rear tire wear

[Rondi]

have '84 interstate (first ever honda for me) and the rear tire is worn significantly more on the left side than the right, any reason

 

[dan filipi]

Front and rear do tend to wear more on the left but I wouldn't say significantly.
How does the front look? Course front could have less miles on it.
Got a pic of the rear?

 

[joedrum]

hmmmm edgewater fla .....it probably pulls some to the right when the bars are let go with hands still there to grab.. ...fork seals bad one side holding up other side sagging hard on tire ..lots of things realy...lots of traffic down there ...get better rubber and go though this bike bringing it up to par and you figure out whats up im sure

 

[mcgovern61]

Do you ride in Nascar events? (All left turns?) :smilie_happy: (Sorry)

Does the bike track in a straight line real easy or do you find yourself trying to keep it straight?

 

[Rondi]

Bike is new to me and I'm in the process of changing fluids, cables, tires, etc., so can't say if it pull either way as I've not ridden it yet

 

[joedrum]

stay with it ..its a proccess ....im going through a 80 1100 right now that was outside since 04

 

[scdmarx]

If I had to guess, I'd go with the tires worn on the left side being caused by the crown in the road.
Might be kinda hard to diagnose a running suspension problem with old funky tires on it unless it was something terribly obvious.

 

[joedrum]

agree you cant test anything with bad tire on it ...new is only way

 

[toytender01]

PO may have been a road racer!!!! :smilie_happy: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky:

 

[WindNWing]

If I had to guess, I'd go with the tires worn on the left side being caused by the crown in the road.

I know you're the kind of guy that wants to be on top of everything.
I can't find the article now but I read a very convincing argument that the crown of the road imparts such a small amount of drop across the width of the tire as to be negligible in tire wear.
We actually ride much more on the left side of our tires because all left hand curves put us on the outside of that curve which is a longer distance than the inside track of all right hand curves. Left hand curves riding to work become shorter right hand curves coming home.
The kicker was that in countries where they drive on the left side of the road, motorcyclists find more wear to the right side of their tires.

 

[joedrum]

sounds right to me...and some bad care on air would agzagerate the wear im sure