How to read your tire wear

[cbrsmurf]

Came up on this informative page while checking out Dave Moss' website:

http://www.feelthetrack.com/tire-wear.html

[C.Ballensky]

thats interesting. i woulda figured that there were different kinds of wear. Never really thought about it though.

:)

[DontBreakAgain]

Does this apply to soft track tires only or street tires apply too?

[melonheadR6]

Does this apply to soft track tires only or street tires apply too?

This is more for tires used at trackdays.

I remember when Dave was setting up my suspension the first time. He pointed out my rear tire and said, "after my settings, these marks (some type of tearing) will go away." Sure enough, after one session, my tires wear was nice and even. Go Dave Moss! :thumbsup:

[Lost]

I had dave take a look at my suspension and we talked for about 30 min abou different wear patterns and tearing in relation to what your suspension is doing. Very interesing conversation. I neven thought about it untill i overheard him talking to someone about it.

[DontBreakAgain]

Does "tearing in" mean the same thing as "marbling"?

[Lost]

Does "tearing in" mean the same thing as "marbling"?

Generally no. Tearing is different in that it often leaves a pattern similar to the pattern waves make in the sand under them (If ya know what i mean). There are a few different types of tearing... You can get marbeling from tearing, but you also get marbeling from a perfect setup. A perfect setup (reality is that no setup is perfect for every turn and every speed.) still marbles, but wil marble much less than a poor setup. The better your suspention setup is the less tire wear you will see, in my experience.

[Lost]

I'd almost put money that that hot tear pic is a big willow tire!

[cbrsmurf]

Does this apply to soft track tires only or street tires apply too?

You'd have to be super fast and super hard on your tires to get street tires to be like those on his website... even then I've never seen street tires with those kind of wear

[Kurt'sSV]

Yeah, it's amazing what Dave can tell you about suspension and how they effect your tires. It's also amazing to ride your bike after he sets it up right (though, thankfully, my suspension has always been set right because Zoran does it for me).

[RadPajita]

i personally didn't like the set up Dave did on my bike at Buttonwillow. His adjustments were based of the tire wear and it does make sense. However, the bike started pushing wide blowing corners and I felt front diving in more than i like.. Luckily I wrote down my setting prior and put them back. (nothing negative against Dave, his set up just did not work for me)

I think i just like everything hard which makes the chassis a little nervous.

[Termin8r]

i personally didn't like the set up Dave did on my bike at Buttonwillow. His adjustments were based of the tire wear and it does make sense. However, the bike started pushing wide blowing corners and I felt front diving in more than i like.. Luckily I wrote down my setting prior and put them back. (nothing negative against Dave, his set up just did not work for me).

His setup only works for bikes with less than 50 million miles.


I think i just like everything hard which makes the chassis a little nervous.

Makes the sheep nervous too, Rad.:)

[hypersport]

Makes the sheep nervous too, Rad.:)

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a492/a492.gif

[CaptainCR]

I think i just like everything hard which makes the sheep a little nervous.

Fixed:thumbsup:











































j/k Rad:)

That shirt is hilarious Mike :roflmao:

[Termin8r]

I think I like the nervous sheep which just makes everything "little" hard.

Improved.:guitar:

[Lost]

One thing to keep in mind is that suspension setting vary acording to speed. For instance settings that are perfect for doing 33's at big willow are intolerable at 30's. A setup for 30's is terrible at 33's. Settings for 28's or 29's may be different still. Just something to keep in mind. Suspention tuning is a process. Its not something where your change your settings once and poof, they are perfect. You really need to make changes then ride. Make one or two more changes then ride. If something feels better, you do more till it doesn't feel good anymore, then back it to where it felt best. There is no majic setup for all riders or all speeds.

[Kurt'sSV]

If something feels better, you do more till it doesn't feel good anymore, then back it to where it felt best.

Kind of like masturbation.

[RadPajita]

i didn't think anyone was going there but YOU DID!!!

[Lost]

Kind of like masturbation.

HAHAHAHAHA!:silenced:

[brownbrown4]

Kind of like masturbation.
:jackoff: :jackoff: :roflmao: :roflmao: