Resonable prices from National Tyres :D

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Have not found anybody better than National for price vs. convenience(sp?)

Phone call and they usually have what I want next day or next. Ride-in and DIY on their stands or chuck them in the back of her motah from the house.

Originally Posted by foxyinleather

Do you tell them you had to get someone to get rid of your chicken strips for you? he he

no, but seeing as i re wore the blistering away to the edges, i am more than capable of removing my own chicken strips anyway

Originally Posted by neio79

Yeah, given that the last rear i just got rid of had a bit of help on the edges being a scrub, it was the first ryre i have had that needed replacing because trhe edges were down below the wear limit while the center had a little left above it. Rather than being square it was more angular profile due to the way it started to wear and i carried on wearing it more on the edges.

Some bikes seem to do that. My dads old BMW R1100RS was the same. Looked a little like \/ this lol.

At the moment mine isnt doing it though, I think its mostly down to doing lots of motorway miles to and from base so mine are wearing evenly. The front actually looks a little odd with how it is wearing because I dont get to the edge of the front. I presume you dont on your's either, the 70 profile dont seem to, the 60 on the SV though seemed to get to the edge fine.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Some bikes seem to do that. My dads old BMW R1100RS was the same. Looked a little like \/ this lol.

At the moment mine isnt doing it though, I think its mostly down to doing lots of motorway miles to and from base so mine are wearing evenly. The front actually looks a little odd with how it is wearing because I dont get to the edge of the front. I presume you dont on your's either, the 70 profile dont seem to, the 60 on the SV though seemed to get to the edge fine.

Yep the 70 profile is hard to ge tto the edges. although my last front ( scrub) was blistered on the edges

The wear pattern on a front is not the same as loooking at a rear. You are looking for stepping on the tread, from rear to front i think rather than squaring like the rear. A lot of people will think the front is ok as its not gone square or stil has a few mm left, but in reality if they should be checking how much it is stepping on the front for a better indication.

Originally Posted by neio79

Yep the 70 profile is hard to ge tto the edges. although my last front ( scrub) was blistered on the edges

The wear pattern on a front is not the same as loooking at a rear. You are looking for stepping on the tread, from rear to front i think rather than squaring like the rear. A lot of people will think the front is ok as its not gone square or stil has a few mm left, but in reality if they should be checking how much it is stepping on the front for a better indication.

Stepping? What be that, im not sure... Please explain.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Stepping? What be that, im not sure... Please explain.

run your hand along the lenght of the front tyre, you will feel a slight differance in height between the front of the tread and the rear of it, when tis gets so noticable its almost like a step you need to replace the tyre.

Originally Posted by neio79

run your hand along the lenght of the front tyre, you will feel a slight differance in height between the front of the tread and the rear of it, when tis gets so noticable its almost like a step you need to replace the tyre.

Ah. Mine is doing that slighyly off centre. Doh. That sucks, I think itll still do a couple of thousand more miles though. I would have thought the front would have lasted longer than this, I got 2 back to one front on the SV, must be riding this bike harder without realising. Thinking about it though maybe the front has had extra wear cos of low pressure. Recently its been losing pressure a little and so I have done a few miles with the front as low as 30PSI. Ive had the tyre taken off and re seated and new valve so that should be sorted. I guess the low pressure has worn it quicker

Its only when it becomes really noticable, as in you fel your hand drop a fair few m diferance between the front and rear you need to think about changing. Dont worry if its only a bit.