What's wrong with my front tire?

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Cupping...things that make you go hmmmm. I've heard all kinds of reasons why but I can tell you this, tires that are raced on or track day tires don't seem to cup. It may have something to do with the tire heating up and not shredding any rubber, cooling down and folding in on itself. Track day/race tires get the rubber shredded off and I'm thinking when the tire cools and shrinks, the rubber has room to contract.
Just a thought.
Front tires seem to cup worse than rears.
At the track, the front tires are scrubbed pretty good during braking and turning. They heat up and the rubber peels off.

Good to hear from a track hound. Agree. You've got cupping there. I got it with my stock Dunlops, got it with the Bridgestone BT54's as well.

I have no prescription other than to say run the tire at the specified pressure as too low a pressure will cause this.

I know Ferret mentioned running 38 psi; be aware the contact patch will be smaller and thus traction reduced. Don't know if this is an officially recommended adjustment but the tire does state it will take a higher pressure on the sidewall, if I recall.

The Conti Road Attack 2 Classic Race show no signs of it. I run the front at 33 and the rear at 39 but am 142 pounds. Seems to be perfect.