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Avon Road Rider Cracks

GDT1960 said:
My question to you is.....what is the benefit to deflating the tire over the winter?
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Crap shoot. I didnt on the first two Road Riders and did on the third. Made no difference. All three cracked.


Got some feed back from Avon. My contact there has been Sukoshi Fahey

Sukoshi,

The tire you were so kind to ship me last season came out of winter storage today with more cracks than the previous two.

Not sure what is causing this but you might want to mention it to someone in engineering. This is the 3rd Road Rider on my bike that looked good going into storage and came out severely cracked. It was very cold in MN this winter with lows down to -25F.

Regards, Dave


[FONT=&quot]Hi Dave,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I am going to have Mark Wagoner in our office contact you regarding this tire as I am on the road this week. The UK has modified the sidewall compound in 2013 in this size to make it more flexible so this issue should be resolved now. Took a while to figure out a fix. So sorry about this. Mark will also send you a labor reimbursement form and as a gesture of goodwill I would like to send you an Avon jacket if you let me know size.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Best regards,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sukoshi[/FONT]
 
I had three Battlax tires do the same cold weather cracking.
A year PITA what with not having a heated garage and what not.
 
Sorry to hear you're having such difficulties Dave, I remember reading about your cracking problem before.
I use Road riders and have had zero problems, nowhere near as cold in UK.
 
tatu said:
nowhere near as cold in UK.
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Speaking of the UK.....Did you catch that info she sent me....

[FONT=&quot]The UK has modified the sidewall compound in 2013 in this size to make it more flexible so this issue should be resolved now. Took a while to figure out a fix.
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Maybe they have it figured out.
 
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bonanzadave said:
Speaking of the UK.....Did you catch that info she sent me....

[FONT=&quot]The UK has modified the sidewall compound in 2013 in this size to make it more flexible so this issue should be resolved now. Took a while to figure out a fix.
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Maybe they have it figured out.
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Yes I saw, I also assumed that possibly the tyres you had were produced in the US or nearer to you, is that true, or do all these tyres come from the same place?
 
I have a set on both my 1000 and 1100 and those tires are getting old now, 3 years or so on the bike, not manufacture date.
I have absolutely no cracking what so ever.

So, what causes it?
I do maintain my tire pressures as per the motorcycle manufactures recommendations, and not by some other measure because the technology is more advanced. i.e. the 10% rule.

At the recommended pressures, as per the bike manufacture, I get the best
handling from them, especially on the 1100, which tends to walk all over the road should you even start to go over the recommended pressure for the front tire anyway.
I thought it was a "handling" problem for the longest time, until I dropped the pressure, now I can relax more on the bike instead instead of having it wander all over the place, add a little wind and you better be paying attention.
 
Hi Dave sorry to see that you r having problems.

But I am a bit comfused here:

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If I read the mould date correctly isn't that 2000 - 11th week? 14 year old tire?
 
Well I hope it's a cold storage thing, looks like the RoadRiders are the only decent tire in the right sizes for my GS450.
 
Got a call from Avon today. They are checking stock for a newest formulation tire with a 2013 date code........

popcorn.......
 
Are they going to make you ship the tire back or are they happy with photos ?
 
She was suppose to send me a call tag for the last one but it never showed up. Before I took it off I did a royal smookie in the driveway. Clouds of white smoke and the smell of melted rubber :eek: :dancing:. This latest one....I dont know.
 
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bonanzadave said:
Had / have three 130/90-17 rears - all cracked.

Have one 100/90-19 front - not a crack anywhere.
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I have 12.90/17 on the rear with no cracks. Been on there several years.

Forgot what size 19 on the front,,, no cracks.

I'm wanting to put some on my 72 Yamaha XS2 but I'm afraid too. Have you heard of any reports of a 110/90/18 cracking. Thanks.
 
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