New rubber

[De Graaf van Salland]

Today I got my front & rear tire replaced. ;D
The new one is the same as the old one: Bridgestone Battlax BT45.

I had been thinking about getting Michelins (Pilot Activ) , but I found a dealer quite close by that would supply & fit the BT45's for less than the Michelins.

The groove depth on my old tires was (center groove / just before replacing them):
- 1,7 mm on the front tire, which had run 24.950 km's
- 1,0 mm on the rear tire, which had run 15.710 km's.

The groove depth on the new tires is (center groove):
- 4,5 mm on the front tire
- 6,5 mm on the rear tire.

It cost me 230 euros. On the offer they stated 210 euros, but during fitting, they found out that the air valves also needed to be replaced (which was true; they showed me the old valves). But 10 euro per valve is a bit expensive, I think.

Should anyone be in the neighborhood: I got it done at: www.wildeman-tweewielers.nl/motoren/
Overall service was OK.

GvS

[De Graaf van Salland]

Jul 26, 2010 16:20:03 GMT 1 De Graaf van Salland said:

- 1,7 mm on the front tire, which had run 24.950 km's
- 1,0 mm on the rear tire, which had run 15.710 km's.

Perhaps I should add that 1,7 mm is just above the legal minimum and 1,0 mm is well below the minimum.
As we have no MOT for motorbikes over here and the cops weren't paying attention, I got away with it.
But next time I will replace the tire a bit sooner.


BTW which is the english version again: tire or tyre ?
I often use the "Spell Check" button, but I think the software may be american

GvS

[Buzzin (^_^)]

It's tyre
Tire is in fact American, but my British spell-checkers seems to accept it too, probably because it means something different (The US spell-checker doesn't accept tyre)

BTW I thought the legal limit was 2mm on the rear and front? (or was it less on the front?)

Not that the cops pay attention.....nobody warned me when my tyre was down to the canvas and I am sure some of the cops I past could have noticed.

[De Graaf van Salland]

Jul 27, 2010 9:34:47 GMT 1 Buzzin (^_^) said:

It's tyre

Thanx !

Jul 27, 2010 9:34:47 GMT 1 Buzzin (^_^) said:

BTW I thought the legal limit was 2mm on the rear and front? (or was it less on the front?)

I just looked it up on this site: wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0025798/volledig/geldigheidsdatum_27-07-2010#Hoofdstuk5_Afdeling4_5

It turns out that the legal limit over here is just 1 mm !

I'm surprised . I thought it was 1,6 mm (same as cars).

Anyway, here are some photo's:



Look carefully and you'll see the flat area in the middle of the rear tyre. This made my bike a bit unstable.



GvS

[McF]

Jul 27, 2010 9:34:47 GMT 1 Buzzin (^_^) said:

It's tyre

Correct

In the UK, the legal minimum is 1.6mm across the central 3/4 of the tread; not sure what other European Countries require.

It's sometimes worrying to think that the only think contacting you to the road surface is two bits of rubber each less area than the palm of your hand!

[jup]

GvS, those tyres look exactly like mine when I change them.

McF, I'm pretty sure the UK legal tyre depth for a motorcycle is 1.0mm, over a 3/4 continous part of the tyre.
Or so it says on the MOT website anyways..

[McF]

Jul 27, 2010 19:27:55 GMT 1 jup said:

McF, I'm pretty sure the UK legal tyre depth for a motorcycle is 1.0mm, over a 3/4 continous part of the tyre.
Or so it says on the MOT website anyways..

and of course, you're right - I didn't realise there are different legal tread depths. Thanks for pointing this out