Tire wear question.

[drgibson]

Originally Posted by stp1971

No,,, we were talking about the loose screw you had in your head,,,I mean tire. I am glad you got that fixed.

I got the one in the tire fixed the other one is to slippery.

BTW you, Everrett & Pete were discussing the tire wear as well, you were just drawn to the tire by the shinny object sticking out of it. I think Blackhole was chating up the beer girl.

[stp1971]

That he was!!!! And the barmaids, and the girls on the street, and the girls at the strip clubs, and the girls at the restaurant, and the girls two doors down in the hotel. I was amazed he sat there on Main Street all day letting people take pics of him and his bike. I am still amazed at the things stickers can do for a bike.

[drgibson]

Originally Posted by stp1971

That he was!!!! And the barmaids, and the girls on the street, and the girls at the strip clubs, and the girls at the restaurant, and the girls two doors down in the hotel. I was amazed he sat there on Main Street all day letting people take pics of him and his bike. I am still amazed at the things stickers can do for a bike.

Not just any stickers Fireman stickers...

Well they call me the fireman, that's my name.
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got.
I can cool 'em down when they're smoldering hot.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

I don't know which is worse, that King George sang that song Or that I have the lyrics memorized. Oh well 1, 2, 3, 4,...

Last night they had a bad one a mile or two down the road.
Well my buddy walked out and left his woman burning out of control.
Well I was down there in about an hour or so.
With a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

Well they call me the fireman, that's my name.
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got.
I can cool 'em down when they're smoldering hot.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

Got a fire engine red - T - bird automobile.
In a minute or less I can be dressed fit to kill.
I work 24 on, 24 off.
When they get too hot, they just give me a call.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

Well they call me the fireman, that's my name.
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got.
I can cool 'em down when they're smoldering hot.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

They call me the fireman, that's my name.

[drgibson]

[kwc50]

Can anyone in England confirm that their front tire wears out on the right side first? Or is this just a paper theory?

Originally Posted by Trapper

Thanks, Tim. That is a cool article. It says the left side of the tire actually has more mileage (up to twice as much) due to the radius of the turns. Here's an exerpt.

"Why is this wear more evident on the left front in most cases? Actually, excessive side tire wear is only evident on the left front in countries where one rides on the right side of the road. Riding right means that the left side of your tire will have more (and likely faster) miles on it than the right side. Left hand turns have a larger radius than right hand turns in right side driving countries, hence you ride farther (and likely faster) turning left than turning right with subsequent increased side band wear on the tire's left side. The left side of your tire has more miles on it (in some extreme cases, twice as many) than the right side of your tire. And the side of your tire only gets mileage when you are leaned in a turn, otherwise, this area of your tire does not contact the pavement at all as shown in the photo. European left side drivers find that the right side of their front tires will wear out first. Quite the opposite effect for precisely the same reasons reversed."

[Trapper]

...or Austrailia