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Tmall 11-11-2009 02:48 PM

Who wants to see..
 
Where a Pilot Road 2 begins to slip under throttle at 44 degrees??? I thought about laying it down to save it, but my pucker factor kept me on the seat when it wiggled.

At least now I know my limits with this tire in this weather..
http://i34.tinypic.com/otoigo.jpg

Ps.. I need to learn to use this camera or to buy a good one..

Sean 11-11-2009 02:56 PM

Jesus, is that a knobbie? If you're slipping even in street use, it might be time to move to a more aggressive tire next time :)

I must have missed what's funny about the whole "lay it down" thing I'm seeing everywhere.

tached1000rr 11-11-2009 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean (Post 290827)
Jesus, is that a knobbie? If you're slipping even in street use, it might be time to move to a more aggressive tire next time :)

I must have missed what's funny about the whole "lay it down" thing I'm seeing everywhere.

:lol check out my thread "how would you lay your bike down" in the street section

Tmall 11-11-2009 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean (Post 290827)
Jesus, is that a knobbie? If you're slipping even in street use, it might be time to move to a more aggressive tire next time :)

I must have missed what's funny about the whole "lay it down" thing I'm seeing everywhere.

Road 2's are notorious for not liking the cold. It's a trade off. My corsa iii's could have gone to the edges at 30 degrees and I'm sure they would have stuck well. These things I've had lock up at street lights under normal braking at anything approaching 45 degrees or so.


But, I got less than 3000 miles out of a corsa 3, and I shit you not the road 2 has more than 7000 miles on it.

Sean 11-11-2009 03:11 PM

:wtfru: I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle

Tmall 11-11-2009 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean (Post 290832)
:wtfru: I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle


:lol I was thinking, I wanna see how far I can lean these things over in the cold so I can stop worrying about it and enjoy riding!

Cutty72 11-11-2009 03:22 PM

hmmm, makes me leary about road 2's then. believe it or not it gets cold in ND, and i ride then.

May stick to powers... i'll get 7K out of them easy, and as long as I wait a mile they stick almost as well as the corsa's.

Tmall 11-11-2009 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72 (Post 290836)
hmmm, makes me leary about road 2's then. believe it or not it gets cold in ND, and i ride then.

May stick to powers... i'll get 7K out of them easy, and as long as I wait a mile they stick almost as well as the corsa's.



I'm not too worried. I don't usually ride when it's colder than it is now. And it was a decreasing radius corner, so I had to tighten my line a bit, which is when I felt the shimmy/slide/slip.

It didn't really shake me too bad. Just slipped then regained traction.

pauldun170 11-11-2009 03:31 PM

There was some leaves on the ground and I was about to lay it down to avoid it but the wind picked up and blew them outta the way

Tmall 11-11-2009 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170 (Post 290843)
There was some leaves on the ground and I was about to lay it down to avoid it but the wind picked up and blew them outta the way

Are you alright??


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