Hi -
My tire never wears out, I must have 500+ miles on it. It is an OLD cruiser tire, I think it is made out of nylon, not just nylon cords but the actual material ? When I moved my tire roller unit to my Moon Dog it ate up the tire in about 40 miles or less.
My problem with the nylon tire, is that my rollers wear out. These are steel stock rollers from livefastmotors. I read somewhere that aluminum holds up better. What I am going to try is some Kevlar mesh fabric, i guess they use it for canoes. It is hard to cut, but I was going to paint epoxy on the roller, wrap a turn of the fabric, then paint over the wrap with more epoxy, wrap another layer, maybe 3 total I don't know.
After reading your stuff, I am thinking about replacing epoxy with gorilla glue. Hey, kevlar should hold up, and protect the glue, right ? I'll let you know. Just waiting for the Kevlar to come, 3oz of 3" wide - only 3 bucks at Mrfiberglass.com. Not sure if it is the right stuff, have seen some samples where it is actually a plastic sheet with the kevlar imbedded. i am looking for raw kevlar fabric, woven, and preferably double wove on the edges.
Have a center mount and a rear mount. On my third engine with the centermount, while my rear mount keeps going and going and going (other than the tire rollers). Pretty sure it is combination of residual sand on the road (we have a lot of it in NH) in combination with damp road surface it GRINDS away the roller.
Anyone know if they still make nylon tires, if I am even right about this ?
Ride safe
cb