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Ok, so when doing my tire check before riding today, i noticed on my back tire there is a spot about 3-4 inches in the center where the tread looks to be gone. They are Dunlop tires and they have what ill call grooves running down the center of the tire, but in one spot, it almost looks like i slammed on brakes and wore that center groove down. Theres no wires showing and the sides seem ok as well. Do i see a new back tire in the not-too-distant future?

Yup. Make some calls you should be able to get it replaced before the "Spring Rush" to motorcycle readiness hits full force.

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Goner

Yep definitely replace. If you haven't gone skidding recently then it's probably either an unbalanced tire or a bulging tire. Either way it needs replaced very soon.

Yeah, thats what i had about figured. Better to find out this way than while going down the road doing 55 or 60.

update: well, after the local tire dealer ordering the wrong tire (i needed the rear tire NOT the front), its FINALLY on. Just in time too. Weather here is supposed to be in the 70's this weekend. He cautioned me to take it easy until it got "scuffed" because it would be slick. Said give it about 100 miles. Does it really take @ 100 miles before its scuffed enough for me to not worry about it sliding out from under me?

JustMark wrote:update: well, after the local tire dealer ordering the wrong tire (i needed the rear tire NOT the front), its FINALLY on. Just in time too. Weather here is supposed to be in the 70's this weekend. He cautioned me to take it easy until it got "scuffed" because it would be slick. Said give it about 100 miles. Does it really take @ 100 miles before its scuffed enough for me to not worry about it sliding out from under me?

no it shouldnt take a 100miles to get the residue off the tire.

The slippery residue is a result of a substance they use to ease the tyre out of a mould.


Most of it will come off as the tyre heats up (evaporate) and as you wear the tyre in.

All I do, is take it easy and as I ride home from a new tyre change I gradually lean the bike over a little more than a little more etc etc until most or all of it has had some contact with the road.


The warning about new tyres really just relates to; Dont jump on ya newly shod bike and start throwing it into corners, its a graduated process.


Oh and ya get 10/10 for checking ya tyre wear, a lot of guys dont and the 1st time they realise they have a bald tyre with belts hanging out of it is when they are upside down underneath the bike post taking that awesome corner they know so well wondering how on earth they lost it




Hope that helps.

shane-o wrote:

JustMark wrote:Said give it about 100 miles. Does it really take @ 100 miles before its scuffed enough for me to not worry about it sliding out from under me?

no it shouldnt take a 100miles to get the residue off the tire.

Agreed. I hear this "100 mile" thing quoted a lot. It's OK to be conservative, but that seems extreme. After 25 miles, my new tires are usually well scuffed in. Of course, if it's a warm dry day, I start the "gradual leaning" process a few hundred yards past the dealership's driveway. IOW, I don't just "let" the tires scuff in, I "make" it happen.....