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was I alone in thinking "Heated grips"
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first road bike...
So many new parts to buy/make
Might flat tracker the bastard... somehow.I'm fabbing a new swinger for it soonish :) should be nice :D with a built in oil catch tank and alll
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was I alone in thinking "Heated grips"
This has them, my weekend rideWant. Almost as much as the yellow Mavic bike I posted on the last page.
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Get some gloves, makes it easier on the hands.
Now monster needs new tyres should I fit cut slicks that I get for free (ex race tyres that have really worn edges so I will extra posing points down the biker hang out,) Or buy a set of maxxis and see what they are like? But have to pay?
Cut slicks will need a bit more riding to warm up, and be more gentle/smooth till they re warm.
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was I alone in thinking "Heated grips"
This has them, my weekend rideGreat pics!
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was I alone in thinking "Heated grips"
This has them, my weekend rideActually, is this your bike or does someone else own it, you just ride it when needed?
I'm quite interested in getting into escort riding etc but don't think my bike (Harley Sportster) is very suitable.
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Get some gloves, makes it easier on the hands.
Now monster needs new tyres should I fit cut slicks that I get for free (ex race tyres that have really worn edges so I will extra posing points down the biker hang out,) Or buy a set of maxxis and see what they are like? But have to pay?
Cut slicks will need a bit more riding to warm up, and be more gentle/smooth till they re warm.
If they're free and not worn out, fit the cut slicks. They probably won't warm up unless they are heavily cut but as long as you're smooth, it won't really matter.
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They're just tyres...if you ride smoothly, you should be fine. Unless they're heavily cut, you really will have problems getting them to work as they were intended. It's really difficult to get race compound road tyres hot enough to work as intended on the road. Unless they are actually HOT and properly sticky, decent road compounds are grippier.
You might also find they're a bit more unstable and they'll wear out in less than 1000miles. (no prob if they're free)
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Most of my friends who track their cars run touring car slicks as they are ~£30 each, as opposed to ~£200 each for R888's, and the slicks will outgrip them (once hot enough, which is a challenge all of its own).
They are utterly terrified of rain however.
I'm guessing that cut motorbike slicks, stone cold, are going to be a bundle of laughs in the rain?
Not that this is really going to be an issue of course.
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Yup - same deal. Race compound rubber for mobikes just isn't as grippy as road stuff unless it's scorchio. It's very difficult to get it scorchio without riding like a complete twunt.
(The only exceptions to this I've found, were Avon AM20s in race compound and Dunlop KR364s - both of those were SOOOOO soft and had so much tread, they warmed up really easily. In fact the biggest problem with both was stopping the b'stards melting altogether, sort of like racing wets on a dry, hot day.)
Speaking of which, the right shoulder of my front tyre has peeled completely, it looks very funny but I doubt HM Constabulary would share my amusement. Must. Buy. New. Tyres.
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