View Poll Results: When do you change a tyre?

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  • Before you get down to the wear markers

    10 12.05%
  • As soon as you hit the wear markers

    18 21.69%
  • After you've worn through the wear markers a bit

    28 33.73%
  • When they are completely shredded

    17 20.48%
  • Um... you're supposed to change tyres?

    10 12.05%
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Thread: When do you change your tyres?

  1. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    I know where you're coming from.

    I did a tyre change a couple of years ago.

    Cost me a muffler.
    Ah ha, I seem to remember that, on the way to "Woodstock" no less!

    That was the ride that dopey bastard tried to kill me on that one way bridge!

    I was going to get a new set of tyres at Christchurch during that ride.

    Can't be too careful about changing tyres then can you!

  2. #17
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    [QUOTE=vifferman;1129524415]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..."


    Change mine if they wearing aspecially as winter comes on ..... my bike failed the front tire this week, had the centre tread line under 1.5 mm and all the rest of the tyre was good..... WoF testing station said rules have changed and if its under 1.5 at any part of the tyre its a fail ggggrrrrr But Ive changed to KING tyres and the rear was getting 13,000km and the KINGS get me 20,000km, dont know what they're like on a sporty bike but my slowish ole cruiser runs good on them, a Harley owner put me onto them.
    Get Vengence on your kids !!! Live long enough to be grandparents

  3. #18
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    i find replacing both at the same time is best, even if there is still abit of tread on one more then the other then you get even wear patterns. you do have to take it bloody easy wearing them in though.

    have seen dudes get a new rear then gun it leaving the bike shop only to have the rear give an them and there wheels go sliding down the road

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