Thread Wear - Indication to a Disaster.

Scooter just like any bike, to ensure we have a strong foot hold on the road will require good tyres. Having good tyres not the only reason of having good grip on road surface. During rainy season, we must make sure thread remaining is sufficient for our journey.

Maxxis Pro is a standard fit for SYM VTS 200 ex factory, its not a high end tyre but generally okay for normal non extreme usage. Above tyre have few thousand good mileage to go, knowing how much thread left is important so that we could judge whether we will need a replacement or not. There are thread wear indicators on this tyre, the indicator is not on the side wall but on the groove itself.

Above photo shows a close up on this tyre thread indicator, it is advisable to replace tyre once this indicator is flush with tyre surface.

Some tyre have different way of showing wear, it could be on the side wall like car tyres marked as "TWI" or some just "WI"


Its important to check and see what kind of indicator is provided on your scooter tyre and understand on how it is interpreted.


I will update this post if I have more information on various thread wear markings on different tyre make.