What causes this odd wear pattern on a front tyre?

Or if, like me, you use your big trailee off road, you just live with
it. The worst it does is cause some vibration when it gets really bad -
no big deal.

 

It's a nice theory - except it's the trailing edge that wears more.

 

They'll just try to sell you more expensive ones. ;-)

 

OK.

 

flash wrote

Yeah so you say but what the **** do you know about it?




















































and your bike is a piece of shit as well



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steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

Heh... *boom* blown out the water.

I think I put my brain in backwards this morning.

 

Wait a mo, it's the trailing edge as viewed from the top, on the bottom
that becomes the leading edge. Duh.

 

Muck wrote

FFS I don't want any of what you are smoking, the leading edge is the
leading edge all the way round the wheel.

Fucking muppet.


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steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

I wouldn't worry 'bout it - you were nearly there. It is due to the
rubber deforming, but it's the rear of the block that deforms, due to
the lack of support behind it i.e. the tread gap. Increasing the
pressure won't stop that happening, but it will reduce the carcass
deforming which adds to the effect. At least that's my theory.

 

Mo says...

Simple. You bought a shit bike and fitted shit tyres. Go out and buy a
BT014 shod Gixer thou immediately.

 

Lozzo wrote

You tell him bruvver.

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steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

steve auvache says...

I got my spare shock today. I'm a happy bunny now.

 

Na, it needs to be bolted down to the floor.

 

Ok, calm down there. It really doesn't matter that much.

 

and lofting the front wheel at every chance stops all that.

 

Have you been wearing them away it with an abrasive disc?

 

I was thinking about direction of travel of the bike, not direction of
travel of the tyre. I think that's what confused folk. So the front edge
in my minds eye view was the bit facing the direction of travel of the
motorcycle. Arse about face in other words.

I wonder if OP was getting the leading / trailing edges muddled up too?
There's a natural way that a front tyre has to wear, otherwise would it
not have to be driven?

 

My thoughts as well, other links around.

http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/cupping/

 

Duh, so it's simply excessive *accelleration* force being applied to
the tyre ...

 

As did my old BT45s on my FJ. *Always*. The FJ is particularly hard on front
tyres if ridden enthusiastically. (think Commuting, Hezbollah-stylee).
This is another reason why I switched to Avon Azaros.

JB