Thread: Tire Wear
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Old 01-03-2017, 08:26 PM   #5
jbfla   jbfla is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Jay In Milpitas View Post
That stocker has lots of life left, you just need to optimize the bike to take advantage of the good tread.

Remove the right pannier and strap on about 80-90 pounds of lifting weights in it's place. The resulting change is center of gravity will allow you to ride in a straight line with a considerable list to port. After that's worn the left side even with the center, repeat with the other side. 8,000 x 3 will give you serious bragging rights....
That's a great idea, Jay! Second only to the balloon on the crankcase vent.

I can't wait to hear what you have to say about my tire lube.....

Followed RT's advice and mounted the new tire:



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