Author Topic: Rear Tire Recommendations... (Read 6497 times)

Red01 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2005, 08:44:09 PM »

You may also hear it called scalloping. It's when the tire wears unevenly with little cup shapes in the tread. When this happens on a car, it's often a sign of a bad shock.

smooth operator · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2005, 09:12:46 PM »

A cupped tire is when your front tire wears unevenly. You can run your hand over the tire and feelm the uneven tread. And they do'nt handle well. I had a Bridgestone 020 do that.
As far as the patching,I had a tire done with a hot patch, the tire has to come off and it is hot patched from the inside. I have a feind that still has a old fasion service station,they don't sell food,but they pump the gas,wash your winshield,check the oil or tires if you want.Have 2 lifts to work and inspect vehicles. And they can fix your tire. Seems like thy're becoming extict,but there are still some around.

broncbob · « **Reply #17 on:** August 14, 2005, 11:12:28 PM »

has any one heard of tadering? sounds like the same thing as cupping. my kaw. zx6 did this to my stock tire, looked a lot like a baked potato!

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #18 on:** August 16, 2005, 10:53:37 PM »

its from running low tire pressure , if you get down eye level with your tire you will see treads wore off with a pointy section on them !

neoseity · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2005, 02:18:55 AM »

I ran the OEM Mac 90s with the recommended 36psi and the front cupped at about 3k. Most of my riding is canyons.

Cupping as far as I understand it (and observed in my case) is when a tread block is worn more toward the front and the whole tire kinda looks like an armadillo.

I am now running Perelli Diablo Strada and like 'em better then both the MAc 90s and the z6s.

Slider · « **Reply #20 on:** September 10, 2005, 02:39:04 AM »

Quote from: "B6mick"

Plugs, hmmm I have heard all the negitive stories about them to, but like all things negitive they are usually started by those who have never ever used them. I have been personally been using the tyre plugs installed from the outside for years. Have never had a problem, have never had a failure.
On one tyre I purchaced on the saturday, punctured it on the monday, 20 odd thousand K's later the same tyre had 4 puncture repairs in it.
Never leave home without the repair kit,

My last puncture was a 1/4" bolt, of all things. I bought a brand new rear tire on that one, (again

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It's always the rear... the front one kicks 'em up and the rear tire dies.

Thanks for the advice. It never ocured for me to carry this "kit".
Are these available in most auto stores? Bike stores?
How big a hole will they plug?