Tyre Flipping?

I see a few people on track days flipping to get the money's worth out of the back tyre personally I don't think I would do it, The direction arrow is there for a reason


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Direction of travel

 

It definitely happens with some of the supersport guys with the rear SC's they start em off the "wrong" way and flip em at the track (track tyre guys refuse to put em on the "wrong" way)

 

Hi, PLEASE DO NOT FLIP A TYRE,
reason, first forget tread pattern,
The structure is made up to the direction of travel, the overlaps of the ply's, inner segments of rubber must be assembled in the correct direction of travel, this is very hard to explain without full PowerPoint visual presentation, think of moving a rug across a laminated floor, what would happen if you PUSH the rug? It would ripple up in the centre, if you move to the other end and PULL in the direction of travel will it ripple up in the middle? NO.
by flipping a tyre you disrupt thru segments strength, create excess heat, lose the rigidity of the structure in a corner, the tyre is designed to flex in a certain way the cope with directional g-forces.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR HOBBY THEN WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN, YOUR LIFE AND THE PEOPLE RIDING AROUND YOU ARE ALL AT RISK, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT OTHERS AT RISK,
we all want to do things when the money isn't there, we just need to wait until it is possible, why turn your love of bikes, your passion for racing hard and fast, your dream of motorcycling in your life, into the reason for you and maybe your friends death's
PLEASE RIDE SAFE, YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU BUT MORE IMPORTANT YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT NEED YOU.

I see you are in Swindon, PM me not to have a go at me, but give me your tyre sizes and make/model you want, I will give you a pair of tyres at cost price plus a pound, you can take them away and find someone to fit them for you,

Andy

 

As Andy said ^

 

How many tyres that have been put on the wrong way have let go?

 

Loads do it with slicks no problem

 

I used to flip front for rear when the rear squared off, handling goes a bit squirrely but I save loads of dosh in a year....

 

i know nothing about tyres (except what i like riding on.. nothing scientific) or tracking bikes but my first thought when seeing this thread was exactly what you have just said.. surly decent tyres are constructed/laminated to travel in one direction only (and i dont mean the "band"(for lack of a better description of those muppets) . would have thought that the fibers in the walls of the tire would lean into the direction of travel possibly?
point is, i think it highly unlikely that with all the money and time put into r and d of rubber, that the best construction is one that can go either way (like @Exige )