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Sevulturus wrote:Friction will warm up your tires.

As in riding with them.

well yeah, but i can't lean low enough to warm up the sides of the tires.

so swerving both sides work? how long does it take?

so that's why i saw a vid of a guy swerving left and right as soon as he takes off on the praking. he was actually warming up his tires.

Even if you ride in a straight line all of your tyre will warm up. Next time you drive a car, get out at your destination and feel the side walls. They will be warm even though they have never touched the road (hopefully).

No, the heat will spread over time, it's like applying flame to one end of a metal bar, you wouldn't want to grab the far side afterwards.

Take a couple of slow turns then work your way up to faster ones.

Starting for the day is just like starting for the first time, take it slow, then ramp it up bit by bit over time.

thanks for clearing that up.

you guys are the best!

....and now for the worst. No offence but you need to learn on a less powerful bike. Why have a bike like that if you don't know how to ride it? Learning would be alot less challenging without 160h.p. waiting to kick you in the a$$. I think that you would be far less intimidated by a more reasonable learning bike. You may want to consider this as a way to improve your skills faster.......

I'm in agreement with High_Side. What's your plan when you drop this one and wreck the fairing? Actually, I hope you realize that the price of buying the race gear you're planning on, then getting it painted, or even painting it yourself, you could probably get a decent little ninja to ride for a couple of months and squeeze the most out of it. Then jump up to your bike.

Of course that would make to much sense?

High_Side wrote:....and now for the worst. No offence but you need to learn on a less powerful bike. Why have a bike like that if you don't know how to ride it? Learning would be alot less challenging without 160h.p. waiting to kick you in the a$$. I think that you would be far less intimidated by a more reasonable learning bike. You may want to consider this as a way to improve your skills faster.......

oh yeah definitely, i won't be starting at my bike at the tracks...

http://www.trackxperience.com/events.html

im gonna register for their level1 class. they provide the bikes. cool huh?

He meant street riding.

It is not smart that you're taking that bike out on the street every day, especially without a full license. Though in general that's a bad bike to start on.

Tell me honestly, if you're scared to lean to 45 degrees, what makes you think you need 160+ hp to push your bike out of that corner? You're just as good off on a pedal bike at this point.

Sevulturus wrote:He meant street riding.

It is not smart that you're taking that bike out on the street every day, especially without a full license. Though in general that's a bad bike to start on.

Tell me honestly, if you're scared to lean to 45 degrees, what makes you think you need 160+ hp to push your bike out of that corner? You're just as good off on a pedal bike at this point.

im scared bec i don't trust my tires. but looks like my tires are good enough as zoo pointed out, just need to warm it up.

will riding about 15 miles be enough to warm up the tires?

I would say that your tyres are way ahead of your riding ability at this point.