Wet/greasy roads

[mrchips]

My tyres are crap in the wet so I've never really had much confidence in wet corners. Decided to test it today on a roundabout and as expected the back end slid out a bit. Is there any way to take the corners slightly quicker without the back end sliding about? I'm talking about roundabouts that could easily be taken at 45 which 25 is really too much for them.
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[Rory]

Are you sure you want to? Wet roads can be ridden pretty quickly with good observation, planning, and optionally hanging off the bike a wee bit.

Greasy roads are a far less pleasant proposition. I'd prefer it to be lashing down, as least the surface would be cleaner! You'll just kick yourself if you came off while trying to go "a bit quicker" on greasy roads.
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[mrchips]

Looking back at the post I think it was more damp/greasy today.
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[Barker-CBR 600]

I've always been told you can always lean further than you think you can on modern rubber before the battle with Sir Isaac begins to go badly.

If you got good counter steering, nice positioning on the road (not too much leeway on a roundabout) and nice balanced throttle then i cant see much way of doing it.

Turn tighter and get upright earlier so you can put on the acceleration earlier perhaps? but probably not going to make a huge deal of difference, but might feel faster.

Yeah its not worth it in my opinion, i would hate to know that i could have avoided a spill if i hadnt tried to go that extra bit.
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[Git]

I wouldn't bother trying to go faster, not this time of year anyway, you want to see christmas yeah?

Being smooth is the key, greasy, cold, wet, dirty roads
Just plod along at a speed you are comfy with is my wise words for the day.

Probably not quiet what you wanted to hear but I would not like another post of a tarmac incident from anyone.

[Rory]

The upside is that if you can ride smoothly and consistently on pish roads, your good-weather riding will also improve
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[mchaggis]

Well, with tyres made by the Fuk Yu rubber company (who originally produced that one, Keith?), my back end is all over the place on these roads. It's when the front slides that you really need to be worried. It's all good practise though.
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[stinkwheel]

If your tyres are shit in the wet and you intend to ride the bike in the winter, get different ones. ffs people it is not rocket science!

You are not wasting good tyres, you can store the other ones somewhere and have them put back on in the summer. They are arguably the most important part of the bike, being the thing that keeps you on the road. Would you tolerate brakes that didn't work in the wet? (riders of Brit and communist bikes with drums need not answer that question )
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[mattsmith95]

I'm very fussy with tyres, I have to be because of my job and the
hours I put in. I tried a pireli city demon on my CB250 but after a
week I went back and changed it for a Bridgestone BT45. The city
demon was utter crap, I didn't feel safe. When it comes to tyres,
I don't care about the price of the tyres.

If you have crap tyres, CHANGE THEM!!

[JonB]

I'm absolutely gobsmacked, you can actually get Bridgestone tyres for my ped. WTF.
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[TheShaggyDA]

[binge]

Yeh, theres a place up my way "Watling tyres" who do bridgestone tyres (140 width) for £35 and free fitting...

Unfortionatly ive already got 2 very new tyres on atm, they are cheap tyres (£30 each) but they are Extremely stickey and the rear tyre grips the road like glue Which is nice and safe for the winter...

<|Binge|>

[mchaggis]

Well, the tyres seem fine if it's just wet*, or dry, it's the nasty mucky greasy roads they seem to suffer most on.

*Having said that, one of my lowsides was on a wet roundabout, though that was probably being inexperienced and using the front brake.

Maybe I should find some better tubed tyres then, though I might have to wait till my next loan installment. Who makes decent tubed tyres? I can't remember the sizes atm, I'll put them up later.
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[stinkwheel]

I am getting myself a pair of thes bad boys. Avon Distanzia semi-knobs with azaro compound rubber

https://www.avonmotorcycle.com/us/en/images/tyrepictures/AM44-Distanzia.jpg

They will fit on a bandit or SV650 too, but I don't know what they would be like on a road bike.

The pirelli MT60 square knob corsa compound tyres are pretty good too, I have run off onto the sidewall of them before now but at £200 a pair and 2000 miles tops out of a rear, they are an expensive toy!
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[stinkwheel]