Motorbike Tyre FAQs

It's the breakdown we all dread but it's as inevitable as the rain that always follows hours of cleaning and polishing! Thankfully, these days we don't see so many of those front wheel, high speed blow outs of yesteryear but anything that inflates is liable to be punctured and the problem of sudden deflation is still with us. Tubed tyres are straightforward. As long as the tyre itself is not badly damaged it can usually be repaired and all you do then is replace the tube (do not repair a tube -

It is mandatory that your tyres conform to the following rules: Tyres must be kept in good condition without bulges, splits or breaks. Pressure must be maintaining to recommended levels. There must be 1mm of tread depth throughout a continuous band measuring at least three quarters of the breadth of the tread around the entire circumference OR if the grooves of the original tread pattern did not extend beyond three quarters of the breadth of the tread any groove, which showed in the origina

Fitting new tyres Basically, there is little difference between fitting a motorcycle tyre and fitting any other sort. The real skill comes in knowing what to look for and knowing how to accomplish the tyre change without later endangering the rider or damaging the bike. Most riders should know how to take out a wheel but there are still many who don't. There is a potential for enormous damage to be caused if this is done badly. Modern wheels can be delicate and very expensive things; they can

Unless you are always going to replace your tyres with exactly the same make and type that were fitted by the manufacturer when the bike was new, you are going to need to know (or ask a man who does) a bit about the huge choice of tyres on sale and what specs mean when the time comes to buy the baby new shoes. The days when all you needed to know was the size and how much they cost have long gone. Modern tyres come in so many varieties with so many differing performance values even the experts

We take them for granted but have you ever thought how much we rely on our tyres? Have you considered the performance we require from them every single time we ride? To see what I mean, try this exercise.  Hold both hands out in front of you with palms uppermost. Have a good look at them. You are now looking at roughly the area of your tyres in touch with the road whenever you ride your bike! In other words, that's the amount of rubber between you and eternity as you do the normal things bikers