K11 Owners Group

[hockeyshifter]

I have come across a company that will retread recap a motorcycle tire..
if you read the web site you will find out that the parent company has been recaping aircraft tires long before they recaped motorcycle tires.

i have done an exhaustive search on this board and can deduce that the k bike eats tires.. and since the recap tires cost about half of a new one i am going to give them a try.. i called the company to ask about other sizes and they only do 17'' rims ( rice rocket preferred size.) when i get a front tire i plan to write a review...

my current road pilot only lasted about 9,000 and the left side of the tread is just about gone; i had thought the least i would get 12,000 i was wrong...

here is the web site http://cycletires.com/index2.html

here is the tire i am looking at http://cycletires.com/t1.htm
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[ljjohns]

Here's a link to an extensive discussion of the issue from the BMWLT (K12 riders) group:

http://www.bmwlt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32607&highlight=retreads

[hockeyshifter]

well after read every post in the k12 forum.. some of the post are a head scratcher..

my universal response is this .. these guys have been doing small to medimum private aircraft tires for a long time.. most of these aircraft have only one tire per strut and with a take off and landing speed of around 150 mph+ and during landing the tire is going form 0 to 150 mph in 3 sec that is a lot of stress on a tire.. no amount of horse power can duplicate that kind of stress.
i will say this when an aircraft tire delaminates / blows that aircraft will be grounded until a inspection can be performed to determen if any other parts on the aircraft have been damaged. ( think concord / air france) if the tire is at fault the reman company could be shut down not to mention being sued..
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[owrstrich]

the roads are littered with retread semi tire skins...

a wise old man of the rubber once told me to buy new... and save my life and the lives of others rather than to try to save a few dollars...

i wont put retreads on my work rig and i certainly wont put them on my bug eye heap...

i have seen first hand what happens to a car riding along side a semi when the retread shoots off...

aint no way i ride along semis and no way i ride on retreads...

just an opinion of humble poster...

j o
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[Off the grid]

For the 500$ I spend a year on tires I will stick with new ones and skimp on other things.
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2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
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[Mystic Red]

My trucking company doesn't even use recaps. Nothing but new.
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[hockeyshifter]

we let me state for the record that truck tires do not go throught the same inspection process that aircraft tires will go throught not to mention that a tire can fail while going through a recap.. have seen it happen.

in Canada recaps are illegal to be placed on a road truck and i feel that the US should do the same.
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[Off the grid]

Just to clarify I am not ridiculing or even debating your decision to go with retreads. I blow through 2 sets of tires a year as well, so I know your pain.

It's just that with 2 wheels, 2 tires and 2 sets of brakes keeping me up, I want the best or close to the best materials out there for the rotating and stopping bits.

You might save a hundred or so a year, but is it worth it?

I average about 300$ per tire change total and get an average of 10,000 miles out of a set.

That's an expense I can live with.
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2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

[Moondog]

[abreeze]

Your talking about saving what ? $100 bucks.....

A set of Diablo Corsa's for my track bike was $475 and they last 2000 miles!!!!

There is a price for having fun and a price for being safe........