Take it carefully on the road over winter

[george formby]

Just a question or two for those in the know.
If your ride is used as a commuter do you change tyre types for winter?
Is the difference really that much better between types, considering what surfaces are usually giving some problems?

If the roads are icy, black ice, slick with diesel or general winter slime, moss, crap & standing water nothing grips. Spend your money on engine bars & crash bungs.

[Jantar]

interesting question, i'm sure if people could afford it then they might have extra sticky tyres for winter?......

If you are going to change your tyres for winter riding then you are better off with touring tyres rather than sport tyres. You want tyres that will heat up quickly and hold their heat. Most of the sticky tyres actually have to be ridden hard to get them hot enough to work. So in this respect Carver is actually close to right. Sticky tyres and ride hard, but don't be suprised when you crash, or touring tyres and take it easy.

[Chrislost]

interesting question, i'm sure if people could afford it then they might have extra sticky tyres for winter?

no,
NO
NONONONONONONONONO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Sticky tyres are designed to work hot...

winter is cold...

get a set of touring tyres for winter.

[crazyhorse]

just ride to the conditions.......................

[Madness]

......................and if they change increase your speed.

And watch out for Pheasants. I found out today they are pharking stupid animals.

[Jantar]

If you are going to change your tyres for winter riding then you are better off with touring tyres rather than sport tyres. You want tyres that will heat up quickly and hold their heat. Most of the sticky tyres actually have to be ridden hard to get them hot enough to work. So in this respect Carver is actually close to right. Sticky tyres and ride hard, but don't be suprised when you crash, or touring tyres and take it easy.

I should add that for the ride in this thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...w-cold-is-cold I was using Pirelli Scorpions, an adventure/touring tyre.

[Viking01]

Interesting to see the comments in response. Two points to mention: (1) While the tyres still had reasonable depth (at least 3mm on front ), I had had the Honda booked in to have a set of Continental Attacks fitted the following week-end. Had looked at PR2's and the Attacks, and decided to go with the Attacks. Living at the top of a hill, I am always careful first thing in the morning with cold tyres on wet surface. (2) Had looked at frame sliders earlier, but the fairings (with side mounted radiators inside) seemed to preclude fitting them. No obvious place to mount them. Searched the Web for information. When I asked at the local Honda dealership, there was a general lack of information - they either had not done so in the past, or could not figure out how to do so. Would have been happy to have them fitted. Cheers.

[miloking]

Interesting to see the comments in response. Two points to mention: (1) While the tyres still had reasonable depth (at least 3mm on front ), I had had the Honda booked in to have a set of Continental Attacks fitted the following week-end. Had looked at PR2's and the Attacks, and decided to go with the Attacks. Living at the top of a hill, I am always careful first thing in the morning with cold tyres on wet surface. (2) Had looked at frame sliders earlier, but the fairings (with side mounted radiators inside) seemed to preclude fitting them. No obvious place to mount them. Searched the Web for information. When I asked at the local Honda dealership, there was a general lack of information - they either had not done so in the past, or could not figure out how to do so. Would have been happy to have them fitted. Cheers.

Oggy Knobs make sliders for your VFR.... (i have same brand on my CBR, together with swingarm sliders) ...have a look into it, they are little pricier but they repay themselves in even one low speed crash. But try to avoid any cheaper "no cut" sliders as they usualy bend and can cause even more damage...

[Viking01]

Hi, Thanks for comments on Oggy Knobs. Had looked at these earlier. I was definitely trying to avoid cut-outs within the fairing. There seemed to be two positions that they could be fitted: (1) screwed roughly above the footpeg (2) at the rear of the triangular opening in the fairing, beside the radiator. The first position did not tlook much use in a slide - in fact, my thigh probably did a much better job last Monday ... 8-) . The second position looked much better, in that it pushed the pivot point much further forward. However, it did not appear to be bolted directly through to the frame, and looked as though it could collapse into the radiator. The best website reference I could find that discussed pros-and-cons was:
http://vfrworld.com/forums/general-v...bs-anyone.html
Guess that it's a bit of a trade-off as to which components end up getting damaged. Thanks for your comments. I'll do some more investigation. Cheers.