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From: Nige on 10 Apr 2010 07:02 Andy Bonwick wrote: >> >> I got 6k out of a front with 3 rears :) > > I hope you're very happy. hehe - my wallet wasnt... -- Nige, Land Rover 90 Yamaha R1 Range Rover Vogue
From: Nige on 10 Apr 2010 07:04 Lozzo wrote: > ogden wrote: > > >> I tend to have mine replaced as a set, and the rear always wears out >> first. I know I could save a few quid by stringing the front along a >> bit longer but it hardly seems worth the effort. > > I tend to sell the bike before it needs tyres and buy something > different Amen to that brother. The motorcycle equivelant of the full ashtray :) -- Nige, Land Rover 90 Yamaha R1 Range Rover Vogue
From: Andy Bonwick on 10 Apr 2010 13:50 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:02:34 +0100, "Vass" <markXX(a)XXdoubleyolk.co.uk> wrote: > > >"Andy Bonwick" <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote in message >news:e16vr51qteoedopj2f7dguafj3ioqtfi2u(a)4ax.com... >> On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:01:52 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >how do you judge when it needs changing? >>> >>>I tend to have mine replaced as a set, and the rear always wears out >>>first. I know I could save a few quid by stringing the front along a bit >>>longer but it hardly seems worth the effort. >> >> This ties in with the way I work it. A front will last maybe 50% >> longer than a rear tyre but if the front is fucked when the rear is >> still good you tend to ignore it until both need replacing. Not a good >> idea. >> >Thisis where I am now, the front looks like one of them 'V' pointed tyres >you see >at club races. But the back just aint ready for a change yet, >Still, MOT at 9am this morning might push me to change it, we will see. I used to find that the bike fell into corners rather than turning in smoothly when I put a new rear tyre on without replacing the front and in the end I decided the saving just wasn't worth it.
From: Adrian on 11 Apr 2010 04:03 doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> It has to be within limits for a continuous unbroken area covering 3/4 >> (I think) of the width of the tyre. That is to say it can't be within >> wear limits for the 1/4 nearest the edge on one side and the whole of >> the other side, but it can be fucked for the quarter nearest the edge >> on one side. > So tell me how that works on this: > > http://www.ziemasriepas.lv/images/upload/MichelinPilotSportCup/ large_Michelin_SPORT_CUP.jpg > > given that there is no measurable tread on the outer 1/3rd of the tyre > when new. Umm, there is. Those little diagonal "slots". They're "tread".
From: Vass on 11 Apr 2010 12:48
"Andy Bonwick" <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote in message news:6fe1s5te99gnrds6isrql08e21bdgcg6oi(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:02:34 +0100, "Vass" <markXX(a)XXdoubleyolk.co.uk> >>> >>Thisis where I am now, the front looks like one of them 'V' pointed tyres >>you see >>at club races. But the back just aint ready for a change yet, >>Still, MOT at 9am this morning might push me to change it, we will see. > > I used to find that the bike fell into corners rather than turning in > smoothly when I put a new rear tyre on without replacing the front and > in the end I decided the saving just wasn't worth it. absolutely, you cant beat the feeling of 2 brand new tyres, the bike just glides round every bend -- Vass |