Unusual tyre wear (or is it)?

**duckonin** · 30th September 2009, 19:29

With tyres like that you wouldn't be invited on many rides, you end up killing yourself or some other poor buggars...

**Paul_C** · 30th September 2009, 19:55

Er... obviously as soon as I noticed the state of the tyres and the lack of tread I stopped riding on them.

I don't making a habit out of riding with a rear tyre like that, hence my comment:

Obviously i'm not going to ride it anywhere other than Cycletreads for a new one

**Coldrider** · 30th September 2009, 20:06

Originally Posted by Paul_C

Er... obviously as soon as I noticed the state of the tyres and the lack of tread I stopped riding on them.

I don't making a habit out of riding with a rear tyre like that, hence my comment:

Good on ya mate, we want you to keep on riding after all.

**AllanB** · 30th September 2009, 20:43

Personally I have a issue with tyres being made like that - I have seen so many like yours that it's not funny - people love them as they hear about the great mileage you get - the reality is they should have been biffed 2-3,000 kms ago.

Usually the rooster-tail of sparks at night is a giveaway that your rear tyre needs replacing

Now wouldn't it be a easy thing for the tyre maker to put 3 or 4 very small evenly spaced 'holes' of 'tread' in the centre of the tyre that would indicate you need to replace it when they disappeared ............

**mouldy** · 1st October 2009, 16:46

Originally Posted by AllanB

Personally I have a issue with tyres being made like that - I have seen so many like yours that it's not funny - people love them as they hear about the great mileage you get - the reality is they should have been biffed 2-3,000 kms ago.

Usually the rooster-tail of sparks at night is a giveaway that your rear tyre needs replacing

Now wouldn't it be a easy thing for the tyre maker to put 3 or 4 very small evenly spaced 'holes' of 'tread' in the centre of the tyre that would indicate you need to replace it when they disappeared ............

yep tread depth holes in the centre like slicks have would be a good idea on tyres like z6s' stradas etc , I've seen heaps wiith wire showing cos people don't realise how bald they are . If your south of the bridge don't go to Circustreads go to Drury Performance instead .

**Paul_C** · 1st October 2009, 17:46

I would agree wholeheartedly that a centre wear gauge would be good.

Didn't realise Drury Performance did bike tyres. I'm in papakura so that's just down the road...

**gwigs** · 1st October 2009, 18:12

Originally Posted by Paul_C

Er... obviously as soon as I noticed the state of the tyres and the lack of tread I stopped riding on them.

I don't making a habit out of riding with a rear tyre like that, hence my comment:

I don,t want to sound like a smart arse but its a good idea to check out your bike before you ride it ,then you might notice things like dodgy tyres..

**The Stranger:Me** · 1st October 2009, 19:36

Originally Posted by gwigs

I don,t want to sound like a smart arse but its a good idea to check out your bike before you ride it ,then you might notice things like dodgy tyres..

I don't want to sound like a smart arse, but this is a very common issue with the Z6. I wont use them again for this reason. They are an excellent tyre, however as there is no tread in the middle there is nothing to accurately indicate wear, until the canvas shows.
So maybe he did check his bike before he rode it.