Here is an imgur link to the photo: http://imgur.com/FJxfO Is this safe to ride with? It is in the middle of my back tire. Tires are somewhat new, the previous owner put them on a little while ago. Thank you for the help! I am relatively new to tires so I am not sure if this is safe to ride on or not, There is my key for comparison.
Posted Aug 9, 2012, 4:59 PM UTC
It's looks to be in the tread. There is a steel belt lurking below that keeping sharp things outta there. Spray some water on it to see if it's leaking. No leak, ride it!!
Looks fine to me. But like FLBiker said, check to see how deep it is. From the picture it doesn't look like a problem.
You're probably good, just check your pressure before and after riding for a few days.
Check it after your tires have cooled down. It will be higher right after riding.
As long as it's not deeper than the tread you will be ok.
As long as it's not deeper than the tread I would think you are ok. If you're not sure you could always patch it or have it patched.
I don't think you are "supposed" to patch motorcycle tires or so I've been told by some MMI students, but ionno about that one either. But the tire looks fine, that's a tiny little hole imo
That's just about exactly what I just said. I should have read first. Have a vote on me.