Handling

You go and put 25 psi in your tyre and let us know if it's any better.

Then, for a laugh, try 36 and see if it's any different.

 

Per original post, the handbook says 36psi. I was just saying "the web
site says 25" that's all
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That Nigerian bloke's mail arrived then?

 

Those psi figures don't quite sound right. I'd go and get the "book of
lies" but it's in the garage and I've started on the wine.

 

The Drifter, which weighs about the same, is 28 front, 28 rear.

 

Is that wheels-up or wheels-down?

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Wheels-down, obviously. The pressure is automatically bled off as soon as
the wheels are retracted - you don't want full pressure in the tyres at
cruising altitude.

 

Good point, plus the lower ambient pressure at altitude would more
than compensate for pressure drop withing the tyre.

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Beav says...

You were told wrong.

The 010 is more of a sports tyre, as opposed to the 020 being a sports-
touring tyre. Typically an 020 will last longer at the expense of
outright grip. The 014 is said to replace the 010, but most users seem
to think the 014 is a much better tyre that grips better and doesn't
wear at a much greater rate than the 010.

 

Reckon so. Mind, I was running it on Avon Venoms with 30/36, which seemed
to make it a bit livelier in the corners.

 

^^^^^
Deliberate choice of word?

 

You weren't with us at Chimay, I presume.

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My bike has eaten two 014's in juat under 4k and IMO they don't offer
particularly good grid.

 

I'v got just over 3500km out of my current (and first) 014 rear, so
perhaps 2300miles. But I've never quite worked out how you tell how
grippy a tyre is, apart from not falling off, which I've managed so
far, so they can't be all bad. They do feel like they corner slightly
better than the 011/012 they replaced, but that could just be in my
imagination.

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I can feel them moving around when I'm not particularly giving it
beans and I expect a bit more from a tyre with a useful life of circa
2k miles. I'm sure they're a perfectly good tyre but I'll be trying
something else when they get changed next as the front will also need
changing.

 

Daz says...

Did you ever use 010s? What's your opinion of their grip and longevity
compared to 014s?

Btw. I knew you'd respond, so you're not included in the "most users"
bit I mentioned.

 

Heh.

"Get your NEW Brideglopelin square section tyres now! Eliminate
embarrassing chicken strips and needless side-stand pivot wear and
tear!"

 

The shock on the Drifter was a bit post-modern: the spring was barely
adequate for solo on full preload, and the damping was a bit wet.

 

Yep. TBF the Drifter was specced as a cruiser, not a serious motorcycle.
The poor thing probably had the shock of its life when I put 350 miles on it
on Day One...

I used to have a Silverwing, which was another monoshock, but with air
assisted front and rear. Didn't generate anything near as much shock as the
Drifter.

The Drifter saw very little pillion action, because the back end was too
soft. The shcok compressed so much that there was very little suspension
travel, and the handling (such as it was) went to ratshit. The pillion seat
was great for strapping a bag to, though.

 

Ol' Lone Wolf built a front rack for his:

http://home.freeuk.net/thewolf/drifter.htm