Time for new?

Manfred

Manfred

Stuart Brogden
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Location
La Vernia, TX
Bike
2010 Honda nt700v
Serious question. I've not had tires with this tread pattern before. Hard for me to see wear bars on this tire. I have a new one ready to go. Is this one ready for the dump?
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Ok for a few short errands... but definitely before the TX heat heats up that chip and seal pavement and eats tires.
 
Manfred said:
... - how does it look?
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From European, legal POV offensive enough to prohibit further use of the vehicle right on the spot and confiscation of your license plate... šŸ˜‰
Our min thread dept is 1.6mm (1/16th"), so when those TWI's start to 'surface' its urgently time for new ones...
Aside the legal ramifications due 'not roadworthy condition', is also any insurance liability nil and void...

Besides crappy water drainage, will cupping and wear pattern also impact cornering and handling...

Why the uneven wear?
- road crest
- better road visibility in left turns (vs reduced in right ones)
 
ST1100Y said:
From European, legal POV offensive enough to prohibit further use of the vehicle right on the spot and confiscation of your license plate... šŸ˜‰
Our min thread dept is 1.6mm (1/16th"), so when those TWI's start to 'surface' its urgently time for new ones...
Aside the legal ramifications due 'not roadworthy condition', is also any insurance liability nil and void...

Besides crappy water drainage, will cupping and wear pattern also impact cornering and handling...

Why the uneven wear?
- road crest
- better road visibility in left turns (vs reduced in right ones)
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This is what I'm not seeing on this tire - tire wear indicators.
 
The grooves almost criss cross in center, and there gone, so short trips ok, not long rides. And that nail right there???? If you have a bandsaw with metal cutting blades, cut across tire to reveal tire thickness will show you cross section. If riding much more, there is usually a different color of rubber that starts to appear, that's when it gets dangerous
 
I have the new tire - will see how much easier it is to drop the rear wheel with my side case modification.
 
I ended up putting my NT on a raised platform that had a dropout under the rear wheel to remove it. With that I could drop the wheel straight down without disassembling anything other than the wheel & axel. It worked well and I had the room for the platform. I also had a platform with a cutout the brake disc could sit it and not harm it while breaking the bead and removing tire.

Arknt
 

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ARKNT said:
I ended up putting my NT on a raised platform that had a dropout under the rear wheel to remove it. With that I could drop the wheel straight down without disassembling anything other than the wheel & axel. It worked well and I had the room for the platform. I also had a platform with a cutout the brake disc could sit it and not harm it while breaking the bead and removing tire.

Arknt
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I have a small garage. With the modifications I made for the side cases, I am able to remove the wheel without removing anything other than the disc brake. I use a couple of 2x6 boards on the floor to hold my wheel.
 
Manfred said:
But, aside from the nail - how does it look?
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If you look at that wear bar, it looks like the tire might have some life left in it. But as Mellow showed me, it really doesnt and tires do wear faster the more worn they get. The old tire looks like a great opertunity to test various flat fixes.
 
Coyote Chris said:
If you look at that wear bar, it looks like the tire might have some life left in it. But as Mellow showed me, it really doesnt and tires do wear faster the more worn they get. The old tire looks like a great opertunity to test various flat fixes.
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This is the first nail in a bike tire I think ever for me. To be a good test of tire patching, I'd have to re-mount it on a wheel and pressurize it. Not gonna happen.
 
Manfred said:
This is the first nail in a bike tire I think ever for me. To be a good test of tire patching, I'd have to re-mount it on a wheel and pressurize it. Not gonna happen.
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I practice on old tires that are demounted. But I am interested in the new screw in Plugs. Somethiing to get you to a safe place.
Quickly.
Next time I get ready to take a wheel to a dealer, for a new tire, I will drill in a 1/8 in hole and screw in the plug and check with soapy water.
 
Took the bike on a 60 miles test run. Great handling on the new tire, which is a 140 from Continental.
 
Manfred said:
This is the first nail in a bike tire I think ever for me. To be a good test of tire patching, I'd have to re-mount it on a wheel and pressurize it. Not gonna happen.
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Reemember, there is hole plugging and tire patching. Many dealers we have found shy away from tire patching even though I personally feel it is safe. When on tour I got my last flat due to a piece of road debris last summer, I elected to have the dealer put on a new tire...but he said he will on occasion with a fairly new tire install a patch on the inside with an intigrated plug.
 
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