Sure is.
If you have to ask, it probably is.
Extremely, that tire is going to blow at any moment. Probably the next time they hit a bump at high speed.
Yep, had a car tire look like that once. Blew up on the road not long after.
Why did you drive it like that? And how did you get it like that?
Not OP, but usually this is the result of people not having money. Tires are absurdly expensive
Or trying to drive to the shop instead of getting a tow.
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Only when driving.
Tell you friend he has a death wish
Ironically this is called a chicken strip.
Incorrect, a chicken strip is the unused part of the tire closest to the wall. Meaning the rider has been too “chicken” to lean the bike over far enough to use the full tire.
right on, i have no excuse, been riding for 5 years.
This post is obviously not meant serious.
To the right of the damaged section we can see a thread indicator, so there is maybe around 1 mm thread on the right shoulder. Therefore the centre part was below legal limits.
Before changing tyres, the owner of that bike decided to kill off the old tyre completely by doing a burnout. We can see the flat centre piece all around on the tyre, typical for a burnout.
When changing a motorcycle tire it helps to do a nice burnout before starting. It heats up the tire making it easier to pry off with tire irons.
To shreds you say…
Incredibly so. Not only is there basically no traction, the tire will be unbalanced and could vibrate causing loss of control, and it could also catastrophically fail at speed almost certainly causing loss of control.
Welp, may as well do some burnouts since you need a new rear tire anyway.
That’s a little too rough for my liking. I would sand it down.
That tire has an elevated risk of spontaneous de-installation.
It’s quite dangerous, yes
Only if you ride it.
Looks good for at least another couple of hundred yards.
Yes.