I am just about to get my order of farkles for the upcoming Dillon meet. Along with the farkles I purchased a new front tire. I have read and heard of many horror storys about riders crashing due to how slick the tires are. I have read that you can clean them with rubbing alcohol to take off the "glazing" on the tires. Has anyone tried this?? Does it work?? How many miles do you ride on a new tire before you start to push it?
I am just about to get my order of farkles for the upcoming Dillon meet. Along with the farkles I purchased a new front tire. I have read and heard of many horror storys about riders crashing due to how slick the tires are. I have read that you can clean them with rubbing alcohol to take off the "glazing" on the tires. Has anyone tried this?? Does it work?? How many miles do you ride on a new tire before you start to push it?
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Get on em and ride em like you stole em. New tires aren't made like they were 20 years ago, no slickness off the molds like the early years. If you warm em up the same way you always do before riding aggressively then you're good to go.
Furthermore......... My guess as to these experts who are crashing on new tires is they either aren't warming them up or they're using the tires as a excuse for lack of skill or brain fade. We all make mistakes, thats my guess.
I think the prudent thing to do is to progressively lean the bike a bit more in each curve, in order to scrub a bit more each time. By going progressively you ensure that you always have a bit of 'scrubbed' rubber making contact.
I just put on a set of PR2s (still <100km) and had the bike squirm a few times as I was trying to enjoy my 'tire prep' run. The mold release IS slippery, so don't be a hero....too quickly...
It's a good idea to take it easy for at least a while, a few blocks or kilometres, as new tires do have a surface finish to them without any release compound. And you've just had the front wheel and brakes off.
When you go out after you've had work done, don't think of it as a test ride. It's a test flight.
Get on em and ride em like you stole em. New tires aren't made like they were 20 years ago, no slickness off the molds like the early years. If you warm em up the same way you always do before riding aggressively then you're good to go.
Furthermore......... My guess as to these experts who are crashing on new tires is they either aren't warming them up or they're using the tires as a excuse for lack of skill or brain fade. We all make mistakes, thats my guess.
Posted Image Once they are warm, they are good to go.
I think the prudent thing to do is to progressively lean the bike a bit more in each curve, in order to scrub a bit more each time. By going progressively you ensure that you always have a bit of 'scrubbed' rubber making contact. I just put on a set of PR2s (still <100km) and had the bike squirm a few times as I was trying to enjoy my 'tire prep' run. The mold release IS slippery, so don't be a hero....too quickly...BI
As much as everyone has a different opinion of how to run in a new tyre..... and not to say they are wrong.... but I'm in agreement with "DDO", on his whole procedure. I'll 1st go to an empty parking lot(with no oil drops)and do some left circles getting deeper,etc. Then after that I go workout on a traffic cloverleaf(which I like to do anyway,right handers are my worse side). But I won't push it until I get 100 miles on them........
Get on em and ride em like you stole em. New tires aren't made like they were 20 years ago, no slickness off the molds like the early years. If you warm em up the same way you always do before riding aggressively then you're good to go.
Furthermore......... My guess as to these experts who are crashing on new tires is they either aren't warming them up or they're using the tires as a excuse for lack of skill or brain fade. We all make mistakes, thats my guess.
Posted Image Once they are warm, they are good to go.
A while back, when I put some new Avon Storms on the VFR, the tyre tech said "be careful on your new tyres". I talked to him about it afterwards, and he said his comment was due more to the change in profile than slipperiness, as (according to him) Avon don't use silicon mould release on their tyres. He was right though, because they felt SO different and tipped into the first corner so readily, I could've easily fallen off, as so little effort was required. If I'd just "ridden by habit" instead of taking time to adjust to them, I would've been on my ear. Or rear...
I used to go to the supermarket carpark and do figure-eights. However, when I got a new Storm fitted a couple of weeks ago, I just rode normally. It didn't need any scuffing in (unlike the new brakepads).
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