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    Drew is saying its possible to get through corners faster carrying less lean through careful line selection. Big lean does not always translate to big corner speed.

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    Maybe if I let 5pounds out of my tires mine will go away.

    The last 3mm seem to be needing a track day on the back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    Maybe if I let 5pounds out of my tires mine will go away.

    The last 3mm seem to be needing a track day on the back.
    You need to gas out more! Tear them supercorsas a bit harder


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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    Maybe if I let 5pounds out of my tires mine will go away.

    The last 3mm seem to be needing a track day on the back.
    At least you've worn off the letters on the outer edges ....

    I'm going with my superior corner lines equating to the remaining 'safety strips' .... yeah

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    Quote Originally Posted by EJK View Post
    You need to gas out more! Tear them supercorsas a bit harder
    Believe it or not that's 3700km so far on those tyres. Im thinking my suspension works well and im running a good pressure in them.
    I have traction control set on race. Not sure if it is doing anything during corner exit or not but I do try murder the tyres a bit but im not very good at it I think.
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    You should be able to slide the back a little with the TC set to race. That should scuff them up nicely!

    What is the bike?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moise View Post
    You should be able to slide the back a little with the TC set to race. That should scuff them up nicely!

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    Hard to tell its already lifting the front up out of corners now. Never had so much grip from a tyre before normally I would destroy a rear in 2.5
    It could be I got old and slow feels fast now.
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    Probably because the tyre is gripping so well, it's not sliding or spinning, therefore not wearing as quickly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moise View Post
    Probably because the tyre is gripping so well, it's not sliding or spinning, therefore not wearing as quickly?

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    Some context would be nice.

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    Context is the preceding posts about a set of Supercorsa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SVboy View Post
    Drew is saying its possible to get through corners faster carrying less lean through careful line selection. Big lean does not always translate to big corner speed.
    Surely not! Lean angle is everything! That's what a lot of road riders seem to think anyways. If someone could show me a way to get less lean angle on any bike but go as fast (or faster) sign me up! Drew may be a cunt but he's knowledgeable cunt.

    Haven't ridden on the road properly in a few years but from memory I did roll quite far over on the Rosso II's on my gixxer (fantastic tyre btw). Would be interesting to see how my riding might have changed after a few years strictly track riding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post
    Surely not! Lean angle is everything! That's what a lot of road riders seem to think anyways. If someone could show me a way to get less lean angle on any bike but go as fast (or faster) sign me up! Drew may be a cunt but he's knowledgeable cunt.

    Haven't ridden on the road properly in a few years but from memory I did roll quite far over on the Rosso II's on my gixxer (fantastic tyre btw). Would be interesting to see how my riding might have changed after a few years strictly track riding.
    One of two things seems to happen when returning to the road. You'll be smoother and faster but more safe at the same time. Or you've been track riding a big bike, and you'll try and square corners off and dangerous as fuck.

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    The fastest cornering lines aren't always the safest, especially apexes. Sometimes the centre line is not where you want to be on RH corners, and you can reduce your vision through the corner if you go too tight on a left corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moise View Post
    The fastest cornering lines aren't always the safest, especially apexes. Sometimes the centre line is not where you want to be on RH corners, and you can reduce your vision through the corner if you go too tight on a left corner.

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    Didn't I allude to that in my last post?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Doablos were the last sports touring tyres I rode on before the S20. Was a bloody long time ago, but I thought they were fucken shite. Terrible grip dry or wet. Prolly better now, (Christ knows they can't be worse), I honestly expected the Bridgestones to be the same.
    Depends on the bike the raials know heaps better than crap croos plys i rode on . it depends on the bike and prefences too

    No not sexuall prefence tire doh ... liked the pirelli rear on the vfr 750 was worn down felt great /

    s 20,s on the cbr 900rr well i think the bike is light but feels un flexiable good other wise . doesint have that feel what rear doing of the vfr

    Had a shinko fitted after never had any issue but not as good as feel as the previous pireli cheaper but wore out faster.

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