senseamidmadness
Neglected Bike Adopter
Speculative question but I'm sure lots of you have experienced it. How and why does the uneven "feathering" or "scalloping" wear occur on Oilhead front tires, and how can it be prevented?
Personally the wear seems to be worse on my R850R with stock shocks than it is on my R1100RT with aftermarket ones. I noticed the scalloping on a front Avon Storm 3D X-M within 6,000 miles on the 850R. The RT I haven't put as many miles on yet, but the Pirelli Angel GT tires I got it with had no visible uneven wear.
Nowadays I run 40 psi front and 42 psi rear in my tires, but for the first few thousand miles with my R850R I ran Avon's recommendation of 36/42. A few months ago I swapped the wheels and tires between the two bikes as I think the Angel GT's fit the Roadster better than the tourer, and now after maybe 2,000 miles with the Pirellis on the 850R I have started seeing that uneven wear in the front tire again.
Personally the wear seems to be worse on my R850R with stock shocks than it is on my R1100RT with aftermarket ones. I noticed the scalloping on a front Avon Storm 3D X-M within 6,000 miles on the 850R. The RT I haven't put as many miles on yet, but the Pirelli Angel GT tires I got it with had no visible uneven wear.
Nowadays I run 40 psi front and 42 psi rear in my tires, but for the first few thousand miles with my R850R I ran Avon's recommendation of 36/42. A few months ago I swapped the wheels and tires between the two bikes as I think the Angel GT's fit the Roadster better than the tourer, and now after maybe 2,000 miles with the Pirellis on the 850R I have started seeing that uneven wear in the front tire again.