| Author | Message | ||
     Buelltroll |
Taking a tight 25 mph right hander today and dunno if it was because I was doin 55 or I hit the double yellow or I was just to far leaned over, But the front tire slid out and I almost lost it. First time the Pilot Powers EVER left me wondering. Could it be my suspension setup? Or was I just being too aggressive? | ||
| Slaughter |
Sudden change in grip going from pavement to paint is how I got my first broken shoulder. Good on you for starting and finishing on 2 wheels! | ||
| Buelltroll |
Almost pissed myself. If I would have low sided there the "ditch" was about 60 feet deep. | ||
| Redstar11 |
That marking paint on the road is very slick, avoid it at all costs while turning. | ||
| Buelltroll |
I don't know if I hit it or not. | ||
| Kdan |
That marking paint on the road is very slick, avoid it at all costs while turning. Especially if it's wet! Don't ask me how I know. | ||
| M1combat |
Cold tires? I lost the front once on cold tires but the bike caught itself just as the peg touched and it jsut about spit me off the inside of the turn. I was doing about 85-90 though. Cold tires are bad medicine... | ||
| Drfuyutsuki |
I've heard it refered to as the pucker factor. The more you clench the better off you are, its when you do piss yourself that your in trouble  . Road Paint and Crack Repair Tar are two of your worst enemies on pavement, when either is wet, cold, or hot they get very slick. I have a couple off and on ramps I refuse to take to do too many road snakes. | ||
| Buelltroll |
No tires were plenty heated up I was on my way back down.  was actually right were it says rush creek. The circle is were I DID lose it a few months ago.(damn dirt on the side of the road I ALMOST HAD IT SAVED TOO!) | ||
| M1combat |
What are your preload settings? | ||
| Buelltroll |
I have it setup to my weight. 220# and used the aggressive settings I got from here. | ||
| Indy_bueller |
Paint bad. Asphalt good. | ||
| Whodom |
One thing you should realize, if you were close enough to the yellow line to worry about your tires having hit it, your head and upper body were on the wrong side of the road, and in just the right place to get smacked by a cager coming around that curve in the opposite direction. Work on your cornering line so you don't get so close to the center. Stay away from the yellow lines!!! | ||
| Buelltroll |
It was a right hander.... n like I said I don't even know if I DID hit the line. (Message edited by buelltroll on July 29, 2006) | ||
| Whodom |
I stand corrected. | ||
| Jerseyguy |
I've got a local corner that gets a fine grit on it after a rain. It must come from the way the water runs down the shoulder and then across the pavement. You can barely see it, but it will pucker things when hit even at moderate speeds. | ||
| Beachbuell |
I would indeed say that your tire crossed the line! Those painted lines on the roads are very, very slippery and when wet they are like ice. Down here in Florida we also have the big reflectors built into the middle of most roads, those are not fun to hit when leaned over in a turn. Makes ya wonder if who ever it was that thought up these traffic devices had ever ridden a motorcycle before. | ||
| Slaughter |
Whodom - good points The line MUST be treated as a WALL! Don't put your helmet (or any other body parts) any closer to the center line than you would put it to a wall. | ||
| Diablobrian |
Remember that the aggressive settings, like the factory settings are just starting points and are not set in stone. You will probably want to fine tune your settings to match your riding and where you ride. Your settings may be a little off for how you ride. make SMALL changes and see how it works for you. Yest the paint stripes are BAD! watch out for the arrows at intersections. They get a coating of oil from idling cars to make them even worse. but they should be treated like ice during the best of conditions. That goes for all road paint. | ||
| Indy_bueller |
Watch out for spots where they have used the spray on sealer to seal cracks. That stuff can be really slippery too. |
