Gash in Tire

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Veda
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Gash in Tire

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I was looking over my bike yesterday and saw this gash in my tire. The tire only has 3800 miles on it and is the stock tire on a 2009 Kawasaki er-6n. Can anyone tell if this looks just cosmetic or should I be more concerned? Should I be replacing the otherwise good tire?

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How deep is it? Stick a business card or something similar to measure the depth.
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#3 Unread post by Wrider »

That looks like a defect in the tire. I don't think anything cut it with how ragged those edges are. I assume you had the tire put on at a shop, take it in there and ask them about it, what they can do for you to help you out.

EDIT: On the bright side at least you've got some extra tread now! :laughing:
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