Hi guys,
Here by the west coast of Norway, the snow hs melted and temps have risen to acceptable levels for riding. Woohoo! :-0)
But as it is still fairly cold, I don't want to push my luck when it comes to grip. Put some new rubbers (Pilot Power 2CT front, Pilot Road 2 rear) on this winter, and the rear tyre now has about 1 cm of "chicken strip" on it. By the end of last season is was down to only one ore two millimetres.
My question is, with these tyres, just how far can I push it on fairly good tarmac once the summer is here and the temps rise to a more comfortable level? I don't want to learn this lesson by leaning her too far over. That would be (at best) a very painful lesson.
Can I lean her over til the pegs start scraping without being concerned about tyre traction, or am I taking huge risks at this lean angle? To simplify this a bit, we'll leave the risk of diesel spills or gravel etc out of the equation.
Scraped the pegs a couple of times last season, and I want to advance to getting the ol' knee down this season. I know it would be a lot better to practice this on a 600cc gixxer on a track, but since I can't afford a bike no.2 at the moment, and since the nearest track is 10 hours from here....
Here by the west coast of Norway, the snow hs melted and temps have risen to acceptable levels for riding. Woohoo! :-0)
But as it is still fairly cold, I don't want to push my luck when it comes to grip. Put some new rubbers (Pilot Power 2CT front, Pilot Road 2 rear) on this winter, and the rear tyre now has about 1 cm of "chicken strip" on it. By the end of last season is was down to only one ore two millimetres.
My question is, with these tyres, just how far can I push it on fairly good tarmac once the summer is here and the temps rise to a more comfortable level? I don't want to learn this lesson by leaning her too far over. That would be (at best) a very painful lesson.
Can I lean her over til the pegs start scraping without being concerned about tyre traction, or am I taking huge risks at this lean angle? To simplify this a bit, we'll leave the risk of diesel spills or gravel etc out of the equation.
Scraped the pegs a couple of times last season, and I want to advance to getting the ol' knee down this season. I know it would be a lot better to practice this on a 600cc gixxer on a track, but since I can't afford a bike no.2 at the moment, and since the nearest track is 10 hours from here....