hey, guys here's a pic of my front wheel on my fatty. It has noticeable extra wear on the RH side to the extent where it is almost like a plane has been taken to it. The previous tyre was the same and this one is now 8000km old, Ive been told this is normal because of the camber on the road but I'm wondering if there could be a mechanical side to this as well such as front suspension. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences as the way it's going I'll only get another 1 or 2 thousand km before having to change out. I rode a lot of smaller Jap bikes when I was younger and never had this issue

Have you ever changed [new] the wheel bearing Tom ?

No bike is coming up to 40k maybe when the tyre is off next Ill change it. Last time I checked bearing was fine and I'm not hearing any noises etc. 

When you start hearing noises is a bit late, process of elimination, preventive maintained always is the cheap option. IMO.

Good luck with your trouble shooting.

Didn't Mickles tyre just do this same thing?

Not sure but read somewhere about the offset on some models and a fatboy was one of them.

Ive had the same wear on all my tyres. The camber coupled with right turns being a longer distance than left leads to this happening.

Left hand turns around a city block is shorter. 

the offset Pauly mentioned, you should know easily if your bike has it by looking at the gap between the forks and guard from the front. It has something to do with when the 200mm rear was introduced I think
It was corrected in 08 I believe.  Not sure if that is the main cause though

thanks guys I think Ill do the steering head and wheel bearings next tyre change and see if it makes a difference. 

It’s the taper of  the rd, most taper from the centre out. If we rode on the right hand side of the road over here the wear would be on the left side of tyre.

I tell ya what I did find out. (while I was sipping my latte, snorting coke and using other drugs)

That going anticlockwise V clockwise around Australia is only
wait for it...

about 19kms

Not really enough to make a discernible difference in the wear of a tyre.