BahamasBiker
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Been watching 'how I crashed' videos and blogs. On the video clips, the crashes seem very mystefying -- low speeds, not banking hard, etc etc.
After spending a few days and getting my eyeballs crooked from reading tiny, print, in a very long and very sad story of a young man who destroyed his life stunting, one poster stated what I was looking for: "New tires are like greased weasels."
Here are the videos and blogs that I am referring to ..
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=66746
https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/10k0fv/til_new_tires_are_slippery/
https://www.google.com/search?q=new+motorcycle+tires+are+like+greased+weasels&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=motorcycle+new+tires+are+slippery
https://www.google.com/search?q=new+motorcycle+tires+are+like+greased+weasels&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=new+tire+accident+my+motorcycle++crash+because+new+tires
These are the mysterious crashes, with no apparent reason for their crashes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksn6at2dHwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6HlmqkQDA
see rider's view: "rubbish tires .. lost traction"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAccUxspDEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmul6Do4gFc
nSNIP, FROM ONE OF THE GOOGLE HITS:
"New tires can be *very* dangerous. I know a guy that has been riding forever and puts lots and lots of miles on. A couple years ago he got new tires put on, which is nothing new for him. The shop is only half a block from a main intersection in town. He lost control in the middle of the intersection. Ended up beaten up pretty bad, with a broken collar bone and cracked ribs. He doesn't remember what happened, but from what they can figure out he low sided since the bike just slid out from underneath him.
New tires are very slippery. That being said, it doesn't take many miles to scuff the tires up. I guess it depends on your riding style on how many miles it takes. If you do lots of turns (or go to a parking lot and do figure 8's), it wouldn't be but a couple of miles. But, if you mostly go in a straight line, I suspect it could take a while to get the off center spots scuffed a bit. But I would think in normal riding 100 miles is excessive to break in tires."
QUESTION FOR E-RIDERS:
Did the vendor/dealer tell you this?
After spending a few days and getting my eyeballs crooked from reading tiny, print, in a very long and very sad story of a young man who destroyed his life stunting, one poster stated what I was looking for: "New tires are like greased weasels."
Here are the videos and blogs that I am referring to ..
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=66746
https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/10k0fv/til_new_tires_are_slippery/
https://www.google.com/search?q=new+motorcycle+tires+are+like+greased+weasels&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=motorcycle+new+tires+are+slippery
https://www.google.com/search?q=new+motorcycle+tires+are+like+greased+weasels&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=new+tire+accident+my+motorcycle++crash+because+new+tires
These are the mysterious crashes, with no apparent reason for their crashes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksn6at2dHwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6HlmqkQDA
see rider's view: "rubbish tires .. lost traction"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAccUxspDEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmul6Do4gFc
nSNIP, FROM ONE OF THE GOOGLE HITS:
"New tires can be *very* dangerous. I know a guy that has been riding forever and puts lots and lots of miles on. A couple years ago he got new tires put on, which is nothing new for him. The shop is only half a block from a main intersection in town. He lost control in the middle of the intersection. Ended up beaten up pretty bad, with a broken collar bone and cracked ribs. He doesn't remember what happened, but from what they can figure out he low sided since the bike just slid out from underneath him.
New tires are very slippery. That being said, it doesn't take many miles to scuff the tires up. I guess it depends on your riding style on how many miles it takes. If you do lots of turns (or go to a parking lot and do figure 8's), it wouldn't be but a couple of miles. But, if you mostly go in a straight line, I suspect it could take a while to get the off center spots scuffed a bit. But I would think in normal riding 100 miles is excessive to break in tires."
QUESTION FOR E-RIDERS:
Did the vendor/dealer tell you this?