Tire WEAR & Mud flaps

John Luciano

One Of The Origionals , TOI - New England
Mar 2, 2008
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Check out the tires with 40,000 miles on them . Are they too worn out .Am I ready for new ones YHO please. Also to the person that asked about MUD flaps here is a good picture of mine with stop and tail light
 
Rats I want Raised white letters .. When I show them to Leon (DFT owner ) he says I need new ones . I am taking it to a tire shop . I still have 1/16 inch before I hit the wear bar .
 
John I know you are looking for someone to tell you that those tires are totally worn out and go buy those ones with the white letters on them. Okay just get the tires. You got your money out of those at 40k miles.
 
Rats I want Raised white letters .. When I show them to Leon (DFT owner ) he says I need new ones . I am taking it to a tire shop . I still have 1/16 inch before I hit the wear bar .

My opinion is you should change them. I changed mine on my DFT at about 35000, just because in my mind they seemed to re-act to the rain a little different than when they were new. Just my opinion for what its worth.
 
1/16" + wear bar? That's still 3 - 4/32" of tread. Harley wanted me to change rear tires at about that depth, but even the deep tread MT tire only had 9/32 of tread NEW -- that's throwing away half the tire. Car tires like we use on the rear start with more tread, but I still like to get as much out of a tire as I can safely. At this tread depth, IF you run a lot of rain, you COULD get some hydroplaning. For me, here in the desert, it'd be a waste to change 'em. If you get a lot of rain during your summer months, then maybe it'd be a good thing to change 'em.

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With the wife maybe not riding much , we may only put 3 or 4 K on them this year. I may stay with the tires for one more year. Hey I like the fish tailing in the rain give me a litter pucker now and then . At my age that is a good thing.
 

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