Look what happened to my brand new BT23's

[0150r]

This was my brand new tire (less than 50 miles on it) until someone cut me off at 60mph and slammed on their brakes because they were too impatient to stay in their lane. Locked up both brakes and left this nasty imprint of the rain grooves from the road surface. You can see how new the tire is because the rubber strings from the injection molding haven't worn off yet...

I hate California drivers.

 

[DakinechicK]

Ouch! Sorry man...

 

[Detrich]

wow, i've never seen a new tire do that... it should even out after a couple thousand miles tho... and, the important thing is u saved the bike and didn't get hurt. but, totally agree. some jerks just shouldn't be driving...

 

[MNGreg]

wow, i've never seen a new tire do that... it should even out after a couple thousand miles tho... and, the important thing is u saved the bike and didn't get hurt. but, totally agree. some jerks just shouldn't be driving...

Agreed.. Sorry to hear/see this happening! Man that would tick me off also.. I would think that this would cause a slight "tweak" in how the tire feels on the road now.

 

[bleedinblue]

At least it stopped you.It obviously had a reduced contact patch

 

[RoadTrip]

wow, that is amazing, those rain groves must have been pretty sharp - they do those round here, but in a cross hatch. If it were my tire I would prolly keep riding it and just take careful note on how the tire looks after each ride, like Detrich said it should just wear off after awhile, but it is definitely scarey looking.

 

[Uno979]

Get it to wear like that all the way around and you have the perfect rain tire!

Gotta stay positive

 

[Jay S.]

Yuck...with a side of yuck. Sorry to see that bro.

 

[Rookasaki]

wow never seen that before either. I would take the tire back and show them. That's crazy. Glad you're ok. Sorry.

 

[ksanbon]

Sorry about your tire, but congrats on what looks like a GREAT SAVE!

 

[0150r]

I took it back to the dealer just to be sure...they said it's good to go, I still have a lot of tread left under the grooves. I'm going to keep an eye on it just to be sure though.