Tyre marks. Cold tear?

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Just come back from a ride on my 1299s and was checking the bike over and noticed these marks on the rear tyre. What is it? Cold tear?

A tad concerned as I haven't done anything different to any other ride out!
 

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That's what it looks like to me, but mine had less meat. The factory sipes were almost gone on mine at that point
 
After the initial run-in, I did a few high speed runs on a stretch of highway and a lot of hard acceleration getting there and by the end of my ride my tires looked like that. The pirellis are sticky, but they don't last very long. I think I ended up getting around 1200 miles out of my first set of tires...:D
I'd swap tires as soon as you can, it only gets worse from there -- and a tire coming apart while riding isn't really that much fun.
 
wanderlust said:
The center of your tire is worn out. Looks like its time for a new tire...those are the belts you're seeing.
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Can't be. The sides seem to have lots of meat. I thought tyres always run out on the side first before the middle, except in cruisers?
 
Cheers folks. I have never in 14 years of riding have seen a worn tyre look that. It's the horizontal marks that confused me. It's just typical that the damn thing wears out just before the end of the season! I'm not a fast rider by any shot. The tyre has done 3024 miles of road riding. 675 were as a demo bike. Need more corners for the next one.
 
wanderlust said:
The center of your tire is worn out. Looks like its time for a new tire...those are the belts you're seeing.
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+1 and once you get to the belts, the remaining rubber wears off like crazy, giving you the weird patterns you have...
 
Southwest said:
The tyre has done 3024 miles of road riding.
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Not bad for that tire. I got 4672 miles from it, but mostly easy highway driving. I'm just over 8000 miles now and my front is nearly a slick, but no belts. Don't need replies on how unsafe it is, I know. Just getting my money's worth.
 
yup, you'll see chord after that. I took my first set back in 2013 past that state and its not safe.
 

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