Prev: Bollocks. French speeding ticket
Next: Unitrack removal / strip-down?
From: osvif on 9 Jul 2008 08:28
On Jul 6, 11:59 am, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
> The back tyre on my KTM is down to the wear indicators and will need
> replacing in a hundred miles or so and I'm wondering what to get next.
>
FWIW my KTM has Dunlop Sportmax on it.
From: Andy Bonwick on 9 Jul 2008 13:30
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:08:49 -0700 (PDT), darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Jul 6, 11:59 am, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
>
>I need a new rear for mine too - I'm probably going to go with those
>Goldspeed Street Sports[1] that Grant suggested.
>
>Dumb question time - does my bike have an inner tube?
>
It shouldn't have one but I wouldn't bet on it.

>[1] though I'm stupidly tempted by the road-legal cut slicks from the
>same site.

Why's that stupid? Apart from the obvious problems if it pisses with
rain...
From: Nick on 9 Jul 2008 14:43
On 9 Jul, 12:08, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> [1] though I'm stupidly tempted by the road-legal cut slicks from the
> same site.
>

Good call! I've got them on my CCM R30. Grippy & OK in the wet too.
The front is a very odd profile - way bigger than the OE fitment
Pirelli Dragon.

I had Bridgestone wets on it for the winter - absofuckinglutely
brilliant!

Cheers,

Nick
From: darsy on 10 Jul 2008 10:43
On Jul 9, 6:30 pm, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:08:49 -0700 (PDT), darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Jul 6, 11:59 am, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
>
> >I need a new rear for mine too - I'm probably going to go with those
> >Goldspeed Street Sports[1] that Grant suggested.
>
> >Dumb question time - does my bike have an inner tube?
>
> It shouldn't have one but I wouldn't bet on it.

the bloke I spoke to at the tyre shop reckons the older LC4s do have
inner tubes.

> >[1] though I'm stupidly tempted by the road-legal cut slicks from the
> >same site.
>
> Why's that stupid? Apart from the obvious problems if it pisses with
> rain...

http://www.aaa-racing.com/products.asp?category=S%2FM+Tyres&subcategory=Pre%2DCut+Slicks

the front in particular looks particularly useless in the wet, but the
bike won't get ridden in the wet.

actually, it's not stupid, and I've just ordered a pair. The Dragon
Evo that's currently on the front is nearly new (couple of hundred
miles), so that can go on ebay (or maybe it'll fit the RGV250 front
that I have, and ogden might want it).

The rear's totally fucked, not least because I did about 10 miles on
it at >80mph with about 5psi in it (I thought the handling was a
little funny, but there wasn't much I could do about it until I got
off the motorway anyway).

--
d.

First  |  Prev  | 
Pages: 1 2 3
Prev: Bollocks. French speeding ticket
Next: Unitrack removal / strip-down?