effing tyres, stop going on about them...

[richie]

OK boys and girls, I reckon that this tyre thing is going on for ages. When I think about it the only time in all the hundreds of thousands of miles I've ridden that Ive crashed has been in the dry.

But the only times I lose the front or the rear is in the wet. But for me all the times I've lost it, but been lucky to hold on is due to diesel or mud.

So stop going on about tyres and get the other road users to sort themselves out.

Doesn't matter what rubber your using, if you hit diesel or mud or ice or snow you're in for a hard time or a lucky one.

My tuppence worth and I'll stick with Michelin ta very much...

 

[ferguscawley]

Tyres

Richie

Must admit, I'm getting kinda 'tyred' of it myself

Ferg

 

[Rob Farmer]

We'll have to 'Tread' carefully around Richie for a while, at least untill he gets a 'grip' of himself.

 

[ferguscawley]

I think so Rob. The way he 'spoke' there indicates to me that we need to get to the 'hub' of his issues in a delicate manner. Maybe he is not as well 'balanced' as we first thought ?
Well, I'm off downstairs to watch the 'tube' for a while.....

 

[newman7096]

Sounds a little deflated!

 

[Honister]

Very puny this t-h-read has no depth to it

 

[Cheesy Mike]

I spot an opportunity for a poll here.

Mike

 

[BawdyMonk]

I spot an opportunity for a poll here.

Mike

Make it a "sticky" one Mike

 

[Merlin999]

Tyres, so dreary in black.

They are now available in lovely colours to match the bike or riderwear.

I wonder if our manufacturer of choice will start to offer "colourmatch"tyres?

There was I time when black and round you do! "Colourmatch" is defo the new "black".

"Hairdressers do it gently, with tittle tattle"

:sunshine

 

[richie]

Tried riding to work today but bottled out due to way to much snow and a five car pile up. I wonder if I'd had some better tyres wether I would have made it..

 

[ferguscawley]

Welcome back Richie.
My, you were a little 'pumped up' yesterday.
Have a good weekend

Ferg

 

[richie]

Cheers Fergus, Looking forward to being in your neck of the woods later this year. Planning is in and takes anywhere from 3 months to 3 years. Obviously I'm hoping for the shorter option.

Back to tyres though....

Does anybody agree with my general statement that most times you're let down by the tyre it is a mud or diesel problem rather than a tyre one????

 

[Timolgra]

It's all a 'Silly Con'

I noticed that Richie couldn't help but 'plug' Michelin tyres without any 'pressure'.

Tim

 

[ferguscawley]

yes

Yep - it has always been slimy conditions that have caused me to have an accident - with one exception -
I highsided my R1 a few years back on a trackday using Michelin Pilot Sports. These are road going (grippy)rubber as opposed to track compound. I had been doing lap after lap in great weather and was getting faster all the time. One particular exit from a tight right hander I was talking in second all day long, giving it a good handful of throttle. Same corner on my last lap of the session (tyres good and hot), and the next thing I know I'm 'arse over tit' in the air and then crash to the ground. The rear tyre had obviously spun, slid, gripped and threw me off like a rag doll. All in a fraction of a second. No warning whatsoever.
Needless to say, I have never used Michelin Pilot sports since.

By the way, hope the planning permission goes your way. (I assume you included the mandatory 'brown envelope', with a donation (ahem) to the 'planning dept golf society' ?? )

Ferg

 

[Timolgra]

Back to tyres though....

Does anybody agree with my general statement that most times you're let down by the tyre it is a mud or diesel problem rather than a tyre one????

Normally a nail or a big thorn, sometimes a sharp stone.

 

[nud1e]

Diesel and nails (bloody careless builders), but knew a guy in Belfast who had a negative affinity for cow shit, preferably the very liquid, very smelly, bathe you all over type of cow shit.