CNY Fizzer
Junior Member
Over the years on this forum I have read about peoples tires developing some cupping but I was never sure exactly what it looked like. Today checking over my tires and air pressure I noticed an odd pattern on the rear tire. The center is 2 1/2 inches wide, on each side of that is 1 1/2 inches below the center level, with 1 inch chicken strips on the edges slightly elevated. Is this cupping? ----_____----------_____----
The tires have good tread depth still and about 3,500 miles. The tire is kept at the recommended 42 lbs. I do believe this is caused by riding almost exclusively 2up on a heavy bike (FJR), on a tire with too weak a carcass. These are not the GT tires that I have discovered most run on these bikes.
The tires have good tread depth still and about 3,500 miles. The tire is kept at the recommended 42 lbs. I do believe this is caused by riding almost exclusively 2up on a heavy bike (FJR), on a tire with too weak a carcass. These are not the GT tires that I have discovered most run on these bikes.