Cupped Tires?
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Road Master
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Cupped Tires?
Can someone tell me exactly how to tell if my tires are cupped. Heard the term several times, but was never really sure how to spot it. I have about 9100 miles on the original tires. Tread depth measures just about 3/32 and I've been getting a bit of a wobbly feeling lately. This just started. I was trying to make it to 10K on these tires.
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2/32 is usually considered the end of life for a motorcycle tire. Improper inflation can cause cupping, but in your case I'd say it's just part of normal wear resulting a tire that's reached the end of its useful life.
For what it's worth, I dug into it last year when I had noticed mine was cupped. Original tire with 16k on it. I found my tire gage was off by 2 psi, so it was running a little over inflated, which I think was the cause. I was still happy with 16k.
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I wanted to keep my EG all Harley but i am reserching alternatives.