Many moons ago I had new rear tyre put on the FZR250R. Busy afternoon traffic and not many gaps in the traffic.
Pulling out of old Jack Burn motors on carlyle st gave it bit extra power (in relative terms lol) as it was one of those steeply cambered roads making it an uphill type takeoff.
I then proceeded to gracefully lowside in spectacular style in front of cop car. Thankfully this was back in the day where he just laughed hysterically and drove off after I got my shit out of the way without feeling the need to ticket me.
Over the years i've found most tyres are not so bad these days, maybe its with smaller consignments getting dirtied and scuffed around in courier vans taking bit of the muck off.
But yeah caution always required, I'll often drop the tyre pressure slightly for very short period too.
The DR650 is a hoot to scrub tyres in. Often I forget and you just supermotard drfit around the first roundabout till it gently hooks up and job done, well on that side of tyre anyway
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