Old Burris tires

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88racing

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Just curious on people's opinion I have a set of 2 yr old Burris 33's and I was curious of to know if it's worth having them sent out to be cut and resurfaced? They seem to have plenty of dot left if that's any indicator. If they are worth it to have done who's a name people use. Thanks chris
 
There's many times older Burris tires are better than new ones. imo have them resurfaced now and let them sit after you condition them
 
88racing said:
Just curious on people's opinion I have a set of 2 yr old Burris 33's and I was curious of to know if it's worth having them sent out to be cut and resurfaced? They seem to have plenty of dot left if that's any indicator. If they are worth it to have done who's a name people use. Thanks chris
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you have pm
 
88racing said:
Thanks who are some names of people that resurface if I send them out?
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Just put the tires on the rear of your kart, take some 80 grit sandpaper on a sanding block and start the engine, rev it up a little to get the axle spinning and go back and forth across the tire slowly with the sandpaper a few times, be sure to spray the tire with windex or soapy water before running the sandpaper across the tire. then stop the axle, check to see if the tire has been scuffed up, repeat as needed. You just want to take the shiny glaze off the tires, not take alot of rubber off them. You can put your front tires on the back and do the same with them. This is a cheap and easy way to resurface your tires. May want to do it on an old tire first just to get the hang of it, but its pretty foolproof and easy to do really. Some people will do this with a belt sander, others will do it with a grinder and a flapdisc, and some will just stick with sandpaper. Some even use a bondo file or bondo rasp and actually cut the rubber off the tire to true it up. No need to pay someone to do something that you can easily do in your own garage on your kart. Make sure you keep the tire spinning at a good rate of speed when sanding the tire, and move the sandpaper at a constant rate all the way across each time. Your looking for a nice consistent pattern, and want the tire to look sort of a rough finish yet still smooth. Use finer grit sandpaper to finish up once you take the glaze off. For high bite tracks, finish up with 180-220 grit sandpaper, and for low bite tracks, stick with 60, 80 or 120 grit sandpaper.
 
We have a pretty good Burris program, as do most other northern and midwestern states tire guys. There may be someone close to you that would avoid the expense of shipping your tires to. If you can't find anyone close, give us a shot at them.

If they haven't ever been cut, I'd suggest having that done first. A couple year old, heat cycled and cured set of Burris are a great asset to your tire arsenal, (especially for when the tracks bite up.) There are a lot of times that older date code Burris will be faster than new ones.


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