Topic: old tyres can be resurrected

[Tower]

Point well taken, @Gordon.  Hence, the trade off I mentioned is one that I would take, if not for the price tag.  Now if I could just have my cake and eat it too...I'd hate to give away $300-$400 only to find a $25 solution.

[ralt12]

@ralt12, do tell about your experience.  What happened to the tyres at application and over time, to make the ride scary?  That might give us some insight into what that track compound does.

Let's just say big speed, big downforce but changing (like, a LOT lower) grip = lurid, high speed slides that you only have one or two of before you back out of it and change tires. I wish I had a video of it. All the times you see an F1 race and there's a little twitch in the car, it's like a heart attack if you haven't planned ahead for it. Those guys are all really good.

Replace your tires, pal. Of all the places to be cheap, tires are the last place. It's cheap insurance.

[Tower]

yes, @ralt12, but what aspect of the tyre changed?  Did they stiffen up again after 2 laps?  Did they frey, wear out, melt down, get squirmy?

[edbikerii]

Yeah, some real analysis or evidence would be helpful here.  Frankly, I don't see any harm in trying out a product if you are trying to get some more life out of tires that are already otherwise shot, especially if they have plenty of tread left.

[Terry in Australia]

Yeah, I'd still be keen to try it out, I've got 4 bikes that are currently registered @ 400 bucks a year, so I'm about to take three off the road leaving the BMW as my "regular rider" as opposed to a "Daily rider" because I have a company provided car so I don't ride as regularly as I used to, and I'm about to join a classic bike club (thanks to Steve K0) whereby I can get "club plates" to ride my K0, K1 and Suzuki GS1000S about as often as I ride them now, for only 100 bucks a year each.

My point is that I might be lucky to do 1000 miles per year on each of my older bikes, so I'm not all that keen about an average annual tyre bill of $1000.00+ for bikes that are really just toys nowadays. It's bad enough keeping all the batteries charged up!

I'm not that cheap that I'd ride around on cracked tyres, but the Bridgestone BT45's on the Suzuki have been on it for 9 years now, so a little softening might be in order? Cheers, Terry.