Who wants to see..

[Tmall]

Where a Pilot Road 2 begins to slip under throttle at 44 degrees??? I thought about laying it down to save it, but my pucker factor kept me on the seat when it wiggled.

At least now I know my limits with this tire in this weather..


Ps.. I need to learn to use this camera or to buy a good one..

[Sean]

Jesus, is that a knobbie? If you're slipping even in street use, it might be time to move to a more aggressive tire next time

I must have missed what's funny about the whole "lay it down" thing I'm seeing everywhere.

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by Sean

Jesus, is that a knobbie? If you're slipping even in street use, it might be time to move to a more aggressive tire next time

I must have missed what's funny about the whole "lay it down" thing I'm seeing everywhere.

check out my thread "how would you lay your bike down" in the street section

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Sean

Jesus, is that a knobbie? If you're slipping even in street use, it might be time to move to a more aggressive tire next time

I must have missed what's funny about the whole "lay it down" thing I'm seeing everywhere.

Road 2's are notorious for not liking the cold. It's a trade off. My corsa iii's could have gone to the edges at 30 degrees and I'm sure they would have stuck well. These things I've had lock up at street lights under normal braking at anything approaching 45 degrees or so.


But, I got less than 3000 miles out of a corsa 3, and I shit you not the road 2 has more than 7000 miles on it.

[Sean]

I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Sean

I was thinking 44 degrees of lean angle

I was thinking, I wanna see how far I can lean these things over in the cold so I can stop worrying about it and enjoy riding!

[Cutty72]

hmmm, makes me leary about road 2's then. believe it or not it gets cold in ND, and i ride then.

May stick to powers... i'll get 7K out of them easy, and as long as I wait a mile they stick almost as well as the corsa's.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

hmmm, makes me leary about road 2's then. believe it or not it gets cold in ND, and i ride then.

May stick to powers... i'll get 7K out of them easy, and as long as I wait a mile they stick almost as well as the corsa's.

I'm not too worried. I don't usually ride when it's colder than it is now. And it was a decreasing radius corner, so I had to tighten my line a bit, which is when I felt the shimmy/slide/slip.

It didn't really shake me too bad. Just slipped then regained traction.

[pauldun170]

There was some leaves on the ground and I was about to lay it down to avoid it but the wind picked up and blew them outta the way

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

There was some leaves on the ground and I was about to lay it down to avoid it but the wind picked up and blew them outta the way

Are you alright??