new tyre now with line showing

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floakey · #1 Post by **floakey** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:25 pm

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 .

zoidberg · #2 Post by **zoidberg** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:27 pm

catching the hugger??

floakey · #3 Post by **floakey** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:31 pm

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 .

zoidberg · #4 Post by **zoidberg** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:34 pm

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 :/

floakey · #5 Post by **floakey** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:39 pm

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 .

zoidberg · #6 Post by **zoidberg** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:07 pm

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.

Firestarter · #7 Post by **Firestarter** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:14 pm

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

fatboy · #8 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:44 pm

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 ?

floakey · #9 Post by **floakey** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:15 am

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 .

floakey · #10 Post by **floakey** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:37 am

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 .