That sounds like a great time! I want to try a V85 as I hear good things about them. But yes thats what I mean. You can ride that bike hard, and play with it and try things. Brake hard into a hairpin and add a load of rear brake to make it go light and snake. Do it over and over and it becomes natural. It'd take a lot of focus to do that on a V4 with good tyres etc. I had a Z750 also. The forks were like toilet roll tubes. I learned to wheelie on that bike. Went out one day and refused to go home until I could wheelie. 5 hours later the chain was jumping and it wouldn't select 2nd gear. I have a video on my old YouTube I no longer have access to.
16 years ago!
Phone resting on a coke can
Wheelie practice
Phone inside my visor jammed between my nose and visor
On board.
Its booked for 10,000km service in 4 weeks and I'm fitting a set TA3 based on recommendations on here. I think the front will be better. But I'm a bit nervous that they have a good but more grip and change the bike too much. With the current suspension settings it works. Because grip is low. More grip will mean I maybe have to change settings again. But also might make it that the suspension just cant handle the extra grip and bike ties itself in knots. We will see in 4 weeks. I'm aure they will be great but I'm mindful I'm installing tyres with more grip when actually i want a little bit more front but a little bit less rear.
The 3 bar rear experimented keeps giving same results on these Anakees. I put 3 bar to take away grip but it actually makes it better. As it takes away the bend and distortion of the tyre so it feels more stable then when it does move a bit its very smooth. At 2.7-2.8 it feels vague. Like its about to move but its not. I think its distorting.
When you look the the Anakee for what they are. Tread etc. They are actually very good tyres! I think they're better and have more feel than the Metzler 01 that were on the R1250RS rental bike. Maybe ifs because they're on the Stelvio though.
16 years ago!
Phone resting on a coke can
Wheelie practice
Phone inside my visor jammed between my nose and visor
On board.
Its booked for 10,000km service in 4 weeks and I'm fitting a set TA3 based on recommendations on here. I think the front will be better. But I'm a bit nervous that they have a good but more grip and change the bike too much. With the current suspension settings it works. Because grip is low. More grip will mean I maybe have to change settings again. But also might make it that the suspension just cant handle the extra grip and bike ties itself in knots. We will see in 4 weeks. I'm aure they will be great but I'm mindful I'm installing tyres with more grip when actually i want a little bit more front but a little bit less rear.
The 3 bar rear experimented keeps giving same results on these Anakees. I put 3 bar to take away grip but it actually makes it better. As it takes away the bend and distortion of the tyre so it feels more stable then when it does move a bit its very smooth. At 2.7-2.8 it feels vague. Like its about to move but its not. I think its distorting.
When you look the the Anakee for what they are. Tread etc. They are actually very good tyres! I think they're better and have more feel than the Metzler 01 that were on the R1250RS rental bike. Maybe ifs because they're on the Stelvio though.
