beansbaxter
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posted September 11, 2005 05:11 AM
 Edited By: beansbaxter on 11 Sep 2005 09:33
2006 Honda CBR 1000R Pics
   
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beansbaxter
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posted September 11, 2005 07:51 AM
maybe soneone can explain this to me....look at the pic of the front tire...isn't it on backwards? I mean if your going through water wouldn't that tread pattern follow the grooves toward the center and result in hydroplaning? The rear tire appears to be correct, but I've noticed a lot of fronts that appear to be on backwards lately even thought the arrow on the side says they are mounted the correct way....
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ricksgsxr
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posted September 11, 2005 07:32 PM
I wish it was V5...
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trenace
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posted September 11, 2005 08:37 PM
I dunno, Beans. Another example is the Avon Distanzia front tire I got for the KTM supermoto. The indicated tread design is per normal. But I have read that Avon reps recommend running it backwards to indicated -- in other words with the chevrons pointed backwards, trailing edge first -- because this gives better traction in gravel. One guy posted that this was definitely true, his having done it both ways.
Of course that's a different reason.
So far as water goes, I understand your argument that to the eye it would seem to channel water towards the center. But whether such a thing occurs at speed or not, seems harder to say. Water may simply be squished into the cuts, rather than having time to flow laterally or longitudinally within the cuts (traverse down them.) If that's the case, then perhaps the direction is irrelevant to hydroplaning, but the direction of the edges could still be relevant to traction, in terms of the edge effect of the tread. I don't know, just that further thought seems to make it a non-obvious thing rather than clearly, this is backwards and would necessarily cause water to build up in the center.
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