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Originally Posted by weazelz

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Originally Posted by muffles

weazelz, i guess i just need to see it in action to see what you mean. i can't see the bit about the back wheel, but the front i could *possibly* understand - if it locks, and is sliding forward, you would want it to slide with the backwards pattern to clear water as it goes - possibly :lol:

think about where the rubber is compressed under the tyre when it's trying to grip - towards the back of the contact patch on the rear when accelerating, & towards the front of the contact patch on the front whren braking. rather like starting blocks in a running race, or digging your heels in to stop yourself being pulled frowards

hmm yeah i think i see what you mean - you are saying that because (within the contact patch) the most pressure is towards the front of the path (when braking, on the front wheel), that during slowing down when that pressure is (hopefully) constantly easing up, it could be that essentially the tyre is going backwards...it would have to be going "backward" enough to counteract the "actual" going forward though. i'll see if i can find some info on the net, unless anyone has a clip of it in action, or a moving diagram, i think i'll struggle to really believe it :lol:

I just found the link to a pic of my MT60R-Corsas
http://arizonamoto.com/Merchant2/gra...0001/mt60r.jpg

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Originally Posted by Viney

As long as the arrows point in the right way, then its cool

As a wise man once said 'this thread was dead after the post above' :lol:

Fknel what's the matter with you guys? What are you going to do about it? Nothing http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/frech/a020.gif :lol:

Cheers
Ben

ps: mine appear to run 'inside out' :? Can anyone explain why :P

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Originally Posted by 21QUEST

What are you going to do about it? Nothing http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/frech/a020.gif :lol:

haha, well i personally just wanted to confirm other people had backwards tyres...mine could have been moulded wrong! (yes yes i know it's unlikely :P )

It's a manufacturer thing the tread goes round the right way, your term not mine, on Bridgestones and when the front starts to wear you get uneven levels from one contact patch to the next does not affect the handling thugh it's just the wat it wears because tthe tread pattern is the other way round.

Agree with the above, but it's also worth noting that of all the factors that have an effect on wet grip (tread depth, tyre profile, %area of tread vs contact patch, tempertature of the rubber, ruber/silica compound etc) Tread pattern is considered the least important, so most manufacturers like to make their tyres fairly distinctive.