Touring tyres

Cage fighters - pah!

They said I'd be unable to ride a bike with a clutch, you know - never
pull the lever in. **** 'em. I could outcrush Len Ganley three
months later, thanks to that clutch.

 

it's a pansy clutch.

also, you have to hold it in when you start the bike for some ridiculous
reason, whether you're in neutral or not.

 

That's good then. The 955 Tiger's not /too/ bad (but stiffer than the
hydraulic clutch on the old Tiger). I'd hate to think the pending
transplant will leave me with a clutch I can't cope with.

Same as the Tig, & damned annoying it can be too.

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Krusty
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

What is this walking about of which you speak?

 

Ain't that the truth. The RF900 was the cheapest way of doing 165mph,
12-13 years ago.

Reasonably light, too, though still about 20kg heavier than the Blade.

But definitely built down to a price.

 

That I agree with 100%

However that I'd question. One thing that's always struck me when
having bike's (& cars) dyno'd is how hard the bike's strapped down, &
how much of a variable that is. The harder you strap it down, the more
power must be lost through tyre flex/friction, yet there never seems to
be any consistency - they just crank the ratchet straps a few times.

A hard tyre would reduce flexing, & thus give a higher reading *for the
same strap tension*. But unless you use some kind of tension guage on
the straps, I don't think you can state categorically that a hardened
tyre caused the difference.

Extra stiff sidewalls, perhaps?

Indeed.

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Krusty
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

I'm sure the big race teams have some reliable method?

 

I'd put my money on super-low rolling resistance, actually.

 

Ain't that the truth. The RF900 was the cheapest way of doing 165mph,
12-13 years ago.[/QUOTE]

For a bike that cost me 500 quid, it still is.

Still managed to beat a Blade to the ton, by something enormous like
0.1 according to contemporary road tests - or so I'm told.

Suzuki parts bins 3, 5 and 8.

 

Dynos attached to the gearbox output shaft I would imagine. Wilcox
Engineering use such a beast.

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Krusty
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Well of course but it costs more.


Face it, given that credit cards magically keep the same weight
regardless of their value most users of dyno testing stations would be
better off paying in coin for their performance improvements and not
bothering with the dyno at all. It feels as though it comes out at
about the equivalent of a half to 2 thirds of an HP purr Kg.[1]


[1] Bike and rider gross in at 0.3 to 0.25 Tonnes and HP around one and
a half hundred for a shop bought aftermarketted sports bike?

 

You've gotta fit 'em to find out. At slow speeds and pulling away in
traffic, the diagonal tread pattern that has half a dozen
blocks'n'grooves one way, then the other, can make the arse end 'walk'
from side to side. Just marginally, like a really slow weave. It is
the biggest cause of complaint that I've heard about this particular
tyre. Just makes me giggle a bit, but then I'm not at that sort of
speed for long, being a denizen of the leafy lanes.

You can see the tread in question at the bottom of this page:

http://www.fwr.co.uk/avont.htm

and here:

http://www.streetbikereview.com/sbr_reviews/sbr_reviews_azaro_st.shtml

 

I think I'm rather glad I wasn't there. My first dyno experience was
getting the Porsche done, & one of the inter-cooler pipes came off with
one hell of a bang. Nearly shat meself I did. I don't like being near
dynos anymore.

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Krusty
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

A bit?? It makes me fall on the floor.

Well I am not a denizen of country lanes but I have seen plenty of
riders on sprots bikes pulling away in traffic in my mirrors over my
time and can confidently tell you it is not the tyre.

 

Thank Lozzo, not me, I just did what you did and asked and he recommended
them based on how he guessed I ride. He was bob on too.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19.

 

Yeah, it's called the track


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19