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Scooters - Big Bore => Xciting 700i => Topic started by: MJR on June 14, 2018, 04:54:48 AM
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Last week a side to side wobble developed from takeoff to about 50 mph and I thought it was just some funky wear due to grooved freeway riding. Monday I decided to have a look at it and maybe shave the tires a bit. OMG I've never had a tire look/end up like this. I have put over 75,000 miles on my Burgman 650's with Bridgestones, Pirellis, Metzelers, and Dunlops in the same size and never seen this. Here I was thinking these factory eqipped Maxxis tires were wearing great with 11,000 miles on them. Maybe this is why Maxxis stopped selling street bIke tires in the US many years ago. They sell bicycle, dirt bike, atv, car, and truck tires (I've had two sets of them on my Jeep). The rear tire is separating under the tread in one large area on one side but the most disturbing thing are the radial cracks (crack doesn't seem to convey the size of these, some 2" long) from the sidewall to the tread on the left sidewall, one even showing a bit of nylon cord! Good thing it didn't blow out on me while on the freeway.
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Super scary. Those radial splits also happened on my rear maxxis shortly after I bought the scoot(500), and now I will never touch another even if given it for free.
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That mileage on the rear of such a big scoot seems amazing, indeed.
Crazy deterioration - considering where and how you ride, that could have ended poorly. Glad you spotted this.
What will you be going with now?
Stig
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Time to go to the tire store! Good miles, bad tire. Would not pee on a Maxxis if it was on fire!
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Lucky you, Mike. Thanks for sharing the info on Maxx tires.
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Super scary. Those radial splits also happened on my rear maxxis shortly after I bought the scoot(500), and now I will never touch another even if given it for free.
Dang, sounds like a common problem and maybe why Maxxis doesn't sell street tires in the US. Sounds like I should just move on to another brand.
What will you be going with now?
Likely the Bridgestone tires I run on the B650'same unless I can swing another set of Dunlops from the UK.