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Piotr12
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sunday I took a ride covering about 200 miles. When I got home I noticed what looked like brake dust on the rear wheel. Upon closer inspection I came to the conclusion that it is rubber dust.

I visually inspected everything I could think of but came up empty handed. There are no signs of anything rubbing to cause this. The belt looks pristine and there are no rub marks on the tire. Any idea what would cause this?









Any help is greatly appreciated.

Pete
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Doughnut
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

did you get a plastic bag stuck in your rear wheel?
Fresh black top?

(Message edited by doughnut on October 07, 2009)
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Piotr12
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not that I recall...
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Piotr12
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Fresh blacktop?"

Don't remember that either...lol
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'll give ya a hint, its your tire.
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Boltrider
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That looks like a new rear tire. Did you replace it recently?

I went from Diablo Stradas to Diablo Rossos and I noticed the rubber dust after a couple days of riding. The softer Rossos dust up much more than my Stradas did.
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Roysbuell
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 07:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thin chicken strips very nice.
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Brumbear
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 07:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Tire rubber but check your belt for shyts and giggles
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Slaughter
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 07:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It is tire rubber. Your front tire sheds rubber too and is picked up on the rear wheel. Sometimes in heavily travelled sections of road, you will pick up lots of rubber dust OFF the road that has been left by others and it all builds up on the leading edges of the spokes (like in your pics)
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Piotr12
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 08:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

@Boltrider:

The bike is new, just turned 2500 miles on the odo.

@Froggy & Slaughter:

I had a feeling it was but wondered just how in the world it got there...

@Brumbear:

The belt is in pristine shape.

@Roysbuell

Umm...I see what you did there...: )
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Saratoga
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 10:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Tire is like a giant eraser, especially when it gets hot. Long highway rides would always crud up the rear wheel when I had the stock Diablo-T's. Make sure the tire pressure is correct also. Underinflation will heat the tire up and cause too.

The Stradas don't do it nearly as much.
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Jraice
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+1 Saratoga... Long highway rides and the T's do not go well together. I killed a set in 3500 miles by doing that, before the highway stint it looked round and with decent tred. About 200 miles of highway riding and I was running on chords.
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Jraice
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+1 Saratoga... Long highway rides and the T's do not go well together. I killed a set in 3500 miles by doing that, before the highway stint it looked round and with decent thread. About 200 miles of highway riding and I was running on chords.
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No_rice
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 02:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yep, probably your tires







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Jraice
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 06:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is that a Corsa III (appears to be dual compound, correct me if I am wrong).

Track time?

That doesnt look normal for even aggressive street use.
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Boney95
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 06:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No Rice, looks like you didn't let your tires warm up properly before you hit her hard.
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Boltrider
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 09:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I believe that's No_rice after some track time. Can you tell that he knows how to push it?
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No_rice
Posted on Friday, October 09, 2009 - 01:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yes corsa III.

yep after a day at blackhawk.
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