Front tire scalloping
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TurboFan
Supercharged
Greyrocket, awesome post.
lonerider
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Mine have gone same at 10000k,s,,, but only after a few days chasing bloody slippery & jd round twisties!! I thought I was braking into and through corners a bit too much, never done this before with a bike but these rockets seem to handle it well! I think its and end point of tyre wear feature as well.
Jimmy Rocket
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Umm, trying to understand the lesson to be learned here and have a basic question: Does this mean I should not worry about replacing a front tire that has cupping until the tread wears down to the 2mm or 3mm limit or whatever? Or should I consider the cupping a hazard and replace the tire early? If it is 'normal' then why do we replace tires that show cupping?
TurboFan
Supercharged
The article that GreyRocket linked to seems very interesting, but I haven't had time to digest it. On the surface I agree with it, but believe that tires only start cupping when tire pressure is too low. Same tire, same bike, sometimes no, or minimal cupping othertimes, premature wear and all cupped. Maybe I never corner hard enough? I don't know, but I think the cupping works as discribed in the article, but occurs or at least is made worse when pressure is too low. THEREFORE IMHO for what it is worth, if it is cupping, it's time to go.
rubber2burn
Turbocharged
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My pressures have not dropped , but have had scalloping , had it replaced when worn out and it was like having a new bike , you dont relise the way the steering gets heavy and handling . ( Replaced my front at 7000 miles )
I think the new tyre may not make it as far as that due to having to counter steer more with the car tyre in the rear :?
I think the new tyre may not make it as far as that due to having to counter steer more with the car tyre in the rear :?
quietman
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just my opinion, but the cheapest life insurance you will ever buy is just replacing that tire with a new one. personally, i wouldnt use a tire plug even in a golf cart. :?
Jimmy Rocket
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I agree with quietman. Better to err on the side of caution than the alternative. Loved your movie, too, quietman. 
mdglaw
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I think you treat tire replacement with cupping like any other kind of wear, just look closely at the area of most wear rather than the tire as a whole. When the cupped part wears to the replace point, then replace the tire, don't let the better tread on the other side fool you
Jimmy Rocket
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Actually I like greyrocket's idea too from an economic standpoint so long as the cupping is not dangerous. But I suppose if it is referred to as "normal" . . . .
