jeepinoutwest
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My rear brake pads look even and fine. I guess I’ll just keep on truckin and I’ll report back if the new tire wears wrong. Thanks for all the input.
Cause of this uneven wear?
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Fennellg
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Define fast. Most of us get 9 to 12k out of a set of tires.. Some more some less. There are whole threads on a select few tires that get over 15k. This longevity come at a pice. Wet traction is comprised and their treads are aggressive making them less street oriented and more off road capable.
Longdog Cymru
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I want to know how on earth you get 16,500 miles out of a rear tyre? I run mine to the wear bars and that’s it. It’s illegal to run them past the wear bars in U.K. anyway, so I would be more than happy to get 6500-7000 miles from a rear tyre.
jeepinoutwest
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My last set I got 19,000 miles. That’s why I’m in love with these tires. Good grip great mileage. Still that only gets me 9 months. I think Bridgestone discontinued them.
Boris
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Agree! I wouldn’t get anywhere near some of the mileage for tyres that some are getting on here.
I reckon around 6k for me on the Metz Tourance.
There's nothing wrong with your spokes, rim, pumpkin, brakes, axle, or anything else. Motorcycles tires on this side of the pond are supposed to wear this way. Brits have the opposite problem. Google "motorcycle left side tire wear" and read away. Hint: it's farther around a left hand turn than it is around a right side turn. I have a pile of maybe 50 old tires at the shop, most all wore out on the left side.
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jeepinoutwest
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Thanks Everyone. New tires were installed last night. Night and day!
Xclimation
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Just throwing something new out there...could you have loaded the bike differently. What I mean...on your bags have a more heavy load on one side?
I'm not saying this is correct or if it shows anything; When I make changes to suspension or tires. I like to take my bike out when there are not cars on the road and run it over triple digits to see if I get any vibration or wobble.
There are just sooooo many things that need to be checked if uneven tire wear or vibration/wobbling....neck bearings...fork out of alignment...tire balancing...rim out of true....brakes dragging....tire pressure....neck bearing.....(Forks)-leakage, even fluid each side, even damping and/or rebound each side....rim bearings....rear shock...(rear shock could even be loose)....swing arm.....shaft drive.....aerodynamics (like from a fairing or something else added.) And yes......just a bad tire.
I'm not saying this is correct or if it shows anything; When I make changes to suspension or tires. I like to take my bike out when there are not cars on the road and run it over triple digits to see if I get any vibration or wobble.
There are just sooooo many things that need to be checked if uneven tire wear or vibration/wobbling....neck bearings...fork out of alignment...tire balancing...rim out of true....brakes dragging....tire pressure....neck bearing.....(Forks)-leakage, even fluid each side, even damping and/or rebound each side....rim bearings....rear shock...(rear shock could even be loose)....swing arm.....shaft drive.....aerodynamics (like from a fairing or something else added.) And yes......just a bad tire.
Clawdog60
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Say what? I have a pile of rear tires from different bikes without this condition. ?
Clawdog60
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Racing around an asphalt track I could see this.
My pile of tire came from 40-50 different riders. Been selling tires for 47 years and left side tire wear is very common. For a reason. http://www.rattlebars.com/tirewear/
It's far beyond what would be typical for straight road crowning, suspension issues, or alignment. I'm reading two things.
You like to corner pretty hard.
The angle of shoulder wear is different on the two sides of the tire. Here's the key lines from what OldRider linked:
Why is this wear more evident on the left front in most cases? Actually, excessive side tire wear is only evident on the left front in countries where one rides on the right side of the road. Riding right means that the left side of your tire will have more (and likely faster) miles on it than the right side. Left hand turns have a larger radius than right hand turns in right side driving countries, hence you ride farther (and likely faster) turning left than turning right with subsequent increased side band wear on the tire's left side. The left side of your tire has more miles on it (in some extreme cases, twiceas many) than the right side of your tire. And the side of your tire only gets mileage when you are leaned in a turn, otherwise, this area of your tire does not contact the pavement at all as shown in the photo.
While I'm going to agree with most of what OldRider linked to, yours is pretty far so may also be the lean angle which wore each side was different. It is totally normal to be able to lean the bike a bit deeper into turns one way than the other without realizing it. This may be either that the bike will lean more one way before touching a peg or other "feeler," or just that your internal mental limit is a bit more relaxed on one side.
You like to corner pretty hard.
The angle of shoulder wear is different on the two sides of the tire. Here's the key lines from what OldRider linked:
Why is this wear more evident on the left front in most cases? Actually, excessive side tire wear is only evident on the left front in countries where one rides on the right side of the road. Riding right means that the left side of your tire will have more (and likely faster) miles on it than the right side. Left hand turns have a larger radius than right hand turns in right side driving countries, hence you ride farther (and likely faster) turning left than turning right with subsequent increased side band wear on the tire's left side. The left side of your tire has more miles on it (in some extreme cases, twiceas many) than the right side of your tire. And the side of your tire only gets mileage when you are leaned in a turn, otherwise, this area of your tire does not contact the pavement at all as shown in the photo.
While I'm going to agree with most of what OldRider linked to, yours is pretty far so may also be the lean angle which wore each side was different. It is totally normal to be able to lean the bike a bit deeper into turns one way than the other without realizing it. This may be either that the bike will lean more one way before touching a peg or other "feeler," or just that your internal mental limit is a bit more relaxed on one side.
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Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
I have it like that...
I am more "relaxed", in left corners, knowing that if I have misjudged a corner, I will only go on the farmers field. And not directly in to another car/truck
Clawdog60
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Is that between power poles or fence posts?I have it like that...
I am more "relaxed", in left corners, knowing that if I have misjudged a corner, I will only go on the farmers field. And not directly in to another car/truck
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
we don't have much of either here in Denmark.And if there is, I just drive it very safe
WJBertrand
Ventura Highway
In California, Colorado or many other western states that right shoulder might not be a farmer's field, instead it could be a 1000' of more drop off!I have it like that...
I am more "relaxed", in left corners, knowing that if I have misjudged a corner, I will only go on the farmers field. And not directly in to another car/truck
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
Åh yes, I know. And I'm kind of jealous
But as my other answer, we also don't have that AT ALL, here in Denmark.
But I do understand that many others don't feel that way, due to totally different geografi/landscape