rear tire sliding?

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VermilionX · #1 Post by **VermilionX** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:22 am

my rear tire slid on me again...

i was taking a left hander coming from a right hander... then as i lean to the left, my rear tire slid... it's not my throttle control, i was just on maintenance throttle since these are consecutive short tight turns.

am i sliding it bec shifted the lean too fast from right to left?

im not riding the line when it slid. so i know it's not bec of the slippery line. the path is dry and i didn't see any gravel.

my rear tire has been sliding on me several times this past few days but so far, it's been manageable but i wanna figure out what causes it.

any ideas what causes it?

black mariah · #2 Post by **black mariah** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:25 am

Well, it COULD mean you're doing things right... if you're going fast enough.

Kaiser Soze · #3 Post by **Kaiser Soze** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:26 am

Mine slides out a fair bit too. Usually when I am exiting a turn and just getting on the throttle... I always thought it took much more effort to break it loose than that.

I'm not worried though, I just think of that scene in Terminator where Arnold is leaving the biker bar on the Fat Boy that he just "borrowed" from someone. Power slide = badass. Or at least that's what I tell myself.

VermilionX · #4 Post by **VermilionX** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:55 am

well yeah i wanna slide the rear.

i just don't want it to happen unless it's intentional.

black mariah · #5 Post by **black mariah** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:45 am

VermilionX wrote:well yeah i wanna slide the rear.

i just don't want it to happen unless it's intentional.

Well all you have to do is whenever it happens... look around and go "I meant to do that!"

ZooTech · #6 Post by **ZooTech** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:22 am

Slidin' the rear tire are ya? Welcome to the club!

VermilionX · #7 Post by **VermilionX** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:24 am

ZooTech wrote:Slidin' the rear tire are ya? Welcome to the club!

err yeah, but like i said... it's not intentional.

Kal · #8 Post by **Kal** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:59 pm

Ahhh you've got bad tires there Verm....

Better get some new ones sharpish...

VermilionX · #9 Post by **VermilionX** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:00 pm

Kal wrote:Ahhh you've got bad tires there Verm....

Better get some new ones sharpish...

hehe... it'd be cool though if i can control the slide.

jmillheiser · #10 Post by **jmillheiser** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:11 pm

did you look to see if there might have been gravel in the turn.

I have yet to slide the tire out on the bandit. It happened a few times on my old CX500 with its craptastic tires.