What caused this tyre damage

[Marknz]

42psi is too much. That's the maximum the tyre can be inflated to, not what it should be inflated to.

36F 42R is the "recommended" settings for a VTR1000 as per Mr Honda, regardless of what tyres you have.

That said, I ride the road with less than that, and even less again if I'm on the track.

[dangerous]

Well to be honest I only posted this thread for something to do... but having said that it is interesting hering different opions on these things.
Now I know what did the damage to the tyres... my riding, but they are a sport/tourer tyre so ya think they would hold up a bit better.... like I wouldent be happy with a tyre any harder on the rear altho I am thinking bout Metzler MEz4 again as I managed 10,000k on the Guzzi out of them but they may not be suited to a lighter bike.

A lot of you guys dis Dunlop.... why is that, I have been inpressed with these tyres, they have never sliped or given any trouble the only other time I used Dunlop was in Oz on the 97 VFR, and again they were great but dident do the damage that the VTR does... but I guess thats twins for ya they are harder on tyres.

ps: on the track the tyres tend to were a lot smother ie: the usual balls of rubber, so on the rd I asume that the tering/chunky look is due to a rougher surface than a track.

[scroter]

im a dunlop disser and your tyres look about the same wear as when i took the dunlops off my bike but i didnt take them off cause of the way they were wearing. I took them off cause they sucked. i had mez4s on my old TL and they were sweet and lasted ages. the TL is less than 10 kgs heavier then the VTR.

[vifferman]

Darryl,

I was running 36F/42R on my VTR, with Avon Azaros on, but after trying 40 in the rear and then going back to 42, it felt better with 40 so I stuck with that. I found with 42 in the rear it felt like it was walking or sliding slightly on the road surface.
But that's Avons, not Dunlops, so I recommend you try altering the pressure 1 or 2 psi at a time and see how it feels, as that's what it's all about. (That, and looking after your tyres: they'll wear faster and you'll get cracking around the blocks if you run them at "boy racer" pressures.)

[dangerous]

im a dunlop disser I took them off cause they sucked.

Yeah mate but why??? what dident you like about them?
So far no probs with the Dunlops but with the MEz4 rear and MEz3 frount on the Guzzi I have more than once roled the rear of the side.... meaning a very tight clenching of the sfinxter mussel and a wee slid, but still rate the Metzler.

[scroter]

Yeah mate but why??? what dident you like about them?
So far no probs with the Dunlops but with the MEz4 rear and MEz3 frount on the Guzzi I have more than once roled the rear of the side.... meaning a very tight clenching of the sfinxter mussel and a wee slid, but still rate the Metzler.

i took them off because of lack of grip, which you dont seem to be complaining about, but my bog standard diablo's dont seem to move around at all. a friend of mine had those tyres on the back of his VTR and was only gettin 5000ks out of them.

[DEATH_INC.]

Funny how different guys/bikes like different tyres.
I HATE Diablo's,most rave about 'em
I've just had a pair of 208's on and love 'em.There's no lack of grip......
I've ridden with a 220 rear on an exup fzr,no prbs dragging the bottom on the ground round corners,even 2 up.

For what it's worth I run 32psi front and 35psi rear on the road.
The wear looks normal to me......