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Tar snakes

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Has anyone ever went down on their bike from tar snakes? I've noticed that they can be very un-nerving at highway speeds---especially if they run perpendicular to you when you're riding.

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Black snakes are scary at speed in a lean for sure I have a healthy respect for em for sure.
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Particularly bad here in NE Ohio I've been skating off of them for years but haven't gone down because of them............yet! Every time I need a new rear tire I look them all over again trying to decide which one might handle the snakes best but doubt there's any such tire. If anyone ever finds a good tire for snakes post up. Best you can do is run a tire with enough grip to get a hold again on the other side I think.

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gsJack wrote:Particularly bad here in NE Ohio I've been skating off of them for years but haven't gone down because of them............yet! Every time I need a new rear tire I look them all over again trying to decide which one might handle the snakes best but doubt there's any such tire. If anyone ever finds a good tire for snakes post up. Best you can do is run a tire with enough grip to get a hold again on the other side I think.
The tires on my 750 Shadow Aero are those wide, fat tires that have practically no tread. Not sure how good they are on tar snakes...

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In summer when they are soft from the heat, they can be the devil. Other times of the year they don't bother me. That said, the worst that's ever happened is a little rear wheel kick-out. Unnerving, but a long way from going down on the bike.
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damn things scare me almost as much as a combination of spilled diesel and rain on a fast sweeping bend......
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I really don't have a problem with the perpendicular ones, it's the long parallel or all over the lane ones that give me the willies. slick when wet and sticky in the heat...
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I'm with Doc here. The ones that scare me the most are the ones like Doc described while you're in a corner...
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#9 Unread post by taxman1965 »

The New York DOT seems to LOVE tar snakes---they're everywhere on 2-lane state highways here. Last year during my first year of riding, I didn't ride the highways much because I had a dual-sport bike---it was horrible trying to ride at highway speeds. This will be my first year of highway riding. Should be interesting...

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