As above... getting pretty close to the wear markers on the rear and wondering at what stage others changed their tyre.
Before you get down to the wear markers
As soon as you hit the wear markers
After you've worn through the wear markers a bit
When they are completely shredded
Um... you're supposed to change tyres?
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As above... getting pretty close to the wear markers on the rear and wondering at what stage others changed their tyre.
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well.... before I reckon its too dodgy, and I get worried and dont feel safe.. or it fails a WOF.Originally Posted by Chisanga
But I'm older now, my old CBX400 did the commute to welly with canvas showing... cos I was skint.
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Cyborg Biker
ditto...
Grumpy Old Bastard
Errrmmmm...never taken notice of the wear markers. Usually go on shape of tyre and handling...and when I get a fucking puncture that roots the tyre!
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After a few weeks.... no seriously... one set lasted about 3 weeksok... so I did 7000km odd in about 2 of those weeks
Bit of a judgement call, but I normally aim to get 8500km of normal use out of them. I'll run them on a bit further if the weather is good and vice versa. I've had to pull a few off early because of big rides and the tyre wouldn't last etc...
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Ditto, usually change before a big ride if I think they won't go the distance without needing a change...5 to 6K rear, 8 to 9k front.After a few weeks.... no seriously... one set lasted about 3 weeks
Bit of a judgement call, but I normally aim to get 8500km of normal use out of them. I'll run them on a bit further if the weather is good and vice versa. I've had to pull a few off early because of big rides and the tyre wouldn't last etc...
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I change them when they need changing. Last one was because it failed a WOF (strange - it looked fine to me - still had tread). One time it was because I'd had a weekend at Coro, and when I happened to be in at Motohaus, Kerry said, "Dude! Your tyre's fucked!".
"Waddaya mean?!? It's still got some tread!"
"Where?"
"Um... there's a bit there, and another bit over there..."
I might (or might not) just 'bite the bullet' and replace the back tyre. It passed a WOF no problems yesterday, but I think it's used up all it's heat cycles. It spins up a bit out of corners, which the mighty VFR has never done before. Of course, that could be because I've got the damping set worngA...
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Just faidin away!
Bad tyres can render thousands of dollars worth of bike useless and can be a health risk to the rider and possibly others!
I really like to have good rubber between me and the nasty scratchy poky stuff that they (Tyres) have to deal with!
Risk of serious damage to the tyres increases as they wear, when I lose confidence in them, off they come!
Shape and wear marks are helpful indicators.
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When the wear marker fabric shows or when the understeer gets unmanagable
Bevelhead Dinosaur
On at least one of my old bikes it was
"when the handling gets dodgy"
The front tyres would start to feel 'off' long before the wear was obvious...
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When they fail my wof.....
.....if that doesn't work when it becomes slick & shiny lol.
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i love it when the warrant is due and they say " youll have to change that rear tyre before next warrant", for two warrants !!
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I never change my tyres. I don't have the equipment. I pay a dude to do it for me. Then I know its doed right by the righteous dude!
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I know where you're coming from.
I did a tyre change a couple of years ago.
Cost me a muffler.
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