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Old 05-09-2012, 09:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 05-09-2012, 09:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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4th picture down....

It definitely looks like a car tire, but I'm curious how it will stick while on wet roads.
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He He I will stick with my MC tires in the twisties
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damn, he was lucky on that one! O.O
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Was it the tire, or the rider? Looks like he locked up the rear, from the skid marks. I think he was going in too hot.
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Was it the tire, or the rider? Looks like he locked up the rear, from the skid marks. I think he was going in too hot.
I think he hit hard parts on the pavement which unloaded the rear end. Same thing would have happened with a MC tire. The mark is a yaw mark from the tire sliding across the pavement from the weight coming off the rearend IMO.

As far a CT, thousands of big bikes (and a few small ones) go through the twisties all the time with them. It's the rider not the tire.
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could have hit the throttle too hard during the bank. I don't like the look of that tire on his lean (tetering on the edge).
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It all depends on the rider:
Got any after pics to see what if he or the bike was beat up. At least he had his gear on. I did see his gloves had the finger tips cut off though.
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I see sparks from hard parts.
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