800+ in fines :gob: so I really need to get a wof and a rego, but dont have the dosh for a tyre....


150/80/v16 is the tyre type I think.

I will only need it for about 20 mins :P

Any help would be great. (I would offer beer but I dont even have dosh for a six pack :bye: )

Mate how much do your folks love , after all riding on iffy tyres , and having no wof/reg can`t be good for the twinkle of their eye , could it . Have you tried that option. Good luck

[marty]

borrow someone's push bike.

[Scouse]

Buy a box of tissues

[dawnrazor]

just a thought...even if somebody was dull enough to lend you a tyre how would you put it on the rim...last time I looked it wasn't as easy as switching out a tube on a triumph 20.

[petesmeats]

Yep i agree with the stuff being said here... Get yourself the new tyre... I also am a ridiculously poor student (no time for out of uni work) but due to some budgeting (which i mostly blow anyway) i have been able to do general maintenance on my bike including changing my rear brake pads last week which would have passed a warrant but were (in my mind) unsafe... I will let you in on a secret... A night on the piss :drinknsin can cost around $100 - 150 which is plenty for a tyre... Spend a saturday night at home and get the tyre.

If you are really desperate then may i suggest prostitution...:buggerd: It's legal now and it pays better than burger king. Or the other thing that might work for you is a push bike. When you take into account traffic, time spent putting leathers and gloves and helmet and pants on (please tell me you have appropriate safety gear) and the time taken to let the bike warm up in the morning, it is probably in reality not too much longer to ride on a push bike... AND IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.

Just some thoughts that you might like to consider...

[The Stranger]

cos I saved you $230 bucks yesterday.
As I got the ticket and the copper told me he was also after you as well.
Unless you want to give me $115 for half the ticket... :whistle:

Ok Crashe, let it go.

[Squeak the Rat]

It also amazes me that such a number of members have been encouraging you in this nonsense just so you can ride and either waste yourself or some innocent road user or worse a totally stupid pillion. Try knocking this response sunshine(s), because I note that this forum has been dorkland response mentally challenged at this stage ...... DOOOOHHHHH !!!!!!!!!
You sir a not only a bigot, but you need to stop fiddling with your guide dog and actually read the responses before making sweeping insults based on jealousy and envy.

Regards, Sunshine.

[The Stranger]

Firstly I have heaps of tread on the out side, just on the middle its a bit low.

Secondly im not a road racer like alot of you guys are.

Thirdly, Ive been riding on it for ages and I havnt even come close to losing, sure the back has stepped out once or twice - in the wet but belive it or not I can actually ride so its no big deal....

Fourthly If I get the tyre I can get the wof (in a few weeks when I actually have money)then after two more weeks get the rego, but there is no way I can afford to get a tyre + rego + wof in the next payday. I Know you all are saftey concered sheep, but you must look at the facts, I don't enjoy going fast around corners, I can ride and controll it.

I know ideally that a new tyre would be great and i'll get one asap. But atm its not dangerous to be riding on it, I just cant afford the fines.

Also how long does your rego last after it expires? ive already been expires almost 3 months...

Not really condoning it, but.
1) The centre of the rear tyre is about the least important place to have tread. In the dry, having no tread there will actually aid traction, and the majority of the water on a wet road is cleared by the front tyre anyway. The Z6 has no tread in the centre of the rear tyre from new, i.e the entire contact patch, and it is the best wet weather tyre I have used.

2) Renegade Master is pretty switched on and I feel sure he has weighed up the options and the degree of wear.

[Squeak the Rat]

Is it a definitely not legal, or is it a bit touch and go.

Take it to a bike shop and promise to buy a tyre off them in the near future if they pass your bike....:innocent:

[SlowHand]

Go to the warehouse and buy some jandals.

You may notice that they have nearly 0 treads - get a kitchen knife (since your on a budget) and cut yourself some kickass grooves.

Use superglue (if funds allow), or use the stickiest stuff known to man - dried man-slime + yella booger. Apply liberally to tyre, wait 4seconds, and attach said jandals.

- a tip. De-thong the jandals after groovin'

[The Pastor]

Not really condoning it, but.
1) The centre of the rear tyre is about the least important place to have tread. In the dry, having no tread there will actually aid traction, and the majority of the water on a wet road is cleared by the front tyre anyway. The Z6 has no tread in the centre of the rear tyre from new, i.e the entire contact patch, and it is the best wet weather tyre I have used.

2) Renegade Master is pretty switched on and I feel sure he has weighed up the options and the degree of wear.

Finally someone who knowes somthing about motorcycling...






Go to the warehouse and buy some jandals.

You may notice that they have nearly 0 treads - get a kitchen knife (since your on a budget) and cut yourself some kickass grooves.

Use superglue (if funds allow), or use the stickiest stuff known to man - dried man-slime + yella booger. Apply liberally to tyre, wait 4seconds, and attach said jandals.

- a tip. De-thong the jandals after groovin'


I actually had a go using a homemade tread cutter, it worked very well untill it verd off and put a nice big split in my tyre....

But to all you saftey noobs I have now got a brand new tyre (only had to sell 1g of P to some primary kids - dont worry I cleaned the needles first) Now ive got a new tyre with almost the same amount as tread as my old one but way more slippy:gob:

How dose one scrub that slipery stuff off? I did a burnout, but thats only good for the center patch....

[Ixion]

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How dose one scrub that slipery stuff off? I did a burnout, but thats only good for the center patch....


Gavel road. 10km. Sorted. Good to hear.

[onearmedbandit]

(only had to sell 1g of P to some primary kids - dont worry I cleaned the needles first) .

I thought people smoked p not injected it. Dude you may have just handed out some death sentences to primary school kids. I hope you sleep well tonight.

[SlowHand]

I actually had a go using a homemade tread cutter, it worked very well untill it verd off and put a nice big split in my tyre....




Deary me. Fear the Jandal my friend, or it will upside your head from such a height that you'd think god himself has slaped you. :bye:

[The Pastor]

I thought people smoked p not injected it.


Oh, your not in the know?

[Squeak the Rat]

Of course he's not, how the f#$% would he inject it?

[Jantar]

I have now got a brand new tyre .....

How dose one scrub that slipery stuff off? ....

Green rep on its way for being responsible. But I must spread some around to others first.

As Ixion said, the best way to scrub in a new tyre is go for a ride on a gravel road. Works every time. :yes:

[onearmedbandit]

Oh, your not in the know?

Mate, I wouldn't touch that shit if my life depended on it, so while I'll probably be in 'the know' more than you that shit is one thing I'm happy to stay ignorant about.

[onearmedbandit]

Of course he's not, how the f#$% would he inject it?

Dude I'm the 'onearmedbandit' not the 'noarmedbandit'!!

[The Pastor]

Mate, I wouldn't touch that shit if my life depended on it, so while I'll probably be in 'the know' more than you that shit is one thing I'm happy to stay ignorant about.


Yeah I know what your saying, it really interfers with my bussiness if I use all the product before I can sell it.

But serriouly that stuff is so bad :no:

[imdying]

How much is one of these tyres? How much are you short?

[Macktheknife]

That is some bloody good advice right there, advice you should seriously consider.

I picked up a second hand rear tyre for me bike for $50 from Cycle Treads, it was second hand, but near new condition, had huge chicken strips.
Anyone can afford $50 if the try hard enough.
If you are that strapped for cash go and wash car windows at the traffic lights in Auckland.
There is no excuse for having no money, opportunities are EVERYWHERE.
Swanny said it, do it right and prove to us all you are not as dumb as your question makes you seem.

[The Pastor]

Ive got a new tyre now... I just owe money (somthing I dislike)


And -not that its any of your bussiness but- incase you didnt click on (I know somepeople are just slow)

I was just asking for a 'till wensday/payday fix' I do look after myself and it wasnt a long term fix or anything silly like that I just needed to get to uni/work for 3 days.

When I ride without saftey gear or a tyre I ride to the conditions of the bike, I know that the low tread will make it lose grip in the wet so I take it easy.

Im an easy rider anyways when we went up to the safe as and the road cleared up, I was well behind everyone else, why? because there was no rush, and I don't like to overtake people. Im not a reckless rider im safe as.

[marty]

i thought you were a MAN?. a MAN isn't 'safe as'. nana is.

[Ixion]

Hey. That's *my* territory! Wot is it wiv people constantly wanting to pinch my Nana title.

[The Pastor]

i thought you were a MAN?. a MAN isn't 'safe as'. nana is.


WEll marty, I thought you would know better considering that YOUR nana IS a MAN.......

Oh ixion, I got told at the wof station that I need some sort of reflector on the back? I find it hard to belive that for 21 years worth of wofs this has never been an issue...

[98tls]

Acetone also removes the film from new tyres.as for reflector bike shops sell the little stick on ones for a few bucks.

[yungatart]

Acetone also removes the film from new tyres.as for reflector bike shops sell the little stick on ones for a few bucks.
Down here the WOF place sells them for $3.
I sincerely hope that you have a decent tyre on your bike now RM. Every time I read one of those "biker down" threads I cry, and I'm sure you wouldn't want to be responsible for making an old nana cry, would you? Apologies to Ixion, but I AM a nana...

[The Pastor]

I know there cheap, but is it law though?

[imdying]

I know there cheap, but is it law though?
It's in the book
http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/publications/vir-manual/motorcycles/mc-4-lighting-v2-2.pdf

Lighting 4-13 Rear reflectors

[The Pastor]

must of had slack wof guys in the past :|

[Ixion]

Most tail lights have the reflecter built into them. WoF places don't always get it right, either way. Not worth arguing about though, eh.