Taken into account & ignoredOriginally Posted by avgas
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Taken into account & ignored
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Yeah this & a more touring orientated tyre I think
The pic on the far right is how it looked when I first got it.
Pretty sure im older than that tyre
Hoon? Yes
You're right there, not funWell it is after the fact
Yep sure will, Diablo on Monday
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Geriatric hoon
Wrong! He got a good tyre cheap. Sometimes it does happen.ya get what ya pay for....you bought cheap, ya got cheap.
Why not buy a NEW high quality tyre? seeing as your life depends on it...
It was a Metzeler Z6 I took off my bike when I fitted a set of Diablo Rosso. The tyre was about one third worn and had only been off the bike since about September... It had been stored in the house out of direct sunlight so there was nothing wrong with it. I would not have hesitated to use it myself and I'm fussy.
If that's he did to a sport touring tyre I'll be interested to see what he does to a sports tyre?
"Tank of gas and a new tyre please?"
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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At least he'll only need to set the tyre pressures once ..............
ducks nuts
Way to much pressure Boob. Thats why it's doing that shear thing in your pics. Lower the rear down to 34-36 and feel/see the diffference.
I ride 32 in the front and 34-36 in the rear on my R1. Any higher in the rear and I do a tyre in 3-4K and it looks like your pics.
learnt the hard way and going to track days where tyre pressure is critical.
Cant go wrong with a pirelli though.
A nice Pit
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lol
Yeah nothing wrong with the tyre, as per picture just after fitting.
Mmm, rgr tht. Will try that with the new Diablo Rosso on Thursday
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Geriatric hoon
Mr J, all this has a certain potential to be instructive.Mmm, rgr tht. Will try that with the new Diablo Rosso on Thursday
I'd have thought a sport tyre would've worn faster than a ST tyre. So given no change in your operating methods I'll be interested to hear how long your new Diablo lasts.
Conventional wisdom says that underinflated tyres wear faster than correctly inflated tyres so I for one will await your reports with interest. Please keep us posted.
Oh, and what are you running on the front while all this is going on?
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Just a Dog
I for one wouldn't run a diablo at 36 on the road ! Sure, on the track i would, but there is lots of documented evidence that the temp won't get up high enough during road riding to raise the pressure to a good operating pressure !
Made the mistake once of failing to reinflate after a track day and rode two up back from Taupo with 33 psi in the rear and all but nailed a new tyre !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
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It obviously has the potential to partly to do with tyre pressure but I suspect more so the riding as the vast majority have been brisk Whanga runs.
Yeah you would think a sports tyre would wear as fast if not faster, im with you on that.
Front is a Metzeler Sport Tec M-1, 3/4 worn after about 7k (as per photo).
Ninja edit: Baaa bad light, bad photo
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Since when have corners chewed out the centre of a tyre?
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A closer inspection shows the majority of the tyre chewed out.
Steve you are getting very old hat sorry mate, trolling around putting silly tags on every thread I post in & red repping every post possible, how old are you man?
You were once fun to play with but it seems you take this a little more serious than you let on.
Take a deep breath, have a cup of tea & loosen up a bit mate. You'll die of a heart attack one of these days
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The instructions are simple...
But UNDER-inflated tyres get hotter.
I run the GSXR at 37r/33f and get excellent mileage
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
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Looks like it's getting near end of life anyway isn't it?
Most of my tyres look like this in the end.
Maybe it's just my imagination, but many tyres appear to hit a softer material near the end of life that peels of in a big hurry. The BT016 on my XT just balled up and disintegrated in the middle on the way back from the BOI at Easter. Some of the Conti behave the same way.
How many k's is on the tyre?
Only reason I am not keen to run the Z6 again is that the wear is deceptive.
As there is no tread in the middle to gauge wear, you look at the sides and think you have enough then within a few km you have cords showing in the middle.
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Na was only partly worn as of early March (see the 4th photo in OP). About 6 weeks use & ive destroyed it lol. I ride one or two days a week, that's it at present due to work load but each ride is at least 200km's some days 250+.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Comfortably Different
yea man , you have put a touring tyre on a super sports bike and you have been a trottle jockey with it so no wonder it cut up.
Get a sports tyre like the Pilot power 2ct next time. you will be like reborn I tell ya.
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