Who wants to see..

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

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.

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

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

I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle

Tmall · 11-11-2009, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean

I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cutty72

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.

Rider · 11-11-2009, 03:46 PM

44 degrees? Shit, NO tire likes it when it's 44 degrees. Even the Bridgestone BT016's slip when it's that cold.

Cutty72 · 11-11-2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rider

44 degrees? Shit, NO tire likes it when it's 44 degrees. Even the Bridgestone BT016's slip when it's that cold.

Bullshit. Both my Corsa III's and my PP's on the 1125 got broke in with weather in the 20's!

Never had a slip out of either one, and I pushed them far harder than I should have.

Here is a pic of the first ride on my PP's. Yes that's snow. Yes those are snowmobile tracks in the gravel.
In fact, I raced a sled that was in the ditch right before this... I won.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

11-11-2009, 02:56 PM	#1
Sean giggity Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: socal Moto: street, sumo & dirty Posts: 1,071	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.

11-11-2009, 03:11 PM	#4
Sean giggity Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: socal Moto: street, sumo & dirty Posts: 1,071	I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle

11-11-2009, 03:46 PM	#8
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	44 degrees? Shit, NO tire likes it when it's 44 degrees. Even the Bridgestone BT016's slip when it's that cold.