Grooved slicks: Road legal or not?

[idleidolidyll]

sure, you quoted me and the pop up immediately alerted me to your typically vindictive post

[scumdog]

sure, you quoted me and the pop up immediately alerted me to your typically vindictive post

No shit Sherlock?

The pop up alerted you, immediately?

Well, who'd have thunk it!!


It was the response time to which I referred.

[jrandom]

yep, that's the kind of vindictive asshole we have come to know as NZ Police

YHBT. YHL. HAND.

[idleidolidyll]

Yawn, i'm completely underwhelmed

[SimJen]

Why bother with slicks man, not really worth the effort. Any bike shop with a brain will pick them up and not give you a wof. A decent insurance company should pick em up too.
Slicks aren't meant for the road as they don't get hot enough, do your tires get so hot you can't touch them? I seriously doubt it! If they do and you ride as hard as you say you do, then this whole point will be moot, as no doubt you aren't long for this world.
Tyres are so expensive in NZ because of the basic fact that we have very few motorcyclists compared to somewhere like the UK! The numbers just aren't in it for mass importation and large savings.
Still If you have a good relationship with your local dealer they will often look after you on price.....I get my tyres considerably cheaper because of this.
Just do it, if they blow out or fail or spit you off when cold...thats your problem and your decision led to it........good luck.
A real man would just use uncut slicks! in all weathers.

[idleidolidyll]

sadly your leaping to conclusions; you don't know me, you don't know how i ride and you've never seen my tyres after a typical ride.

that said, i have decided that used race tyres are fine as long as they are production road tyres not slicks.

Not that i believe the slicks were dagerous at all, some 8000km exploded that myth, i merely comply because the nazis would punish me if i didn't (cops and insurance companies)

tyres in NZ are too expensive and even around the world, motorbike tyres are a rip off

[SimJen]

I wasn't leaping to conclusions, I just find it hard to believe you can punish your tyres that badly on the "Road". If you say you do, thats great
All tyres are a rip off, whether Car or Bike......they use us punters to fund their race programs!
Race cast offs aren't too bad, I've used them myself from time to time, but I prefer to get new these days as I only seem to ride trackdays now!