Front tyre slip / cornering technique help (a bit long)

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Post by phuk72 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:53 pm

slow codger wrote:And there is an 18 going on the rear!

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Finally - must be 2 years since I gave you that wheel :wink:
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Post by honkdawillydahonk » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:34 pm

phuk72 wrote:
slow codger wrote:And there is an 18 going on the rear!

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Finally - must be 2 years since I gave you that wheel :wink:
An 18?? Have you got a bicycle wheel to go on the back? :lol:
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Post by Kirk » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:11 pm

I agree with everything thats already said, (well as much as I can agree with 2, or was it 3 or 4 sides of an argument!!) but am I alone in thinking there's something pretty f*&^ed up about the very edge of that tyre??

It looks to me like something is scraping the edge of the tyre, not like wear. It's at the wrong angle to be normal road wear, and also a different consistency of 'roughness'.

Please correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure youse will!! :P )

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Post by slow codger » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:12 pm

:D :oops: Pete,the user name says it all............."SLOW".

And Ady have you seen the price of push bike tyres compared to motorcycle tyres, althpugh I cant remember what make was on the ducati push bikes at the NEC, but for £3000, they must be good!

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Post by JL » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:19 am

Kirk wrote:It looks to me like something is scraping the edge of the tyre, not like wear. It's at the wrong angle to be normal road wear, and also a different consistency of 'roughness'.
I think that it might have had something to do when the front slipped out, perhaps caused by the very edge sliding/slipping sideways and rubbing while still rotating forward(?). Anyway, time for a new tyre/tyres! (And I just put on the R1 clutch perch, so now need to start saving for some shorties too! These two-wheeled thing-a-ma-bobs sure know how to burn a hole in your wallet :roll: )

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