Bad week on the bike

[TheMundy]

Well, it's just been a shit week for me on the bike.

Last weekend went out for a blast with my mate to his folks house. We get there and the half mile track leading downhill to their house was covered in snow.....no problem....took it slow.

Getting up the hill was different, come round a turn and just lost the back end, dropped the bike at about 5mph - fairing a little out of shape.

Get back to Aberdeen and stop at the scrappys (persleys - Danestone), I do a U-turn to park the bike, front gets all light, I can't stop....bike goes down again (twice in an hour!!) fuck!

Yesterday took a run out to my sisters.....going past the same scrappys (bit of 50MPH dual carridgeway going up a hill)

Lorry up ahead in Lane 1, so I do my checks, signal, check again and give her some gas for the overtake. Next thing I know the bike is revving like its in neutral (I'm in third) the backend swings round to my left.....i ease off the throttle and the bike snapped back around, next thing I know the bike is shaking from side to side and the handlebars are wobbling like fuck (I've had a bit of sideways and a wobble before...but NOTHING as bad as this).

I honestly thought I was coming off. Now I'm a little bit paranoid, and I don't want this paranoia to stick. Guess I'd better get out this weekend and knock the shit out of some corners.

5 months riding and now dropped twice, I suxxors.
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[Darth]

[TheMundy]

I still blame you for the first off. You were right behind me when it happened.....hmmmmm
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[Darth]

Never mind mate. You get to fall off a CBR tomorrow

[ms51ves3]

[doggone]

Last one sounds like a bit of diesel or oil.
Tyres nearly ready for replacing?
Would give more confidence if you replaced them especially rear.

[TheMundy]

To be honest, not sure on the tyre. Bought the bike brand new on September 1st and have done 4700 miles since then. Surely a tyre would last longer than that or is it because I'm a total noob that I may have screwed my tyre a bit quicker than normal?
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[doggone]

[salty21]

that would be 2 rears for me lol
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[ms51ves3]

[Skudd]

Sounds like you need to learn to walk before you try to run when it comes to riding your bike.
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[ajb]

this is a little OT and no disrespect to the OP but having read a few threads recently... In 9 months of riding, I have only lost complete control once (when I crashed into a car) and partially lost control on ice twice, but apart from that, never locked the rear, never spun it up, never done anything !!!

I ride spiritedly (that is how it was described by an advanced instructor) but I also ride conservativly, so my advice is take it easy, smooth and steady.
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[The Tot]

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[jack_zxr400]

get your tyres changed and take it easy

dont want your confidence to get too knocked
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[TheMundy]

[TheMundy]

In reply to the other sensible posts......bike is an FZ6 Fazer and the tyres are Bridgestone Battlax Br20. It was dark and wet that night, does make it hard to see the road surface.

Will be getting some new tyres when I get paid. Speaking of which, any reccomendations?

I don't do track days (next year maybe!) so commuting and fast road use. I have heard Michelan Pilots are really good, anyone got any sugegstions?
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[ZRX61]

[The Tot]

Tyres - Dunlop Roadsmart... do a search on dunlop + roadsmart in the search function and you can see most of the posts are mine!

I've had them fitted to the ZX6R and also on the Blade. I've got 4000 miles on the 6R before i sold it and it had a good 4k left. Very good tyres, fast warm up times, good wet grip. It'll be a good choice for your fazer, considering i've got it fitted onto a 125bhp blade.

I hate bridgestones - very wooden, no feel, takes ages to warm up, very twitchy; I had BT014's - hated them. I had BT020's, hated them even more. I could have got 7k out of them, but replaced them at 4k when they were squared off! Still had a good 2-3mm tread left in them, but they offered me NO feedback whatosever.

So, dunlop roadsmarts as per my recommendation. Pirelli diablo stradas as per Craigs23's recommendations, and a fair few would recommend michelin pilot road 2's. can't go wrong with any of them; just depends whether you want a british, french or italian tyre! I suggest you do a magazine search for roadsmarts since it trumped the Pilot road 2 - i think theDonUk will want to slag off dunlops in favour for his michelins.

But on a serious note, experience only comes with time and exposure; and yeah, it's a learning curve none-the-less.
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[Skudd]

[LeeR]

[TheMundy]

[TheMundy]

[TheMundy]

[Seb]

Just to chime in with Titz's comment, get rid of the 020s asap, they don't give nearly enough feedback in cold wet conditions. I had a couple of comedy rear end slides on the pair my Futura came fitted with as well, thankfully no drops at least
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