Nearly!

AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Hi,

Just out for a wee blast up the side of Loch Earn.

Having a great run and getting some nice lean angles on the bike (only had it a few weeks so still getting used to it).

Anyway, nearly binned it on a right hander when I ventured onto the unused part of the front tyre!!!

Just felt it slide away suddenly. Instinct made me pick the bike up and I took it easy the rest of the way home.

Now, the ZZR has 60 profile tyres, so the front is quite an extreme radius. When I got the bike there was about an inch of unused rubber.

Well, when I got off the bike at home I checked out the tyre - you can see the skid mark quite clearly (will try to get a pic). It's about 3 inches long up the unused edge of the tyre.

Was my first ever front wheel slide and it was not a plesent experience.

I'm thinking I need to get some sand paper and rub the shine of the edge of the front tyre!

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Mark
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Walloper · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

I went up to Tesco's then Caldercruix. Nothing to report. Laughing

You lucky lucky B4stard Laughing

Loch Earn road is a gift from god when it's like it is today.
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karen_moomin · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2004 Karma :

I have had a similar experience on the cat and fiddle road in Cheshire (although I imagine I was going about 30 and riding like a granny) and it really did shake me up. The front wheel just moved from under me.

At least you saved it in time and took it easy after that.
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AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

I lost the front the other day coming up to an uphill left hander, stones had spilt off a lorry which caused it to slip, it must have been amusing to see as I motocrossed it with the foot out once it went. Laughing

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Flip · Super Spammer Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :

Your first front wheel slide?

Jeez, you've been lucky!

A good cure for constipation that is. Laughing

I've had the front slide a few times since I started riding. It's not nice.

I think it's luck rather than skill that keeps you up when that happens. Confused

mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :