How much tread do my tyres need to get a WOF? I've heard 5mm but that makes me wonder how I got my last WOF from VTNZ.
L-Plate Rider
How much tread do my tyres need to get a WOF? I've heard 5mm but that makes me wonder how I got my last WOF from VTNZ.
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1.5mm
5mm would give you about 200km use out of most tyres.
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L-Plate Rider
Thanks. Time for a new front tyre.
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1.5mm across 3/4 the width of the tread - which means effectively you can have the centre section bald and still get a WoF.The 3/4 nonsense should be dropped,like it is in Britain.We get cars in with tyres bald on one edge and 5mm on the other,that's crap,it needs to be across the full width of the tyre.And bikes are worse having such a small contact patch compared to the width of the tyre,and there are many motorcycle tyres with no grooves in the centre section....how are you supposed to get a depth measurement?
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I've heard of and seen Racetecs still giving very good grip (in the dry) right down to the steel belts.
I wouldn't recommend it though.
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Tread isn't required for grip - but it is for a WoF.
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Agreed - I think the tread's main purpose is water displacement.
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I know - just wanted to share.
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For sealed road use treads only purpose is water displacement, if it didn't ever rain we'd all be on slicksOriginally Posted by McJim
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Hardcore Biker
As far as I know slicks give better wet weather grip then treaded tyres... up to the point at which they aquaplane
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Which is pretty much instantly.
In the riders seat
No it isn't, I've raced a FXR150 on slicks in torrential rain at Teretonga and was bugger all slower than the in the dry
At the same meeting there was a CBX550 on slicks in Pre82 running up the front of the field
I wouldn't want to try a modern high HP bike on wide slicks though
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Don't forget it your side walls are cracked from age you will also have to replace them. I had about 3mm on mine but they were really old when I bought the bike. Makes you wonder how the previous owner passed it's WOF with the same tyres!!!
Forum whore
That's a safety issue, not a WOF one.
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I replaced it... But I still want to know who passed that tyres on previous WOF...
Anyway... It's one of those things you'll never know so let's continue!!!
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