getting used to the bike

Renegade · Post by **Renegade** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:25 pm

went out for a little blast again today, just round some lanes, i got tax now so im fully legal, tyres are feeling a lot better the more i ride it, heres how they progressed so far....

New:

First ride:

Today:

ill get some proper pics of the bike when i fix my new panel onto it, coz the owner b4 dropped it and the fairing scraped down a wall lol, also ill get rid of those chicken strips after a bit. only been riding it 2 days

CarneyUK · Post by **CarneyUK** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:21 pm

Never ridden a bike with new tyres. Will be getting some soon and have heard it's like riding on ice to start with......should be fun

That pipe looks massive aswell...is it me or is it the photo?

Renegade · Post by **Renegade** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:31 pm

its just the photo, its a standard pipe, new one will be here in a few days anyway, and yea its like riding on ice lol, sliding everywhere under braking and just takin it easy on corners at the mo

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:29 pm

don't worry bout gettin rid of chicken strips mate, no serious biker will laugh at you .........

Post by **Xphyral** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:13 am

The only ones i laugh at are bikers at the cafe talking about how fast they ride yet a quick glance at their rear tyre tells you they only do straight lines.

Post by **Jamz** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:19 pm

LOL i wrote a little something about chicken-strips in my blog today!

Meh, it's bike related so I'll put it up on here!

I think too many people are toad-scared of new tyres, and because of this they make things a whole lot worse by being tense and panicy!

When you think about it, someone will shove on a set of brand new tyres at a racetrack, and go straight out the pits and be knee-down on the first corner - remember you don't have to be going fast to go knee-down!

The best way is to get heat into the tyres first. Maybe even do a few motorway junctions if you're really paranoid?

Then just be smooth and gentle with the bike, easing it into the corners and not throwing it in and being snatchy.

If it's wet - ride like you've got stabilisers on until it's dry, though!

Post by **Jamz** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:22 pm

Oh!!! And it's pretty damn important to also remember that YOU WILL NOT GET SOME TYRES TO THE EDGE!

I've had tyres on bikes before (like the Tomahawks on my ZXR) where I've been scraping my knee and toes without even holding my knee out at all, and the tyres still had 5-10mm left on the edge!!!

So take it easy and don't be worrying about that stuff for a good while yet!

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:03 pm

Jamz that contradicts your other post!

Post by **Jamz** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:16 pm

Yeah, shup, you!

I'm allowed a bit more leeway with bravado on my blogs!

I like to rile up the natives every so often!