Member Contributer didit Posted July 24, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted July 24, 2014 Just returned home from the Radar / Huckleberry Nuptials, with a side trip to Wenatchee to visit with the silent cassandtim. Got a little rain in the last 25k or so, and once in the garage I did a quick check. Do these look used enough to you? I figure I got around 9000 miles out of them, including the 5400 from the cross US trip last month. Dam slabs take their toll. Good thing I've got a set of Pilot Road 4's on order and install next week. Geesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer BCmcrider Posted July 24, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted July 24, 2014 Just use a sharpie on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer didit Posted July 24, 2014 Author Member Contributer Share Posted July 24, 2014 I was thinking I could just do a couple wraps of black electrical tape, then ride it over to the shop for install. It'd be interesting to see the look on their face? Seriously though, taking the tires off for mounting - won't be riding / pushing my luck any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 You could probably get another 100 miles out of that before it pops.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyZ Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 One good smokey burnout should kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer CornerCarver Posted July 25, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted July 25, 2014 Tony, I headed down to Orlando a few years on my VFR. Thought I had enough tread to get down there and was going to pick up set of sale tires at Cycle Gear...new pavement on I-75 and some high speed runs to get the lost time back from an accident and when I stopped to fuel up in Lake City? just north of Gainesville I gave the bike a quick once over...saw the cord showing on the rear not quite as bad as yours. Rode the last hour or so into Orlando with one cheek constantly off the seat to keep the bike rolled over off of the center of the cord...rode it to Cycle Gear the next day and pulled it off in the parking lot for them mount the new one. I would say you got your money's worth from that one. Glad you made it home without issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 i used to have tires like that when young and broke as hell-- now that im old and broke as hell- i dont ride with them like that anymore--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Plenty of meat left on the sides!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer didit Posted August 9, 2014 Author Member Contributer Share Posted August 9, 2014 Removed the front & rear for delivery to the local shop. Now shot with brand new PR 4's. First time I've removed - replaced the front myself. Took her out for a good 400k run and everything feels great. The new 4's sure feel good, very whickable side 2 side. As for the meat on the side, with over 85,000 km on her now, I'm more of a (touring) lover than a (corner) fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keny Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I would never use a tire that far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dave Nichols Posted August 18, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 18, 2014 Mine sometimes look like that before I change them, too. ( I am frugal ) My PR2 rear lasts around 8500 miles before it looks like yours. I do not recommend taking it that far, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted August 18, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 18, 2014 I see the air ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer BusyLittleShop Posted August 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 19, 2014 That tire is a sure pop!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rush2112 Posted August 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 19, 2014 From what I've heard... once you get through the belt there is more rubber on the other side. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer B4V4 Posted August 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 19, 2014 3 years ago I'm heading to Sturgis and I'm about 3 hours out when my chord starts to poke through. I drop into the Honda dealership first thing Sunday morning - closed of course, after all, why would you be open during bike week ... hmm. Next door is a big HD dealership. Hey, I figure they handle Buell. I wheel the bike over to the service department and after a time of non-eye contact I ask if they would happen to have any brand of 180/55-17 in stock. "We don't service your kind around here". "I realize that, but would you happen to have a tire". "Nope". "Don't you service Buell, they'd probably have a common size". "Nope", and they both left ... nice! By the time I got to Sturgis I had about a 1" strip of chord showing. That was a little intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer CornerCarver Posted August 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 19, 2014 I would never use a tire that far! And no one expects you to. I don't think you can be 300 miles from anywhere in Europe and not be able to find a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted August 22, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 22, 2014 Absolutely the best rear tire ever. 100's of Dragon passes. After reading one of CC's posting about reversing the rear after one side had wore more then the other I reverse it and ran it for 4 more weeks and a bunch more passes on the Dragon . The center section never changed thickness after it wore to this height !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted August 22, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 22, 2014 Must be kevlar !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Cogswell Posted August 22, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted August 22, 2014 Now that's the way to use up a tire - sides gone and tread remaining down the center! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinigami Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I've seen tires like the op's on the road before. One time, a group I was in was heading home on a freeway after a long loop when a squid on a GSX-R passed us with a 40 mph differential. Two inch white stripe down the middle of the rear tire, shorts, wifebeater shirt and sneakers. No helmet of course. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileyrock Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Absolutely the best rear tire ever. 100's of Dragon passes. After reading one of CC's posting about reversing the rear after one side had wore more then the other I reverse it and ran it for 4 more weeks and a bunch more passes on the Dragon . The center section never changed thickness after it wore to this height !! David, I think you could sell that rear to one of our FL members! :-) PS I flipped rear tires all the time at the track when it favored lefts or rights, never an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted September 3, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted September 3, 2014 Absolutely the best rear tire ever. 100's of Dragon passes. After reading one of CC's posting about reversing the rear after one side had wore more then the other I reverse it and ran it for 4 more weeks and a bunch more passes on the Dragon . The center section never changed thickness after it wore to this height !! David,I think you could sell that rear to one of our FL members! :-) PS I flipped rear tires all the time at the track when it favored lefts or rights, never an issue. I am a believer now about reversing the rear tire . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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