Well, I put it on the direction that the tread looked right, I didn't look at the little arrows :anim_peep:. Is it important for me to take it off and flip it?
With it reversed like it is now, it will channel water INTO the tire. With it properly mounted, it will channel water OUT of the tire. Other than that, there is no repercussions to running it backwards.
a grooved tyre will always disperse water no matter how it's mounted. the difference is the thread pattern on some asymetrical tyres is formed to optimise that dispersion. if you mount it the wrong way the tyre will still disperse water, just not as efficiently as it could be with it mounted in the right direction.
Thats just it, on these tires, I angled the water grooves so they would channel water out, identical to the rear tire. The little arrows point the other way though and if I install it according to them the tread pattern will look reversed. I'm not real sure how the water removal is supposed to work with them on the right way :/
They're supposed to be like this for some odd reason
Because the rear is made for acceleration, where the forces during acceleration are being directed toward the rear of the bike, where the front is only geared for braking, where the braking force is directed toward the front.
There are defective tires out there, yours could be one of them. I'm sure it's happened before where the arrow was labeled wrong. Best to snap a pic and post it up so we can see the tread pattern.
race tires are designed to "flip" they are steel belted that way. street tires are not "belted" to be run in both directions. Get those tires right, and tear it up!
To the OP. For what its worth, I mounted a Michelin Pilot Power on my ZX-10R backwards. I noticed is as soon as I mounted the tire and said fuck it, I ran the tire for 2000 miles mostly communting and 2 track days. You should be fine.
Leaving it alone but I hope I get more than 2k miles out of it :hmmm: I love the grip and stopping power though! my stinko 705s felt like they were on wet pavement compared to these.
You WILL def get more than 2000 miles out of it. A light weight SM will not eat thru a tire like a fire breathing ZX-10R, liter bikes freakin eat tires like crazy.
inline4's have a pretty lineair power delivery the way they wind up that's actually not that bad on tyres eventhough some bikes punch out 150+ hp.
big singles have instant torque that'll wear a tyre out pretty fast. on a 450 doing hooligan weekend rides pilot powers never lasted me longer than say about 1800 miles and I'm not even a wheelie guy...
Nope, you're fawked. Take the tire off immediately and mail it to me.
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