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Tire Wear and Cups - Parts Counter
Tire Cups And Wear

Tire Wear and Cups - Parts Counter

Don't be one of "those guys" who asks ridiculous questions to your local parts counter dude.

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"My tires look all wavy and I think I need to get them rotated. when can I bring it in?"

Those "waves" in the tread are commonly known as "cups," and cupping generally comes from under inflating your tires and quickly wears them out. Instead of the tire staying round, the lack of air pressure causes it to flatten out and wear unevenly.Unfortunately, you can't rotate motorcycle tires because the front and rear tires are different sizes. The rear tires tend to be larger because they're the drive tire, while the front remains small to cut rolling resistance and keep handling as light as possible. However, if your tires were the same size on both ends we wouldn't recommend rotating them because the two wear differently. The front steers and the rear drives, meaning that asking a tire already worn from doing one job (for example, steering) to do another can lead to some odd chassis behavior. If your skins are worn, or worse, cupped, it's time for a new set. Please, get a pressure gauge so you don't make the same mistake twice.

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