http://www.ducatisti.co.uk/forum/ducati-chat/64838-supercorsa-bsb-b-careful.html

This is another example of what tire companies have to deal with!

And yes, I do think this guy hasn't a clue!

fretka

Ok. You will have to educate me on this....I could not see the pictures from work, but are you saying he abused the tires and blaming it on the tire companies?

Not so much abuse as an unrealistic expectation of what the tire was meant to do. In other words, The owner picked the wrong tire and is blaming it on the tire company.

The center of the tire is worn down to the belts from riding in a straight line. Pure and simple. Now don't get me wrong, I am not a particular friend or mouthpiece for tire companies, it's just from time to time the "sky is falling" attitude mixed with "can't be my fault" further worsened by ignorance can turn a trivial thing into "mass hysteria". There was another example of this in the previous iteration of this board about "flexi-tires". Never did hear how that turned out, but I do know a "hawk from a handsaw when the wind is from the east" (apologies to W.S.) and there was nothing amiss with those flexi PR-2's.

Fretka