spoondogg

i've seen two people now who have done it, and its not like they're squids who dont know what they're doing, both the peolpe i saw where pro's.

any pluses to doing this?

old man roger

no they just weren't paying attention or they can only cicle one way and wore out one side of the tire....lol

tricky500

i'm no engineer and i could be wrong but i'm putting in my 2 cents. its dangerous for 2 reasons... manufacturers put the arrows on there for a reason, it keeps the inside of the tire (chords and layers of rubber) from expanding and loosening... it was made to only go in one direction. in the wet it will not filter the water out of the tire. the only slight benefit i could see, which would be in violation of the first thing i stated, is that if u've done a track day and it was mostly left handers, then you have a lot of traction left over on the other side of the tire, but then you put yourself at jeopardy at the cost of being cheap...

spoondogg

yeah i wasn't going to do it at all, but i was just wondering why they do it

ecthemc

haha I hear ya on that.. when i got my fizle.. the tire had like.. a valley on the right side.. lol


tires have a arrow so yea its obvious they didnt do it on accident..

weird - tho - Like those guys that flip there forks.. WTF?

spoondogg

like i said definatly not squids.

old man roger

i doubt he changes his own tires....lol

melloyello

if u r stunting it won't hurt anything. The biggest reason is for wet conditions. The sipings are made to move water away. In reverse they won't work properly.

Zuki750

That first pic looks right. Water would be moved from the middle to the outsides.

Unknown_Tom

I wouldn't think it would matter if you're just doing a show and going to burn the thing off anyways but why wouldn't you just put it on right anyway?? Maybe people just don't notice and run it anyways.

FreezeSBFreaks

Ya I was thinking the same thing

Towlieee

I've heard the front tire mounting backwords helps with stoppie traction



I don't know why you would put a rear on backwords unless it was on accident though.

T-NECK

when you flip a tire it gets hella slick. fun for drifting. but no good for anything else.

Suicidl

my rear tire is on backwards now

i will fix that when it is 100% done

T-NECK

csiamanis

Actually - if thats a Pilot Power - it's on backwards. It looks like one at least, and I know mine is mounted right in my pic here. You would think it was the other way around, but . I'll let the manufacturer decide.

Towlieee

+1


i dunno what pilot powers deal is, but for some reason, the rain groves go the opposite way you would think they should


edit: just double checked a pilot power in my garage, definitely setup so the rain would go to the center of the tire while riding...

Zuki750

Are they any good in the rain?

Mikey SBF

its better for switchback wheelies

csiamanis

I don't try and drag knee, but when I've been in rain I've been confident with them leaning or not.