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Tyre wear and suspension settings
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The front tyre on the Guzzi has worn in an odd way. It has a sawtooth
pattern on the tread pattern after 5500 miles (with about 1.5mm left)
Quite pronounced to the touch but not as obvious as I'd hoped in this
picture:
It's done this since I fitted the more modern air assisted forks with not
so saggy springs. They're still very primitive in the amounts of
adjustment available but what's the sawtooth wear pattern a symptom of?
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It's a symptom of the suspension allowing you to brake into corners
with more confidence. All properly ridden sports bikes wear their
front tyres like that, ime.
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The Bridgestone on the front of the Wing looks much the same.
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Ditto for the D205 on the ZG1000.
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It's all the stoppies.
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Doh! Why didn't I think of that? It's so obvious, now you mention it.
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It's not just sports bikes. Even Gertrude's front wears like that,
particularly the Dunlop fitments. Eventually it causes vibration on
corners, which I don't like. The Bridgestone fitment is much less
susceptible to it so I tend to use them.
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The BT45 tread pattern does seem to show it up rather well. You may be
braking later and harder than before due to the better front end. Just a
thought.
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That looks very nice. Consistent and to the edge.
Signs of good (proper) use.
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