Only if you ride it.
Tell you friend he has a death wish
Yeah, the owner rides a bike. I think that’s like number 1 sign someone has a death wish.
Source: me. I have a death wish.
Ironically this is called a chicken strip.
Incorrect, a chicken strip is the unused part of the tire closest to the wall. Meaning the rider has been too “chicken” to lean the bike over far enough to use the full tire.
Welp, may as well do some burnouts since you need a new rear tire anyway.
Very dangerous. You should change it immediately OP
If you have to ask, it probably is.
It’ll buff out
Incredibly so. Not only is their basically no traction, the tire will be unbalanced now and could vibrate causing loss of control, and it could also catastrophically fail at speed almost certainly causing loss of control.
To shreds you say…
Extremely, that tire is going to blow at any moment. Probably the next time they hit a bump at high speed.
Yep, had a car tire look like that once. Blew up on the road not long after.
Why did you drive it like that? And how did you get it like that?
I was a dumb kid without a lot of driving experience and car knowledge at that time. Learnt a valuable lesson, luckily nothing worse than a flat tire.
Apparently my old Escort had a very misaligned steering-angle which wore the tire out aggressively over time. I remember the steering-wheel shaking heavily at higher speeds before the tire finally gave out.
Not OP, but usually this is the result of people not having money. Tires are absurdly expensive
Hmmm well funerals are pretty expensive as well
Not for the deceased.
Or trying to drive to the shop instead of getting a tow.
Can confirm that this was another reason for me not looking into it sooner haha! I was a poor student living on my own for the first time.
This post is obviously not meant serious.
To the right of the damaged section we can see a thread indicator, so there is maybe around 1 mm thread on the right shoulder. Therefore the centre part was below legal limits.
Before changing tyres, the owner of that bike decided to kill off the old tyre completely by doing a burnout. We can see the flat centre piece all around on the tyre, typical for a burnout.
Is that true?
Yes, but usually not so far that the metal is showing. I learned from this video years ago. Having done tire changes with and without the luxury of a burnout. It is noticeably easier after the burnout.
edit: forgot to link the video. https://youtu.be/dAKIuSjPXxA?t=40
That Duke needs a shop.
Yes. Replace tire plz.
Yes, definitely. You need new tires. Do not ride like that.
That’s a little too rough for my liking. I would sand it down.
