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Strange tire wear

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Maybe your wheel alignment is off in some axis or the better visibility through left hand corners makes you do left curves faster. :)
 
Ditto to Ola. Bike tires wear faster than car tires so inconsistencies in riding will become apparent earlier. You may be just putting more weight on the left also. This may seem counterintuitive but it's possible.

Where is the wear occuring? Just off center or all the way over?
 
Are you riding on an oval track and make only left turns? Try going the other way around. You might have a few obstacles, but it will wear your tire evenly.
 
We ride on the left in the uk & the tyres wear more on the right due to road camber ;)
 
This is perfectly normal tire wear in the USA, believe it or not.

Debate rages as to the cause -- one camp claims it's road crown, then there's another camp that breaks out protractors and make elaborate diagrams to disprove this, claiming that it's because you inevitably travel longer distances when making left-hand turns than right-hand turns.

I dunno. Slap a new tire on there and don't worry about it. You're normal.
 
gday mate, when you say left side, is that when your on the bike, or off, if it's off, camber of the road, if it's on, start checking wheel bearings, etc, regards
 
Skyboy8950 said:
Are you riding on an oval track and make only left turns? Try going the other way around. You might have a few obstacles, but it will wear your tire evenly.
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You could also just flip the tire around.

I'm sorry I am worthless when it comes to advice...
 
I see a bit of it come into the shop too. Blame it on trying to steer towards the center of the lane and fighting the sloping of the road toward the ditch.
 
Road crown make perfect sense! Thanks to all who replied except the comment about oval track riding.
 
loungeguy69 said:
You may be just putting more weight on the left also.
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Not likely. If you put weight on the left, you would have to lean right to maintain your balance, wearing out the right side of the tires.


tone said:
We ride on the left in the uk & the tyres wear more on the right due to road camber ;)
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Thanks, I have often wondered about that.


bwringer said:
This is perfectly normal tire wear in the USA, believe it or not.

Debate rages as to the cause -- one camp claims it's road crown, then there's another camp that breaks out protractors and make elaborate diagrams to disprove this, claiming that it's because you inevitably travel longer distances when making left-hand turns than right-hand turns.
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This is where my money is. Especially if you do much riding in town. Consider a left turn from a stop light. You start on the right side of the road, and travel all the way across the street to the other side, turning left all the way. Now look at a right turn. Start in right lane, quick turn to near lane, turn is over before you know it.


mac1170 said:
gday mate, when you say left side, is that when your on the bike, or off, if it's off, ...
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In general, ALL references to left/right, up/down, front/back always presume that you are on the bike, in riding position.

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Do you work for UPS and only take left turns out of force of habbit ?:D
 
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check the forl oil and springs. uneven level will also cause the tires to wear off in that manner.
 
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