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Can anyone relate?

........and here I thought Greg was one of the few remaining responsible adults on this board?? Who's bike is that really Jim

Yes, that so-called tread, reminds me of Challis, ID 2004-yikes!!

jh

Actually Dwight from my experience with very thin tires, those marks come from stopping quickly more then general road wear.

Glad im a yute and dont have to worry about being a responsible adult!

You are right Matt, I seen your tires, pretty scary sometimes.
Hope all is going well in Tucky for youz guyz.
Have a happy Turkeyday!

Stopping QUICKLY, Matt???

Well, NOW I suppose I CAN relate to this pattern of tire wear TOO, if THAT'S the case!!!

Uh huh! Yep! Ya see Matt, I DO occassionally ride my BA on that friggin' 405 FREEWAY out here in L.A., and talk about your stop and go traffic...GEESH!!!

(of course the GOOD part is that WE are allowed to lane-split out here, which of course helps alleviates the necessity of doin' a lot o' that "stop and go" thing, ya know)

can ya even tell what tire that is? And btw that motorsickle is Cinnamon Girl.

Ya know moe, at first I thought it WAS Cinnamon Girl there, but because of your topic heading I then figured it was probably Greg's bike.

And let me guess here...that tire is the lousy Bridgestone these bikes came with originally, right?!

Not the original tires at all. I lost those years ago. Here is a picture of the same tire Sept 10th (1,500 miles ago)(at which time I SHOULD have replaced it).


So I think with 11 grand on em I have what you call a whole lot of wear and several hard braking events. I got almost 7 months use too. On a more positive note: I just got back from the store with a new rear 880!

The title of this thread plays on Greg's prior tire abuse of June 2008.



Hum on second thought after looking at Greg's tire I just might roll another 1,000 miles or so before I spoon on the new 880.

Man!!! Sounds like you like livin' on the edge there, ol' buddy!!!

Okay, maybe not on the "edge" per se, maybe more "right down the middle" , but I'm thinkin' gettin' your money's worth THIS WAY probably ain't gonna be conducive to a long and happy life with your Cinnamon Girl there, amigo!!!

Too many nibs sticking outta the sides... and the middle is looking a bit flat. A bit of detective works suggest you don't ride a lot of twisties? Heck, send me the tire and I'll wear down the sides 'cause I don't really need the middle to be good!!

When I was young and poor, my bike AND car tires often looked like this.

That's only worn through the first ply, should be able to get another couple hundred miles out of it.

I don't know Jim

The "Englishyankee Syndrome" sounds like another novel by the guy who wrote "The Bjourne Conspiracy"

Does anyone really know what Greg does for his day job, beyond going here 'n there, and doing this 'n that? And that one photo sure looks like the pattern of a Bridgestone, which in of itself is a clear violation of the accepted AUP??

Like I said, I don't know.......

jh

Hope all you all had a great Thanksgiving. The tire in question was a spitfire. I spooned on a metz880 yesterday and slipped some new sintered pads on too. oops. oil? well let's just say thank goodness for amsoil, eh?

About the tire. Seems I am the first to wear one out. When I got the carcass off the rim the worn strip was scary thin. The worn area actually sunk in towards the center. Glad I got that off. Not too bad all in all on the mileage either. Given the tire's price, I got a fair amount of mileage. (11,032 v 18,427 on my last 880)

Florida. Not too many twisties here. And getting to twisties is a 500 mile ride. The worn out spitfire laid rubber throughout the eastern seaboard. From here to Laconia via the BRP, Whoop de whoops off the ho chi man trail and even the beautiful vistas round the Brasstown Ranger district of Georgia. That tire was 100 yards from the living legend Jimmy Carter in Plains GA. It was resting while Lynn and I toured the little white house. It slipped on white lines, threw gravel on roads in Southern Virginia, stopping at the four forks to revel in historic battles. Yes although it was squared off and worn out, the tire saw more twisties in its seven month life than I could have ever imagined. Cinnamon Girl might roll to Silver Spring this December. brrr. Might. All depends on the whiskey supply and how adventuresome I gets...

Moe, if it weren't for the red fender and pipes I'd have sworn that was my last tire!!! Maybe it's just a "Greg" thing, but I haven't been around you enough to rub off...

Jeez, I need to lurk more. This is the first time I read this post. Haven't been on much lately due to working nights, general goofing off, spending turkey day with my family, etc. Heck, I still need to clean my bike after the AR rally .

Since we're talking wheels/tires, how do you remove the front wheel from the forks? They don't make an allen key big enough fit in the hex shaped hole on one side of the wheel. How am I supposed to unscrew that? The manual isn't much help either since it just says something like "remove the front wheel" without getting into the specifics.

I guess it is about time for a new front tire as Libby's was the last time you got one. Is it picture worthy?

I purchased a 12mm allen 3/8 inch drive socket type tool. I have never had to hold the left side of the axle. But if you have to hold the left side read this Take a 1/2"X 1 1/2" or thereabouts bolt, thread a couple of nuts on.. Remove the caliper before wheel removal. You don't have to, but you wrench alone no? Pay attention to the speedo pickup er nevermind!

Okay, kewl. That's what I was hoping for. I didn't want to have to find something big enough to turn the hex hole that the rubber stopper is in but wasn't sure if I'd have to brace it while turning the other side. I've seen some 12mm keys for the other side so I'm going to pick one of those up so I can put my floating rotors on one of these days. I'll have to check my records for how much mileage I've done on the front tire since that trip. I know it's been one and a half NH rallies and one AR rally with a few rides in between so I'd say there's only about 7000 miles on the tire. Should be good for another 7k at least. I still have a new-to-me speedo cable that I got from Pinwall so maybe I'll put that on at the same time even though my last "fix" is still holding up fine.