I don't see any cords. Does it still hold air?

 

How long is a piece of string?

You don't give any indication of what sort of riding you do or how hard/gentle you ride.

Having said that I reckon if you go around corners more than you do straight line they will last for ages.:coolgleamA:

 

follow the sidewall of the tire(where the writing is) and you should find a little 1cm arrow pointing towards the outer edge of the tire. follow an imaginary line where that arrow is pointing and you'll see, within a tread groove, a small rise in the tire material. that rise should be "in the canyon" of the tread, not at the same height as the rest of the tire. Make sense?

If it doesn't, watch this video:

just my 2cents. hope this helps!

 

Awhile you are not even to the wear bars yet and you can ride into the bars a little bit. Mine is worse then that at 2600 miles.

 

Awhile you are not even to the wear bars yet and you can ride into the bars a little bit. Mine is worse then that at 2600 miles.

Some tires you can, some you can't. I've experienced first-hand that you can't flirt with the wear bars on Michelin Pilot Road 2 or 3's. Hit the wear bar on these and you better have a plan, lol. On 2 occasions, the tires went from "right at the wear bar" to cords within 200 miles.

 

You still have a lot of life left on those tires...or maybe you don't. We need more info, like Blondguy said.

I'd still ride them but watch them.

 

The tyres looks fine to me, besides the chicken stripes.

 

^Haha. Looks like someone doesn't like to get looooooow.

 

Wow 7500 miles.. I barely got 3k and that was pretty good I thought.

 

There is only 2 and 1/2 weeks left on those tires. You need a plan to replace them, NOW! From here & the other forum, the Diablo Rosso's only last 2,600 miles- regardless of use. Even though you have 4" chicken strips, you've created a flat spot- which is severely worn. Probably within a few miles of tread.

By riding 'straight up' you've turned this motorcycle tire into a car tire with full, un-ridden on 'sidewalls'.

'Search' is your friend, and, there are TONS of tire threads on here, with LOTS of recommendations for what to buy. Some people, who ride straight up have installed car tires, and, based on your present usage- you should consider it. They last many times loger than a motorcycle tire...




J/K:biggrinjester:

 

Do the tires not have wear bars?

 

Do the tires not have wear bars?

Not in the center of the tire.

I had a rear that I thought was fine and came back from a 50 mile ride with the cords showing (at ~6000 miles). No track days. Sane (well, mostly) adult driver. Recommended air pressure maintained (36 psi).

As always, ymmv.

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Exactly, if the center is showing wires replace it, otherwise keep riding on it. I am not getting why this is such a hard thing to figure out...

 

Look for the wear bar on the tire.

 

i ride to work around 3 times a week, so the center of the tire is kind of flat the reason i ask is because people say the rossos only last an average of 3k miles so i think i did pretty well. Should i wait to show wires to replace it is that good advice?

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If you only do commuting with your bike you need to get sport touring tires that have a hard er center compound for longevity and softer side compound for taking it in the corners. Honestly, I wouldn't wait until wires are showing you are risking a blowout and a crash. If you get stuck in rain you wont have any siphoning going on and hydroplane all over. Do yourself a favor and get new tires

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I simply fail to understand any notion of "running it until the cords show" I would not dream of running a tyre which is questionable. It is my life and limb at stake unless I am unlucky enough to run into anyone else. The idea that any opinion-internet or real is worth juggling with is tosh. Just get a safe set of rubber and show some self respect:thumbup:

 

Self-respect is a concept systematically denied us hoi-poloi by the oligarchy's manipulations of Western macro-economic systems. A more equal distribution of opportunity, wherein we would be vastly more likey to buy new rubber rather than risk our limbs to save a buck, should be the primary goal of anyone with a conscience. Sudden death while doing what one loves is preferable to a decrepit wasting in some unheated hovel, scraping a meager minimum of calories to continue drawing breath. I blame my swiftly dwindling prospects as a corporate wage slave for what is more likely a genetic predisposition to ride my tires deep into the carcass. If you got a silver spoon hanging loosely from your sneering, upper-class mouth, by all means, replace your tires arbitrarily. Worn rubber is a manifestation of solidarity with the exploited classes. I find the suggestion of ones self-respect correlating directly to the conditions of one's tires tremendously pompous and dehumanizing of the less fortunate whom happen to own brand new 10,000$ motorcycles. Also, I'm remarkably cheap.

 

That nailed it. I agree.

 

Until you fall off.

 

I'm still running my stock tyres front and rear, it's been 4 years, I don't know tho if I should change tyres soon.

 

do you know what T-CLOCS is? Come on, how can you ride a motorcycle and not know when to change the tires...

 

They're fine on the sides, but I'd change them because I don't think you have enough tread in the center if it rains.

 

There is plenty of information on the c-sectional tire shape on a motorcycle very much resisting a hydroplane. I have intentionally hydroplaned dirt bikes across shallow lakes on the ODNRA lots of times. I have unintentionally hydroplaned a street bike twice. Once a zx6r at 75, I chopped off throttle instinctively and went down hard, once at 90ish On a zx10, stayed on it, no problem, creepy though, long slide. The 6r had no tread left, the 10r, very little tread on pilot powers. Tread doesn't matter in rain on the rear tire, the front displaces the water. Tread on the front tire must be at least minimal IF you chop throttle. If you stay on it and maintain position you can surf a bike significant distance, even on slicks,, I've done it. If you don't live in the PNW and or don't ride dirty, I don't recommend you try any of this. Wet conditions however, have little to do with performance capability on bald ass rear tires. DISCLAIMER wrists may vary.

 

All I know is that I don't like slicks on a wet track. Tread seems to help, and rain tires with lots of tread seem to help the most. Your slides sound like fun though! (Other than the crash.)

 

All I know is that I don't like slicks on a wet track. Tread seems to help, and rain tires with lots of tread seem to help the most. Yur slides sound like fun though! (Other than the crash.)

I think that may be less a function of tread amd more a function of compound and operating temperature. That said, I just ordered a set of Michelin pr4's. :smile: you can't ever have too much grip lol

 

This is the stocker at 2600 miles, it probably has about 500 miles left on it at my wear rate.

 

OP, from your pic, it's evident majority of your riding is highway miles and conservative in the corners; and you've accumulated double the miles people say they get out of their same make tires. However I wouldn't judge tires by the amount of miles others get out of their tires due to different riding styles. Some of them may be changing tires sooner than they need to also.

I had 2k miles with 1 trackday on my stock Supercorsas when I took them off my bike and they had plenty of miles to go (probably could've done another 2-3k). Only swapped them out because of a puncture in my rear tire. I plugged the rear tire and it held up fine for a few hundred easy miles, but I like to do spirited canyon rides (didn't do any with the plug though) and planned on doing more trackdays.

I've seen people run their tires to the chords, but I wouldn't do that myself. You've got some life left on your tires, but keep an eye on the wear bars; also take it easy in the rain or if you don't ride in the rain then don't worry about it. Another thing to look out for is how old they are and whether there's any dry rot or flat spots (from bike sitting on the side stand for a long period of time).

 

Looks to me like you got your answer a few times over but on a side note, you are wasting money on tires. Based on the center wear, those fat chicken strips and your statement that you ride to work a few times a week, wasting money on sport tires is just throwing money away. You would be better served putting sport touring tires on that would be slightly cheaper and last about 2-3 times as long as those Pirellis.

You are simply using the wrong tool for the wrong job and paying too much for it in the process.

 

Even street tires will probably be heat cycled out after that many miles. Despite what the wear indicators show.