View Poll Results: Is my tire worn out ?

Try to get another 3000 to 5000 miles

35.37%

Replace Immediately

59.76%

Seek another opinion

4.88%

Voters: 82. You may not vote on this poll

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Oct 10, 2011 | 10:40 AM

#31

IronAss

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From: Arkansas

I been seeing ads on tv for some kind of spray on rubber **** that you could use on it. Just build up a few layers and you can probably get another 10,000 out of it with no problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwU8JObQMXc

Oct 10, 2011 | 07:47 PM

#32

krusty1

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Originally Posted by crasha51pan

awww go ahead and take it personally... don't think I will, ya gotta matter for me to take it personal.
"You need to ride more twisties... lottsa chicken strips left on there!"
I am thinkin your comment is outta sarcasim or sarcastic humor but still...
" just had a guy killed here ridin on one just like that!".. while I feel bad for any biker that goes down, if you got any seat time at all, you would have to know that every time you throw a leg over the saddle, your takin' a risk. It dosen't have to be a bald tire, maybe a faulty valve stem, a cager talkin' on a cell phone (you got a cell phone?), an unseen pot hole or patch of gravel, maybe a retread coming loose from that 18 wheeler you are ridin' next to. As for me being a dumbass, been riding for 40+ years, not always been smooth but I have learned and I am still here.
The post and poll was in sarcasm, my next ride will be to get that tire replaced, and by the way "I do moo at cows when I ride past"...

Dude...I wouldn't even ride that tire to get it replaced. Occasionally looking at yer rear tire before imminent failure ain't that hard, and neither is pulling the wheel and taking it to a shop to get that damn thing replaced.

Sure, riding a bike is inherently dangerous...the risks you mention are always a possibility....but letting a tire like that is just plain stupid...this is one risk you can definitely control.

Oct 10, 2011 | 09:52 PM

#33

TwiZted Biker

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From: Niles Canyon Ca.

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Originally Posted by krusty1

I'd be checking the air pressure a little more often and maybe reconsider the load on the passenger seat , about the only way to wear a tire that bad without burn offs all the time .

Oct 12, 2011 | 10:39 AM

#34

XKnight

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From: 3rd Stone From The Sun

I hope this thread was started as a joke. If not, get that damn piece of crap of your bike ASAP before you damage yourself, your bike and anyone else that may be around when that thing self destructs.