06-15-2017, 04:56 AM
Tire cupping is usually from under-inflation, and wear on the left side is for 2 reasons. The crown in the road as LongRanger describes is one reason, but the bigger reason is that left hand turns are generally taken at higher speeds than right hand turns.
Picture this: you are riding at speed in the middle of nowhere and you are coming up to a T intersection with no stop sign and no traffic. The left hand turn is taken faster, whereas the right is much tighter, requiring more braking before the turn.
The opposite should happen in countries where you ride on the left side of the road.
Cormanus, any other Aussies or Kiwis or Brits observe that?
Picture this: you are riding at speed in the middle of nowhere and you are coming up to a T intersection with no stop sign and no traffic. The left hand turn is taken faster, whereas the right is much tighter, requiring more braking before the turn.
The opposite should happen in countries where you ride on the left side of the road.
Cormanus, any other Aussies or Kiwis or Brits observe that?