Going for a 1000 mile tour; not much time, just noticed front tyre has 1mm in the centre, up to 2 at the sides. I know the answer to this one - change it but tell me I'm right! Why didn't I notice sooner?!

Cheers
Dave

If you push your bike for at least 500 of those miles...the tyre should be fine how it is.

MT350Explorer wrote:Why didn't I notice sooner?!

According to the riders handbook it was a failure on the operators part to complete all necessary checks...

Petrol.. check
Oils... err were fine last time I checked
Water... was fine last time it was serviced
Damage.... check
Electrics.... Engine starts must be good
Rubber....

Or should I take the IAM hat off?

nicely put Blakey! I've spent the whole winter prepping the bike and overlooked the obvious!

Oh yeah Twincarb and the rest!

Cheers !
Dave

LOL I did summerise.....

I went through 2 tyres over the winter months! and one set of rear brake pads! I only checked them today err I maybe using the front brakes riding to work over the next couple of days!

Have been told my car will be returned soon! Bit bloody late for the winter season as soon as it comes back will put summer tyres back on! Only did 1000 miles on the winter ones this year!

People like me are the reason checklists were invented Twincarb

That's the wheel off just need to find a tyre now. Getting those 4 pots off doesn'tt seem to get any easier never easy; if I didn't tape up the rim there'd be no paint left.

Cheers Guys!
Dave