Tyre warning - are they getting low?

[Blackshear]

If they don't they don't deserve a license perform WOF inspections.

I had a fork seal break on my bike and it felt exactly like the tyre was way soft. Handling was shit. Don't ride the bike until you get it fixed.

Yup, only has about 3ish cm of travel before it 'locks up' and makes the sorta knock noise as the fork goes back to whence it came.
Brakes are awfully touchy on my bike, nothing to compare it to, but still touchy.
I'll find that Spectrum place people talk of highly on Wednesday.

I tend to replace my tyres when that happens. They've usually got truckloads of tread left in them in the middle, but as soon as you start to get that squared off cross-section the bike tends to want to drop into corners all of a sudden, instead of rolling in nice and smooth - and that reduces the enjoyment factor for me.

Besides, as they say, good tyres in good condition is the cheapest and best insurance on a bike that you can get.

Did a burnie in 2nd, once upon a time. Didn't realize it would actually have that much of an impact rolling into a corner, let alone with a bit o throttle chucked in. Pity really. They only had 500k's on em. LEARNED MY LESSON!
Being a noob at this game (Even clipped a fucking roundabout kerb this morning on my exhaust, goddamn), I can barely get the bike angled enough without catching the pegs/stand. Not that I should need to corner that aggressively anyway.
So I'll have the chicken strips and no center by the time I get new wheels.

Is "sipes" the word you are looking for?

It was costing me $20 per week for sport touring tyres which put me off buying sport tyres as that would have put it up to $30.

The moped has cut back on that, being used for the commuting. So has the crap weather.

Every cloud has a silver lining?

Until my funds are drastically strained (I live with mother dear, rent's only 70$ a week) money isn't TOO much of a problem with me. Just not buying diablo corsas anytime soon.

All Road in Glenfield do... just off Archers road. Also theres a bike wreckers on Barrs point road in Takauna opposite Holeshot..

Sweet as, worrying too much over nothing =)

[Owl]

Are you sure it was the tyres fault?

There is a difference between cheap rubber and inexpensive tyres.

Paid $20 for the racetec that is on the front of the 9 at the moment. about 4mm of tread left on it.
Paid $230 for the rear that I am about to go take off (MeZ4) and put a pilot power 2CT on ($40)

Are you claiming racetecs and pilot powers are cheap rubber?

How did you find the racetecs in the wet?

[cowboyz]

How did you find the racetecs in the wet?

really good. had more slides on the MeZ4s than anything else.

[The Pastor]

you had 4.2mm of tread left when you changed the tyre? CRAZY!

[Blackshear]

If they don't they don't deserve a license perform WOF inspections.

I had a fork seal break on my bike and it felt exactly like the tyre was way soft. Handling was shit. Don't ride the bike until you get it fixed.






And before anyone tries to be a smart ass and says that handling on the GN is shit anyway, it's been pretty good since I put a pair of Avon Roadriders on.

180$ both seals done in a shade over an hour on friday. Now who's gonna convince the boss to drive me down during work time (Not break) and pick it up .