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Tyres... Direction...

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Vegard

Joined Oct 2003
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Norway
I'm using my bike for Supermoto only. The track I race is clockwise, and so eats LOTS of rubber on the right side, not as much on the left.
I know that the tyres are directional, but what happens if I turn it around? Would it explode? Would the sky fall in our heads? Will America get a black president, and so on....

Will I be able to feel the difference? I'm no Iddon btw. :)
 
You can run a directional tire in the opposite direction but only on a dry track. The tread design on your tire will squeeze the water from center to the outer edge and away, displacing the water. In the wrong direction however, the tread design will pull the water from the outside and move it inward to the center of the tire causing hydroplaining. If the tire has sipes that are directional, they rely on proper direction too. The sipes will be at the wrong angle and will not provide the designed benefit which is maximum traction.

Volvonut
 
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Sorry, I forgot to mention, they are slicks :)

Does that mean I'm OK? Why does it have a rotation then??
 
I personally don't reverse the direction but I do know of a lot of sm racers and track riders that do just turn them around to save money.

I doubt they will explode on you but take it a little easy at first!

Simon
 
Vegard...
I regulary spin slicks around... it makes no difference whatsover.
Tyres are one of the biggest outlays of racing so why waste them, get your moneys worth and spin them round :p
 
Vegard said:
I'm using my bike for Supermoto only. The track I race is clockwise, and so eats LOTS of rubber on the right side, not as much on the left.
I know that the tyres are directional, but what happens if I turn it around? Would it explode? Would the sky fall in our heads? Will America get a black president, and so on....

Will I be able to feel the difference? I'm no Iddon btw. :)
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Woa....America did get a black president!!!!:eek:
 
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it's called the Vegard effect, where the flipping of a motorcycle's tires in Norway set off a tornado in Texas.
 
If you have extra wheels use the old ones that are turned around for practice. And it's Oklahoma not Texas get it right! lol
 

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