As I do mainly trackdays on a clockwise circuit, my tyres wear out much faster on the right hand side. In particular the rear. A couple of weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and flipped the rear around. So far I have not noticed any adverse effects and my wallet is much happier as I expect to get about 50% more mileage from the set.
I Googled this and after reading posts ranging from "I do it all the time" to "You will die in the next corner due to ply delamination" I figured I had to try it myself. My rationale being that a rear tyre is designed to handle forces both from braking and acceleration and that the direction arrow has mainly to do with getting rid of the water when riding in the rain. I can also understand that certain thread patterns can get some strange and potentially unsafe wear, but since the K3 is virtually a slick tyre where it really matters this did not deter me either.
Any thoughts on this?
I Googled this and after reading posts ranging from "I do it all the time" to "You will die in the next corner due to ply delamination" I figured I had to try it myself. My rationale being that a rear tyre is designed to handle forces both from braking and acceleration and that the direction arrow has mainly to do with getting rid of the water when riding in the rain. I can also understand that certain thread patterns can get some strange and potentially unsafe wear, but since the K3 is virtually a slick tyre where it really matters this did not deter me either.
Any thoughts on this?