I went to go for my first real ride of the season and did a check over of the motorcycle. The rear tire was a few lbs. low (not as bad as I thought) and topped it off. Got to the front and saw what you see below. Pressure was very close- 38 lbs., which makes sense with the cold weather. I've never seen this kind of cracking of a MC tire before. On each side of the tire, in different spots, there seems to be centralized points with cracks radiating out from it- they are on different points of the tire, not lined up. Besides those spots, there are very long- well in excess of 12"- cracks running along the tire. These run from the sidewall to the tread.
This isn't an old tire- it was purchased and mounted late last season, and has roughly 5k miles on it. My last BT45 lasted over 21k miles. Anyone else seen this happen to a BT45? Or ANY tire?
This isn't an old tire- it was purchased and mounted late last season, and has roughly 5k miles on it. My last BT45 lasted over 21k miles. Anyone else seen this happen to a BT45? Or ANY tire?