Excessive Wear?

[Jeff Cameron]

+1....That tire is not lined up correctly.

 

[cr0ft]

Well, it's not necessarily the case that the problem is in the bike. I've seen speculation as to left-side tire wear and why it sometimes happens - to begin with, if a lot of time is spent riding in cities, you're riding twice as long turning left than right. Every time you turn right at a crossroads, you are in the right position to just turn, but when turning left you have to cross the entire intersection and drive a much longer distance to get across. You also take left turns at greater speed. Left-side tire wear isn't unusual on a number of bikes that have never been down. So not necessary to jump to "the frame is twisted like a pretzel" yet.

Does the bike see a lot of city street riding? That could explain both the overly large wear (lots of snappy starts at the red lights) and the left-side increased wear. Just speculating.

And how's your tire pressure? If it's too low, a heavy torque monster like the R3 will eat the tire in short order.

 

[rayjay]

I agree crOFT
But if you continuously rode around a roundabout...i doubt it would look like that
With a tyre in that state, you should be able to feel what's going on...don't mean that disrespectfully

RJ

 

[TOMCAT]

I've always run 45 PSI in the rear tyre .. only ever run ME880 .. be giving Bridgestone a go next time around.

 

[gdwojo]

Well, it's not necessarily the case that the problem is in the bike. I've seen speculation as to left-side tire wear and why it sometimes happens - to begin with, if a lot of time is spent riding in cities, you're riding twice as long turning left than right. Every time you turn right at a crossroads, you are in the right position to just turn, but when turning left you have to cross the entire intersection and drive a much longer distance to get across. You also take left turns at greater speed. Left-side tire wear isn't unusual on a number of bikes that have never been down. So not necessary to jump to "the frame is twisted like a pretzel" yet.

Does the bike see a lot of city street riding? That could explain both the overly large wear (lots of snappy starts at the red lights) and the left-side increased wear. Just speculating.

And how's your tire pressure? If it's too low, a heavy torque monster like the R3 will eat the tire in short order.

Very little city driving - except for the occasional daily commute, mostly country roads without deep ruts that would mean riding on the side of the depression.
My hands aren't strong enough to hold on tight enough to keep me in the seat during "snappy starts" at red lights ; } -
Tire pressure is perfect.
There is more vibration during hard takeoffs than before the repair work, but I was thinking maybe just the shoddy workmanship.

 

[Badlionsfan]

Take it to a shop that uses this technology if at all possible--

http://mphohio.com/mega-m-a-x/if-the-frame-is-bent/

http://www.scheibner.de/scheibner/en/208_partner.php

 

[gdwojo]

Take it to a shop that uses this technology if at all possible--

http://mphohio.com/mega-m-a-x/if-the-frame-is-bent/ My Antivirus puked on the first link.... Said there was a Trojan virus at the site.... Would not recommend using it...

http://www.scheibner.de/scheibner/en/208_partner.php

 

[TURBO200R4]

there could be so many things.
the tube that holds the drive shaft could be bent causing the wheel to run crooked.
shocks could be different tensions or sizes.
this is my personal opinion** if some one tighten the rear axle then the drive shaft tube the wheel would be setting crooked.
my opinion**the bike is not safe to ride. i would think that if you hit the rear brake hard that bike would come around on you . and it might be prone to come around if the rear wheel broke traction under power. i would be afraid of it. again just my opinion.
if it was mine i would have some one follow me to see if they could any thing wrong.
a different tire may just mask the problem. again just my opinion.

 

[cr0ft]

If the frame was that badly bent, shouldn't the bike be a pain in the butt to ride? Does it track normally on the open road?

 

[gdwojo]

If the frame was that badly bent, shouldn't the bike be a pain in the butt to ride? Does it track normally on the open road?

Seems as though I have to shift my weight slightly to the right - when resting my arms to get it to stay upright more than before the accident - which would lean the bike to the left (even less slightly - seeing as I don't outweigh the bike) - but I cannot imagine that it would be responsible for that much of an effect on the tire.

I have someone that will follow me tomorrow morning. I will make sure he is wearing his glasses..... and let you know what we find.