INTIMIDA2OR
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posted September 28, 2009 09:58 PM
Ever have tire squirm?
For lack of a better description lol! But this past sunday I spent the day carving canyons Santa monica mountains to be exact. When I hit some debris in the road . Nothing happened at that moment but after that at really low speeds the handle bars would pulsate to the left . I thought WTF ? So I checked to see if I bent the rim or maybe a rotor cause it seemed to get worst when the brakes were applied. Didn't see any thing obvious. So tonight It got the best of me so I went into the garage saying to myself I'm not sleeping till I find something wrong with the front end! So after a a bit of spinning the front wheel I noticed one spot on the tire that has a bulge in it! So tomorrow I'm changing the tire , I'm sure that has to be it .
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posted September 29, 2009 12:25 AM
Mate just alter your riding style so you dont use the front wheel!!!
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bigdtd
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posted September 29, 2009 06:45 AM
Good thing you caught it in time. I always change out both tires at the same time for safety's sake.
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BobC
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posted September 29, 2009 09:22 AM
The only time I experienced "squirm" was with a rear which was deflated for a sprint and began to overheat.
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted September 30, 2009 01:46 AM
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Mate just alter your riding style so you dont use the front wheel!!!
Lol the front wheel already has a problem with coming up for air whenever it wants ! I don't think it needs any more help 
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted September 30, 2009 01:49 AM
All is well! I changed my front tire this morning and all the silly stuff that was happening with the brakes and the steering have magically dissappeared and my lovely 14 is back to being as smooth and precise as she was when she rolled off the showroom floor 
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posted September 30, 2009 02:57 AM
Keep it safe , goodluck!
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posted September 30, 2009 04:38 AM
 Edited By: BobC on 30 Sep 2009 12:40
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All is well! I changed my front tire this morning and all the silly stuff that was happening with the brakes and the steering have magically dissappeared and my lovely 14 is back to being as smooth and precise as she was when she rolled off the showroom floor
Good to hear. I changed the front on mine recently, it didn't look worn but I rode our demonstrator 14 and realised how lame the handling on my bike was, something you can miss when you just sprint all the time. Caused by the front tire profile wearing.
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masszx14
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posted September 30, 2009 11:39 AM
What brand and mileage on the bad tire?
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted September 30, 2009 11:49 AM
Pirelli supercorsa with almost 7000 miles on it . Never had a problem with the supercorsas untill this tire . But I'm still sold on them .
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masszx14
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posted September 30, 2009 12:10 PM
I never keep tires for this long but I don't ride that much.
5k on 2 rears and 1 front is all I ask from my Pilot Powers 2 CT.
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted September 30, 2009 02:50 PM
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I never keep tires for this long but I don't ride that much.
5k on 2 rears and 1 front is all I ask from my Pilot Powers 2 CT.
Wow 2cts last that long? I ysually get 4000 and they're bald!
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posted September 30, 2009 05:03 PM
I wont buy tires that have rain groves that go to the edge of tire I believe it will cause a 5% lose of grip on a full lean no 2ct for me
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posted September 30, 2009 10:38 PM
I've had the front tire scoot on me before going tinto a curve too hot, but that's it.
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posted October 01, 2009 05:27 AM
Hey bigdtd... explain to me how not changing both tires out at the same time is unsafe. I can see it handling better since both tires will have the same profile, but it is perfectly safe to change one tire at a time. Just the same as it is safe to run different brands of tires front and rear or different compounds of tires front and rear.
There is a big difference between personal prefference and calling something unsafe. You might want to word things differently so that you don't give people bum gouge. 
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posted October 01, 2009 05:31 AM
Never had any squirming of the front tyre but when I still had the OEM Dunlops on I managed to do some two wheel sliding around a few corners on a spirited run in the hills. My mate behind me on his R1 couldn't beleive it when we stopped at the service station, he raced over to check out the tyres they looked fine... As a side note.... Don't do any spirited riding with a stonker of a head cold.
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted October 01, 2009 07:05 PM
What I find strange is that there was no problems at high speeds only at low. You would think that a buldge on a tire would get worst at high speeds lol!
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