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    Incidentally, it's a common misconception that the right side wears out first because of camber on the road. The real reason is that we spend more time turning right than we do left. That's because we're always on the outside of a right hand bend and always on the inside of a left hander, and the outside distance is always greater than the inside distance.

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    Yamaha MT-07 - and its tyres

    Oh really? Because the motorway I ride up and down (and I fact spend 95%of my ride time on) has a constant camber on both sides, I just assumed this was the reason.


    MT07 is in for tyres this morning and I've been lent a nifty wee Suzuki SV650,

    Not a bad wee bike, but completly different power delivery to my bike, not as much torque under acceleration, but easy to chuck around in traffic.

    Love the red color though, and the white stripe. the dash cluster is a bit busy, and compared to the MT feels very far away.
    the headlight makes it look a bit like a stunned possum.




    Looking forward to my first ride on new tyres.

    With the old ones it was becoming a pig to Handel in the corners. Almost hard to get it to change direction, in picking this is due to the flat strip on the back tyre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RAYDEO View Post
    Oh really? Because the motorway I ride up and down (and I fact spend 95%of my ride time on) has a constant camber on both sides, I just assumed this was the reason.


    MT07 is in for tyres this morning and I've been lent a nifty wee Suzuki SV650,

    Not a bad wee bike, but completly different power delivery to my bike, not as much torque under acceleration, but easy to chuck around in traffic.

    Love the red color though, and the white stripe. the dash cluster is a bit busy, and compared to the MT feels very far away.
    the headlight makes it look a bit like a stunned possum.




    Looking forward to my first ride on new tyres.

    With the old ones it was becoming a pig to Handel in the corners. Almost hard to get it to change direction, in picking this is due to the flat strip on the back tyre.
    You'll definitely feel the difference. Might notice bike a bit "taller" (since you do get 5-6mm increase in tyre treads). Very minor difference but certainly noticeable.

    Also might experience sudden "drop into corner" feeling


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    And the front wheel won't shot out sparks at night any more ......


    What tyres did you get?

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    Don't forget to take it easy on the new rubber until they are scrubbed in. Modern tires ain't to bad but they are still squirrely on damp tarmac, wet white lines etc.

    And yeah, turn in will be significantly different.

    Enjoy.

    I like that SV. I'm hoping to tempt my G/F into one for her next bike.
    Manopausal.

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    Ended up with pilot road 2's
    Picked up the bike last night just on dusk and had an awesome ride over the Haywards and Paekak hill, just felt so amazing.

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    About damn time.

    Now update your damn blog!

    It was a good read

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pound View Post
    About damn time.

    Now update your damn blog!

    It was a good read
    someone actually read all that? ha! ok ill write something in soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RAYDEO View Post
    someone actually read all that? ha! ok ill write something in soon.


    Absolutely fine sir!

    Your writing style is personable, down to earth and thoroughly engaging.

    And in all honesty, your blog was a more interesting read than many of the large online bike jurno magazines blogs.

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