Safe to Ride this tire?

[Adamm0621]

No balls....

















But seriously, when it comes to safety, erring on the side of caution never hurts.

[Desmo Demon]

A NASCAR tire 
Left please.

We thought it was weird how that one tire seemed to favor the left. We thought it was because the final days of riding were on a road with especially coarse pavement and a lot of wide left-handed sweepers where the biek stayed cranked over on the left side more than the right.

Has anyone thought of the Insurance Implications?

It's not a concern here. A buddy just crashed a Hypermotard on a wet road with a rear tire below the wear bars and the insurance company never said a thing and are shelling out the $6k to fix the bike. On the other hand, if you are involved in a felony at the time of a crash, such as running from the cops, the insurance company won't pay for it, so around here, just don't run from the cops with bald tires.   

[sgollapalle]

I won't tell you it is "safe" and I won't tell you that you should ride to either dealership, but....

I wouldn't hesitate to ride to the shop that is 28 miles away, even if it was 100% straight superslab.



I currently have tires that are worse than yours on my ST2 and the GSXR-1100. I currently use both mainly for commuting, and I wouldn't have any issues riding either of them the 50+ miles round-trip; and probably will a few more times before changing them out.

Consider yourself lucky my friend At that level of wear, a tiny stone in the wrong direction can pierce a hole into that in no time.. I've had crazy incidents with 4 wheels, and want nothing even close to that when on 2..
Personally, I'd rather spend 200 bucks a replace a tire than spend thousands replacing body parts (which are not always available in stock)..

[extra330]

I'm sure that tire would be just fine in the rain too.   

[techno]

Knowing insurance companies as I do, if they can avoid paying, they will. That is a constant the world over.

Personally I wouldn't go very far on a tyre like that but it probably depends on the type of road, the surface and the distance to where you are getting it changed.