i'm so tired of hearing people say they slide their tires

She has now...


I too have enjoyed this thread, and the comments in it defending said tire sliding

 

I remember that crash. She was moving pretty good, passed me like I was standing still in the bus stop the lap before she fell down.

 

LOL thats awesome!!

 

... oops dubble post....

 

when I slide my tires, I usually fall and go boom. me no likey. my ass is not bad enough.

 

same here. if i'm sliding....something is going wrong.

 

LMAO

 

Sounds like a good intro to a riders meeting speech. =-)

 

Well other than a slight push getting greedy on the throttle leaned over the only time I slid a tire this last year....X told me to stop clipping the puddles.....

 

Re: i'm so tired of hearing people say they slide their tire

So, what was happening when I was trying different rear tires, and when with one tire I could get on the throttle harder leaned over coming out of a corner, and stay leaned, but with a different tire getting on the throttle more stood the bike up faster...

I was told I was spinning the first tire, and the second tire was gripping instead of spinning. Was there something else going on? Just curious. I actually liked the first tire better.

 

Re: i'm so tired of hearing people say they slide their tire

what track? what was the weather? what bike? your laptimes? your experience?

if anyone answers before knowing any of these...i'll chop their balls off.

 

Multiple tracks for both tires, mostly Blackhawk Farms and Autobahn. Tire 1 was a Power One (?? I can't remember the letter designation but I think it was a Mediumish compound) and Tire 2 was a PR3. The Power Ones were always take offs from a GSXR 1000. 190s. I think the PR3 was brand new and now I can't remember if it was a 180 or 190. (Which I know would make a difference, I'm pretty sure I was on 190s all season) The previously described feeling was pretty consistent depending on which type of tire. (I simplified - I started the season on 190 PR3s, then got a couple of the Power Ones and loved them, and then ended the season on a PR3 and hated it.)

Bike is a 600RR, stock suspension (with knob tweaking), laptimes at BHF are 1:22-1:24. I'm not fast. My best laptime at Mid-Ohio was a 1:42 something. I have been trackday-ing and racing for 4 seasons.

Feeling the bike is new to me. I haven't been going fast enough until this past year where difference in tires and suspension made a difference.

 

... double post

 

A couple slides in this. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHr29YCUUw

One time this year I got a good spin up on the rear and made for a great drive on the the front strait at Nelsons, hit the rev limiter in 4th at the bridge something that never happens on my bike.

You will know when the tire is "spinning", but I can see how some may not realize they are pushing the front.

That being said, I have never run street tires on the track so I can only reference race DOT's

 

i don't know the michelin's well enough. but although that pace is not slow (no disrespect) there is no sliding at all at that pace. the feeling you had was more likely the difference in carcass stiffness or the difference in curvature of the two tires under load.

 

I used to spin the rear on my Aprilia Tuono all the way from the busstop up the hill to 10A and sometimes into 10B........ Darkies all the way up the hill and blue smoke coming off the rear.... You can take that shit to the bank!

 

Is it ok if my front end pushes due to my stupid idea to run the same 2ct up front for 18 dayz??

Oh wait.........that would still fall under rider error. ;-(

How about early morning beaver after an all night rain on slix after forgetting to plug in the tyre warmers ??? Does that count......

Damn that's my fault again isn't it ;-(

When was it ok to slide????

In my house with a mouse
Box full of rox .......I'm soooooooo confused

 

uh-huh. you're exactly the people i'm talking about, dickmonkey.

 

Your ok, mine had 22 on it and like an idiot I still kept using it.

 

It's ok to be jealous Jig....I forgive you.