Unusual wear pattern

http://www.iato.co.uk/bike/tyre.jpg

 

the cont known as MattG says...

WTF did you do to it?

 

petrolcan said...

Why do you immediately assume it was me that did it?

 

the cont known as MattG says...

Just.

Do I have to have a reason?

 

MattG says...

Only you.

 

the cont known as Lozzo says...

See I'm not the only one.

 

Looks like a burn out, to me.

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Lozzo said...

Probably.

But that's a good thing. Right?

 

petrolcan said...

spose not.

But it could have been her. Might not have been me.

 

MattG says...

That depends if she's in earshot.

 

the cont known as MattG says...

Like a woman could be capable of that kind of destruction.

 

petrolcan said...

But you're both cunts.

 

the cont known as MattG says...

Like that is news.

 

MattG says...

<proud>

 

petrolcan said...

She could do worse, if she tried.

 

the cont known as MattG says...

So are you going to tell the story behind the tyre?

 

So he's been revving it at the lights. I'm going to relegate him to
the CG until his bike is back.

 

My money is on some part of the bike having rubbed the tread away.

 

the cont known as sorby says...

Or Matt just being a ****

 

petrolcan said...

It was nothing, really. Just one of those things that could have
happened to anyone.

I've got this chain, see. For locking the bike to stuff, like you do.
Now, when I use my bike it lives in this handy little chain bag that
sits on the pillion seat. But, what with moving and all, I don't know
where it is[1], so I looped the chain through the grab rail.

This had the unfortunate side effect of the chain passing in front of
the number plate, twice. It's quite a bit chain, so it obscured most of
the plate, which is a shame. Anyway, I think it was after I stopped for
fuel, one of the loops managed to drop below the plate and touch against
the tyre. The tyre managed to flick it up enough so that it was resting
on the tyre as I went along. This doesn't present much of a problem.
Until the chain wedges itself between the tyre and the hugger.

At this point it starts to press quite hard on the tyre, and get rather
warm. It then precedes to dig large quantities of rubber out of the nice
new tyre. The chain also get hot enough to melt a fair sized hole in the
side of the hugger.

I still managed to make reasonable progress though. Including filtering
like an utter **** and going round Loz's favourite motorway junction at
a fair pace.

Could have happened to anyone.


[1] I've just remembered, it's in the back of the garage.