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A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:10 pm
by RustyAs
Currently in Burnie Tas, half way through a 10 day tour and late this afternoon while lubing the chain i discovered these marks on the rear tyre.
It appears to be part of the manufacturing process as you can see by the rounded edges of the groove, and the fact that it goes completly around the tyre, with the same mark in each tread.
Have not been doing any burn outs or been on dirt roads, only highway riding. Which by the way in Tasmania is fantastic in a lot of areas.
My main concern is the tyre may be de-laminating.
any one seen this before
Cheers
Rusty
- Close up
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- Groove in centre goes all the way around
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- Other crack
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- Plug?
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Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:15 pm
by kawadave
Are they Bridgestone Battlax's ?
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:21 pm
by dilligaf
if they are bridgestone bt023 its an anti static strip. mine have done it.
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:24 pm
by RustyAs
Ahhh..... yes that may help
It's a Bridgestone Battlax BT023R180/55ZR17M
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:27 pm
by kawadave
Mine have done the same.....nothing to worry about.
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:31 pm
by dilligaf
from memory I've put over 7000k on mine since they appeared so don't worry.
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:54 pm
by RustyAs
Cheers,
Thanks heaps. For what it is worth the Bridgstones are performing brilliantly. Using all the tyre in the hard and fast twisty stuff as well as the high speed tight corners.
The roads here in Tas are great, even the secondary roads.
Will do a trip report when I get back late next week.
Cheers
Rusty
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:39 am
by ducati_paul
Just watch out for those logging trucks, they use both sides of the road at speed on bends and don't care what's coming the other way
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:31 pm
by Six Addict
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:47 pm
by Smitty
RustyAs wrote:............
The roads here in Tas are great, even the secondary roads.
Will do a trip report when I get back late next week.
Cheers
Rusty
just watch for the roadkill
running over a dead wombat or wallaby will ruin your day
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:03 pm
by Gosling1
Smitty wrote:.....just watch for the roadkill.....running over a dead wombat or wallaby will ruin your day
......
pretty sure it fucked the wombats day as well !
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:30 pm
by StuMiller
Hey mate, when are you due in Hobart?
Re: A little help here....... please.
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:12 pm
by RustyAs
sorry Stu, missed you
been back for a week now
Been up to my arm pit s in aligators at work since I got bacK
Had a fantastic trip. Tassie is a riders paradise.
Definatley will be going back.
Stay tuned fo a full report over the week end, similar to my ride last year
http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 49&t=30663 it will take some time to put together.
Cheers