Cat feet

Or perhaps just cat foot...

Strangely enough, if you ride motorcycles, they tend to destroy tyres and the the Tiger appears to be no exception.  Over the last few rides the front had definitely been starting to look a wee bit sad and a trip to Raglan and back on slippery and sometimes frosty roads finally toasted the tyre.  In fact, I've probably never ridden on a tyre in worse condition which is definitely not my style.

Try not to look at those lines showing beneath the rubber...

This is why it felt a little weird...

Anyway, i'm still getting over a cold so no riding today, but I did manage to muster up the energy to swap the front out for a new Michelin Anakee Road - I would have gone for a normal old Road 4 or 6 but apparently not for a Tiger rim.

Oh look, the fat one looks just like the skinny one!

The job went pretty easily.  To get the front wheel off only required dropping one caliper off and then the wheel shimmied right out.

Even the tyre swop went reasonably quickly - I'm finally starting to get the knack I guess.  No blood either!  The trickiest bit was seating the bead but plenty of soapy water, sitting on the tyre and no valve in the stem soon sorted it.

The rear is still looking pretty good, I thinking at least 2-3k so could even do the October NI800 if I don't ride the bike too much in between...

9k isn't too bad I 'spose

Anyone want these?