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Has anyone put a new rear tyre on and found that there is a line slight off centre as if something is catching the tyre . Ive had exactly the same thing with a mille I had with a different make of tyre .

catching the hugger??

zoidberg wrote:catching the hugger??

possibly its just strange that its happened twice and only on aprilia's , will have to take the hugger off and have a gander obviously the old tyre was fine but down to the wear markers .

mine did the same, just to the right of centre. a little jiggery pokery with the hugger and its now gone.....i still have lines on the sidewalls though :/

Possibly due to the fact theres some rubber on the tyre as well lol , started to use this site more now compaerd to the others , might get some different answers to my questions .

This is always my first stop for Falco related questions. These guys know what they're on about and will go out of their way to help.

Had that front and back on my Bridgestones, put it down to tyre construction. Not saying that's the case here

Is there any surface indentation ?
If so look for sticky outy bits on hugger fixing points. Tyre manufacturerors do incorporate different lines of coloured strands in the tyre carcass to signify all kinds of stuff, these are a few mm thick and may be wearing off ?

fatboy wrote:Is there any surface indentation ?
If so look for sticky outy bits on hugger fixing points. Tyre manufacturerors do incorporate different lines of coloured strands in the tyre carcass to signify all kinds of stuff, these are a few mm thick and may be wearing off ?

Yeah like you say thers always a couple of coloured lines in the tyre . Checked the hugger for anything unusual and no sign of anything so Going to put it down to the tyre itself which btw is a Bridgestone .

Mystery solved , the line is part of the construction of the tyre ( anti static strip ) which most manufacturers put in . I know this because I just spoke to Bridgestone so nowt to worry about .