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Rpm4x4
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:30 pm: |
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I've noticed that new front tires don't come with much tread at all. New ones look damn near worn out! How far down is too far? So when do YOU replace. |
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Swampy
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:41 pm: |
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When the new ones arrive! That of course is when the cords start showing through the smooth tread. |
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Danger_dave
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:41 pm: |
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When they start riding like crap. |
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Djkaplan
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:45 pm: |
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I'll let the rear go down to the cords. My fronts wear out on the sides first, so it gets changed sooner. |
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Jimduncan69
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:48 pm: |
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i usually get two rears to 1 front. |
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Just_ziptab
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:56 pm: |
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This is what my rear tire looked like when a section of cords started showing. Not much there! |
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Dalton_gang
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:44 pm: |
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Here is my last tire after a burnout.
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Froggy
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:24 am: |
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Forgot to get close ups photos of them, but swapped my scorpion syncs tonight with new ones on new rims. 18k on the front, 11k on the rear. They are so square i am thinking of putting them on my car. |
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Rick_a
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 01:34 pm: |
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I generally wait until the wear markers show. Usually they're already rock hard, slippery, and cracked on the sidewalls at that time. I've worn a set of tires nearly to the cords once and nearly killed myself having to emergency brake at 65mph in the rain. The tank slapper was so bad my pegs folded up against the pavement and my right foot got crunched. My tires wear evenly and both the front and rear wear out at the same rate making for quite an expense. My Syncs were the longest lasting tires I've used and they only lasted around 5K miles ![](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/frown.gif) |
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Djkaplan
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 01:43 pm: |
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"Not much there!" That's plenty... but you know it's time if you can see the air inside. |