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My car benefits from a longer wider wheelbase than a vw polio, and has decent tyres, currently winters, also much heavier and wider tyres too.
Bike has PR4's but there's no way I'd push the bike in current weather conditions.
Fwd cars let go progressively, release accelerator pedal and/or let tcs do its thing and you're maybe 1-2 meters off line as it tucks back in. If your rears have decent tread then it shouldn't snap into lift off oversteer.
RWD bike without safety electronics will high/lowside you for lulz if you take the piss, you ain't got stabilisers like on a car so the consequences are likely much worse.
If there's not much tread in any tyre it's not going to perform well in the wet regardless of brand.
Aside, 55bhp you will be relying on high average cornerspeed to travel at a brisk pace, the bike will feel a lot quicker on the exit as you stand it up again, but you may have been averaging the same for most of the corner. ____________________
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Fit a rear anti roll bar. I had a car on the same 9N chassis (Skoda Fabia vRS) and it transformed the cars front
heavy understeery nature. Not terribly hard to provoke lift off over steer either with one of those fitted. I opted for the
Whiteline bar but there are stiffer ones available. The Whiteline has three settings although mine was on stiffest from
day one as I'd already fitted a stiffer spring and shock set on mine prior to the bar and did the odd trackday from time to time.. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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Buy a decent brand eco tyre, it will last bloody ages and be far better than a standard Jinyu, for an extra £30 a corner or so.
My Audi A6 has Michelin Primacy 3 tyres all round. First set of fronts I changed at 25k miles and only because my misses borrowed it and had a blow out on a front tyre, so I changed the pair slightly earlier than I would have gotten away with, and the rears will need replacing soon at currently 40k miles. A point to consider is that this car is a 1.9 diesel estate, so it's heavy to start and stop, not the most powerful etc, but your polo should have them last ages and ages, being light and small engined.
I don't drive my car like a bell end though, I've long accepted the fact it's a bus with a purpose and drive it accordingly most of the time. I have never had a slip or slide on these tyres, I'm not saying you'll be cornering at bike speeds on them with a Polo but hey, give yourself half a fighting chance.
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Car heavy. Bike light.
Good tyre grippy. Poo tyre slippy.
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I think the time has come to spring for some michelins. Got a choice of the Energy saver+ or the Crossclimate. So bite the bullet for some crossclimates I think.
Tracking was out when I got the car, it's been sorted and it doesn't feel like a tracking issue as such.
Tyre pressures are ok (29psi cold as per sticker inside fuel cap cover), but I'm maybe getting 1psi increase after half an hour of driving in the cold. I think it's closer to 4psi on a warm day.
I know I was quite lucky as a teen to have sampled some fairly capable cars, semi-competent instruction and some opportunity to explore fast and sideways. Half my life ago now. Mostly I'm trying to work out if my expectations are vastly unreasonable and just how stupid the inevitable tailgater when I'm being sensible in shit conditions is. I don't have to go far from home to find a clio in a ditch.
In other news, the Road 5 is coming soon. ____________________ Bandit. does. everything. |
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You don't need to go full on Premium brand tyres to get decent levels of grip, there are plenty of decent mid-range tyres
I usually check reviews out on here, as they are reviewed my the folk using them
https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/
I generally go for Avon, Falken or Uniroyal
My current favourite are Avon ZZ5's, half the price (for my car tyre size) of the Premium brands, but with (sometimes) better reviews ____________________ Current Bike: Honda CG125 ES4 // Honda CB600FS Hornet // Triumph Street Triple R |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 183 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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