| Author | Message | ||
     Piotr12 |
Sunday I took a ride covering about 200 miles. When I got home I noticed what looked like brake dust on the rear wheel. Upon closer inspection I came to the conclusion that it is rubber dust. I visually inspected everything I could think of but came up empty handed. There are no signs of anything rubbing to cause this. The belt looks pristine and there are no rub marks on the tire. Any idea what would cause this?     Any help is greatly appreciated. Pete | ||
| Doughnut |
did you get a plastic bag stuck in your rear wheel? Fresh black top? (Message edited by doughnut on October 07, 2009) | ||
| Piotr12 |
Not that I recall...  | ||
| Piotr12 |
"Fresh blacktop?" Don't remember that either...lol | ||
| Froggy |
I'll give ya a hint, its your tire. | ||
| Boltrider |
That looks like a new rear tire. Did you replace it recently? I went from Diablo Stradas to Diablo Rossos and I noticed the rubber dust after a couple days of riding. The softer Rossos dust up much more than my Stradas did. | ||
| Roysbuell |
Thin chicken strips very nice. | ||
| Brumbear |
Tire rubber but check your belt for shyts and giggles | ||
| Slaughter |
It is tire rubber. Your front tire sheds rubber too and is picked up on the rear wheel. Sometimes in heavily travelled sections of road, you will pick up lots of rubber dust OFF the road that has been left by others and it all builds up on the leading edges of the spokes (like in your pics) | ||
| Piotr12 |
@Boltrider: The bike is new, just turned 2500 miles on the odo. @Froggy & Slaughter: I had a feeling it was but wondered just how in the world it got there... @Brumbear: The belt is in pristine shape. @Roysbuell Umm...I see what you did there...  | ||
| Saratoga |
Tire is like a giant eraser, especially when it gets hot. Long highway rides would always crud up the rear wheel when I had the stock Diablo-T's. Make sure the tire pressure is correct also. Underinflation will heat the tire up and cause too. The Stradas don't do it nearly as much. | ||
| Jraice |
+1 Saratoga... Long highway rides and the T's do not go well together. I killed a set in 3500 miles by doing that, before the highway stint it looked round and with decent tred. About 200 miles of highway riding and I was running on chords. | ||
| Jraice |
+1 Saratoga... Long highway rides and the T's do not go well together. I killed a set in 3500 miles by doing that, before the highway stint it looked round and with decent thread. About 200 miles of highway riding and I was running on chords. | ||
| No_rice |
yep, probably your tires   | ||
| Jraice |
Is that a Corsa III (appears to be dual compound, correct me if I am wrong). Track time? That doesnt look normal for even aggressive street use. | ||
| Boney95 |
No Rice, looks like you didn't let your tires warm up properly before you hit her hard. | ||
| Boltrider |
I believe that's No_rice after some track time. Can you tell that he knows how to push it? | ||
| No_rice |
yes corsa III. yep after a day at blackhawk. |
