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seeyalater
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PostPosted: 12:12 - 08 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
do the PR4's have same pressure as factory tyres? my bike is 36 back and front in manual.
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ThatDippyTwat
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PostPosted: 13:03 - 08 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Leearchertog wrote:
do the PR4's have same pressure as factory tyres? my bike is 36 back and front in manual.


Pressures are as per Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki/Yam/etc spec, regardless of tyre used. Unless it's specialist tyre with specific recommendations for your bike and purpose, or you're a proper pie-eater/stick insect, then OEM specs are usually about right, and you should stick to them, especially while learning to get to grips with bigger bikes.
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seeyalater
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PostPosted: 15:47 - 08 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThatDippyTwat wrote:
Leearchertog wrote:
do the PR4's have same pressure as factory tyres? my bike is 36 back and front in manual.


Pressures are as per Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki/Yam/etc spec, regardless of tyre used. Unless it's specialist tyre with specific recommendations for your bike and purpose, or you're a proper pie-eater/stick insect, then OEM specs are usually about right, and you should stick to them, especially while learning to get to grips with bigger bikes.


Thankyou 👊🏍️
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wintelf94
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PostPosted: 07:42 - 09 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Howling Terror wrote:
Always the extra risk with ice in low lying and/or shaded corners. You can sometimes simply keep in the wheel tracks of our 4 wheeled friends but that is no cast iron guarantee of grip. Even the inbetween bit that often offers more grip in certain conditions can be a grit filled twitch fest.

You don't win any medals for riding in near to freezing temperatures but for me I did find it useful when there were times when a bike was my only way (liar...could've used buses..taxis...cadge a lift) to get where I needed.

Treat it like you do in the rain or down a muddy track. Loose on the bars, smooth on the brakes before the turn and a throttle just about pulling you through the corner...any twitching...ignore (actually you do get a medal if you can ignore your first twitch). Keep your head up and continually take in your surroundings, looking for patches of wet ...hillside side water...blocked grids and topless models from Gateshead.


Well explained, great advise. Thanks, these is valuable not only to Lee, but to many as well. Thumbs Up
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Hong Kong Phooey
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PostPosted: 21:58 - 10 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Leearchertog wrote:
just checked the tyres, Pilot Road 4, did think i was taking corners better than on the triumph i trained on. just thought it was different bike feeling. only been out in wet/damp roads but noticed i took bends with a bit more confidence.


Pr4 are good in cold and wet weather, plenty of tread means it can flex and warm up fast and the compounds are well suited for a road tyre.
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 15 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just brought Gerbing MicroWire Pro Heated XR Gloves. Probably over Christmas (if I'm not too lazy) I'll have to remove the casing on the fuel tank and attach the cables to the battery.
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