Roomie
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Got out for a few hours today. The main roads weren't bad. Anything else is still crap. Got it out of my system at least.
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When are you taking your bikes out?
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Did you make it home?Today. In the afternoon.
Took a ramp today a bit too fast and the rear wheel (the walls are not scrubbed yet since it is a new bike) decided to slide, found myself sideways at the beginning of a highside but saved it, thankfully it happens many times at the track racing in the rain so the practice helps.
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Were you running Dunlop?
RedDogDarren
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Nah, my wife doesn't share. Not there is anything wrong with that.
Yeah dude I made it home safe!! Thanks! The dealer JUST before I left regaled me with a story of 2 guys who just 2 days ago dumped their brand new bikes because they tried to accelerate to quickly and the rears slid out from under them. That was not confidence inspiring.. My buddy was laughing at me because he was following me and I was going REALLY slow at first.. I got comfortable pretty quick though.. I'm just glad I got to feel the wind on my face.. and that 750 engine.. wow.. even though I can't take it above 7k rpm, the power is very noticeable.
Is there a way to get rid of that uber slippery sheen on the tires with a good hand scrubbing? Seems very risky to ride with that coating on it! Glad you didn't highside bro.. that would have been horrible! I was nervous as frack to take a turn with any power.. I rolled through as many soft turns as I could.. I took a smaller street home, so there was gravel sprinkled everywhere..
Boots
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[video=youtube;b-vPst_BGj0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-vPst_BGj0[/video]
hehehe
Tire warmers eh.. hmm.. that seems like a great idea without having to go on a pointless 200km ride without turning..lol
"The best way for a tyre to lose its gloss and become sticky is to heat it up and the most effective way to heat a tyre is slowly over a long-distance ride. Racers don’t have that luxury, so they use tyre warmers which they apply about an hour before a race to warm the tyre slowly and evenly."
lol.. I thought about doing a burnout in the parking lot before I left.. I didn't think the dealer would be impressed with that..
No, I am used to dunlop. Running the stock tires which are bridgestone, but this was an issue of cold tires and roads and the side walls not been scrubbed and me going a little too fast for the conditions, can't blame the tires.
Don't worry about it, just ride smart while it's cold, I wasn't so that almost happened.
Note of caution about that article Schneller posted:
"Despite the fact that most racers weave around on warmed-up tires" I am yet to do or see a racer doing this, also you do have to think about it as scrubbing the tires, normally during the warm up lap the side walls are scrubbed so even if your tires are nice and hot, you still have to take it easy those first few leans.
And even as the article says the tires feels warm when 'you stop and touch them' doesn't mean the tire is hot.
Anyways, just take it easy its all I am saying.
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Yeah. I took mine out for a test ride after installing a DQS. When I left it was ~5oC. When I got home 45-min later it must have been close to freezing. Blech.
sid_for_speed
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2nd week of april, dust off the bike, go for a spin
