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Posted by DC
- December 18, 2015, 17:35:53 PMSeriously. I really should have taken a pic of that tire. I have never seen any kind of tire worn that thin, with so much of the cord showing, and still holding air. My guess is that he wants it to blow out at high speed so he can have a crash and brag to his buddies that he survived (if he does). This group was the out-there, daredevil type. A lot of their conversations were yelling and screaming at one another. 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 18, 2015, 14:08:53 PMWe can nominate him for a Darwin Award.......
Posted by 99tango
- December 18, 2015, 11:45:30 AMQuote from: DC on December 18, 2015, 10:58:26 AMEven when the wolf isn't even around, sometimes the herd thins itself out all by itself.He said he wasn't going to replace it until it actually blew. Oh well. Live and learn. . . . . or not.
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Posted by DC
- December 18, 2015, 10:58:26 AMQuote from: pcarrell on December 18, 2015, 00:43:30 AMI stopped at a convenience store for coffee on one of my rides the other day. Then a bunch of sport bikes pulled up and parked next to me. Those guys were a real hyper bunch, but friendly. Anyway, they checked out my bike and I checked out theirs too. Anyway, one of the guy's back tires was just cord showing through the center of the whole thing where there should be tread. I told the guy he really was getting his money's worth out of those tires. He said he wasn't going to replace it until it actually blew. Oh well. Live and learn. . . . . or not.Wow! You got every last mile out of that tire!
Posted by pcarrell
- December 18, 2015, 08:42:29 AMI had a Metzler 880 on the rear that I let get a couple of pounds low and before I caught it, it was cupped. From that point on, until I replaced it, I had a weird vibration in my seat.
Posted by 99tango
- December 18, 2015, 08:29:57 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on December 17, 2015, 22:53:38 PMRatMan, you should take your chances with that Harpoon more often! Yeah, I know worn out tires can cause issues, especially in cornering. I had to re-learn how to corner all over again after replacing worn tires.redfish:
On my ride home from Drift In I notice a bit of a issue with steering? wheel bearings? Seemed that at times I had to fight with the bars to corner and turn. I checked everything while on the road in the parking lot and could not find anything wrong. Once I got home I checked the steering bearings and the steering bolt, nope it was tight no loose movement.
Checked the wheels and nothing there no movement that was not supposed to be there.....now no excuse but I am a nice guy but do not like to lay down in the driveway, someone might harpoon my large behind thinking it was a walrus on the loose, but I managed to get down there and the first time everything looked fine could not feel anything wrong with the tire.
Had company went for a ride and man was the (term I used was squirrely ) on a few tight turns I had to hang on, but on the straights it was ok but not comfortable to let the bars go.
After company left I took the rear fender off.....yup the rear tire was the cause. It was worn right out....
And it's easy to overlook checking tires on a long trip. After all, we don't check em' daily at home, so why would another day be any different away from home? But looks like you got your money's worth out of yours!
But head shake from a bad rear tire? I dunno, I guess anything's possible.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 18, 2015, 04:06:44 AM Funny part is that I really checked them over closely prior to the trip, if you remember I had the funny noise issue just prior to leaving and so I had the rear fender off and was working on the chain, so I was sitting right there on the tire almost and saw nothing of a warning about it, so something that could happen quickly.....if I did the math correctly......
I bought the bike in Aug, parked it end of Oct that year, and put the new tires on and when I parked it the mileage was 24188 km and when I got home from Drift In it was 46535 km so I put 22,347 km or 13,886 miles on those Metz 880's.............
Posted by pcarrell
- December 18, 2015, 00:43:30 AMWow! You got every last mile out of that tire!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 17, 2015, 22:53:38 PMredfish:
On my ride home from Drift In I notice a bit of a issue with steering? wheel bearings? Seemed that at times I had to fight with the bars to corner and turn. I checked everything while on the road in the parking lot and could not find anything wrong. Once I got home I checked the steering bearings and the steering bolt, nope it was tight no loose movement.
Checked the wheels and nothing there no movement that was not supposed to be there.....now no excuse but I am a nice guy but do not like to lay down in the driveway, someone might harpoon my large behind thinking it was a walrus on the loose, but I managed to get down there and the first time everything looked fine could not feel anything wrong with the tire.
Had company went for a ride and man was the (term I used was squirrely ) on a few tight turns I had to hang on, but on the straights it was ok but not comfortable to let the bars go.
After company left I took the rear fender off.....yup the rear tire was the cause. It was worn right out....
Posted by 99tango
- December 17, 2015, 20:51:53 PMYou're the second or third poster mentioning a rear tire as a possible culprit. That just doesn't seem possible, plausible, or in any way conceivable. I know you guys didn't just make that up, and I don't think you had experience with head shake and just couldn't wait to yank your rear off and replace it. I also believe you guys know your stuff, and if I had heard that anywhere else I'd be inclined to call it a "rumor".
Posted by JagLite
- December 17, 2015, 20:01:26 PMUsual suspects on every bike:
Steering head bearings/nut tension
Tires, front & rear
Wheel bearings, front & rear
Swingarm bearings
Loose fairing/windsceen on bikes with them
Posted by Troll
- December 17, 2015, 09:16:17 AMQuote from: redfish on December 16, 2015, 18:49:57 PMWill do, Troll.
Now about that grease fitting. Sounds like a great idea, but doesn't that grease eventually work its way out and create a mess, much like an outboard motor neck always does? Easy cleanup on an outboard motor, but would crud a bike up bad in all the nooks & crannies.
Haven't had a problem on mine since I did it. I would imagine the type of grease makes all the difference. The waterproof boat trailer grease stays put. Clean up is a minor issue, considering how much of a PITA replacing bearings is....
Posted by TS Tinker
- December 16, 2015, 21:49:16 PMI lived in Mobile for a while and if you had a carport it was a very high rent district. Forget about a full garage. I'm with Troll on the tapered bearings. That is the way I went. I had to replace the front tire as well the damage had already been done form the bad bearings.
Posted by 99tango
- December 16, 2015, 18:49:57 PMWill do, Troll.
Now about that grease fitting. Sounds like a great idea, but doesn't that grease eventually work its way out and create a mess, much like an outboard motor neck always does? Easy cleanup on an outboard motor, but would crud a bike up bad in all the nooks & crannies.
Posted by Troll
- December 16, 2015, 18:30:19 PMGet the "Allballs" set and use wheel bearing grease instead of the factory recommendation. I put my new ones in at 40,000 miles and just inspected them and repacked them at 102,000....I put a grease fitting in the neck when I did the bearings, and I pump the neck full of waterproof trailer bearing grease about every 5,000 miles, or twice a season. Just had to peek at them, just to be sure! 