Almost down the road tonight

[UrbanRacer]

I've had a few trouser filling moments on the bike but tonight I was so close to having my first off, so very f**king close
I was pulling away from the kerb tonight and pulled away as usual and suddenly the rear wheel lost traction, the revs went sky high which made the rear wheel spin even faster, now i was leaning over a bit so the rear end swung right out to my left, as soon as it happened i thought "f**k it i'm coming off here" but somehow i recovered it only for it to step out to the right then it snapped upright and almost highsiding me off. i dunno what the hell caused it because i went back to see if their was something on the road but all i could see was the black line from the rear wheel, i'm guessing it was just cold tyres.
I think the bike will be going into hibernation this weekend

ps. Pilot Power 2CT are shite in the winter

[SimonB]

I would think it was probably cold tires I did a very similar thing to you last year. I came out of my brothers driveway far too quick and lost traction but ended up lowsiding on the main road.

The weather was very much like we are having at the moment the roads and tires are cold. So when moving off just take it easy for the first couple of miles.

Glad you didn't come off and hurt yourself.
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[Groove]

Coming out the airport car pack Thursday night after work, accelerate just to wheelspin out the corner and up the road.

Also found out when coming back from a 90 minute or so ride round some twistys that my tyres didnt really ever warm up, wondered why they felt a bit vauge

Dunlops 218's, cant get worse for your money. (Though they were free)
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[trevoriv]

I have done that just got on to a main road and needed to give it some beans to get thru some lights, 2nd gear felt like neutral, revs flew up going nowhere and back end steps out, how cool did i look

[doggone]

Would've suggested a bit of ice but Glasgow wasn't so cold last night was it?
Anyway you must've just put the power on too quick.
Riding on slimey Winter roads is all about smooth & gentle..
Is your tyre getting towards the end of it's life anyway?

[GearboxGeezer]

I done this on a rs125 a few months ago, Dont no how the fuck I stayed on, If I didnt get a good enough grip on the side of the bike with my right heel I would of fallen off..

[Jlo31]

Hi,

I ride a Yamaha Fazer FZ6 and run on Pirelli Diabllo Rubber. I used to ride bikes 16 years ago and just come back to riding this July.

Had a good bike ride out from Worcester to Hereford, and back on the Bromyard road. Was enjoying the twisties (Not going mad as it was around 11am yesterday morning and bits of road had not dried out yet) and took one sharp corner the the back just let go and 'kicked out' but then regained grip.

Very unnerving as this has not happened to me before. Probally cold road etc but can this happen often when riding. I really thought I could be heading for a highside!!!

Cheers

Jlo

[matthab]

coming into college on my scooter by the firestation in worcester and the back end stepped out, VERY scary moment. . Was only doing about 10mph, certanly didnt see that coming!

[wilbur]

Smooth is the winter word people. No grabs of the throttle. We rely on both of those wheels gripping.

The roads are fucking crap at the moment. We are getting the released oil/petrol plus the added bonus of frost.

Please be careful.