Tyre Wear

[Ton up]

Nbot, just to add to your confusion! When I had a D220 on the back I didn't like it as it would slide (progressively) under power- BUT the preload was too high, the damping was wound off the scale (ie more than 9 clicks), it had the squeak in the swingarm linkages which was making it bind and I was using 42psi in the rear tyre. Not to mention the shock had done about 38,000km.<br>BUT! At the recent track day there was a guy with a VTR1000F (near new) with D208 front and D220 rear. He was hanging off, getting his knee down and scraping his pegs etc with no grip problems.<br>I think before we discount a tyre, perhaps we should be looking at the suspension? <p></p><i></i>

[jjs777]

anyone looking for the max grip at insane lean angles I would opt for the pirelli dragon supercorsas. So far the best I have ever tried. I suspect the rennsports would be similar (I think metzler and pirelli are sleeping in the same bed).<br><br> <p>-John<br>95 FZR1000<br>90 FZR1000</p><i></i>

[Ton up]

I went on a 600k ride yesterday, from <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.wises.co.nz/map/default.asp? ... rches2=0|0" target="top">Christchuch to Murchison</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> and back. Hope the link works...<br>Anyway,it was an organised ride, and there were three loose groups, fast medium and slow. I stuck with the fast guys. To cut a long story short, I discovered something veeeery intresting. When we got to Murchison, my back tyre (36 psi cold) was looking much more chewed up than the 3 guy's I was with, hmmmm.<br>On the way back I decided that the rebound in the rear was set too low, so I adjusted it (the wrong way as it turned out) the adjusting ring was hot enough to hurt my fingers, but then the previous 10ks had been fast and bumpy. When riding up the Lewis Pass I noticed the rear end was starting to drift quite badly, so remebering Nbots off at the track I stopped and had a look at the tyre. The wear was scary- much much worse than in the photos. So I adjusted it 3 clicks in the opposite direction (increasing the rebound damping this time). After a few minutes it stopped drifting and generally felt better. At the next stop the rear tyre looked much happier.<br><br>SOOooo, it seems that not having enough rebound will greatly accelerate the wear. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p072.ezboard.com/bexupbrotherhoo ... =tonup>Ton up</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/ ... nsmall.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 11/6/04 11:08 am<br></i>

[Dudes Evil Twin]

the link is a good one, but i don't think that you can map across the big pond as that is what the link takes you to. kind of like yahoo maps or mapquest <p>I'm the Anti-Tim</p><i></i>

[Ton up]

Keh?<br><br>OK, try <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.wises.co.nz/route/" target="top">this link</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br>Then in "Start Place" under STREET NAME type "Colombo"<br>in SUBURB put "city centre" <br>and put "Christchurch" under TOWN<br>In "Destination" put "STATE (6) Highway" under street and "Murchison" under town.<br>Squiggley red line should then appear, which you can zoom in on.<br> <p></p><i></i>