Peer Pressure Impact?

[Coldkiwi]

Originally posted by georgedubyabush
since you were going through an intersection, your rear may have just hit a painted line. my zxr250 squirmes off of wet painted lines fairly often. i do need new tyres though.

its not just ZXR 250's! any bike will do that on wet slippery paint (or the tar used to seal cracks in crappy NZ roads).. my advice is only try crossing thick lines of it at a pretty obtuse angle (like railway tracks) or you'll find your tyres rolling right off it everytime.

I would also be wary of fitting larger than normal tyres to a bike (regardless of cc rating). the suspension, drive chain and geometry of the bike are all designed with a certain tyre height and profile in mind so you could easily make it worse instead of better with a poor choice. if you are set on doing it, get it done at a well known reputable motorcycle tyre store (car tyre stores know NOTHING) and be sure theya pprove the selection

[georgedubyabush]

yeah, im getting pretty used to that tactic on these Far North roads.

yesterday I had to take some pretty evasive action to avoid a mound of clay running across the road. A digger left it round a blind corner when it crawled across the tarseal. still, guess i could've met the digger instead.

Plenty of wandering stock and horses on my drive or ride to work too. And hordes of wandering stray dogs. They seem to love the sound of a screaming 250.

The real worry however is the unlicenced drivers and the unroadworthy cars. My last car was written off on the hill just North of Moerewa when a 14 year old pulled across my path out of a hidden driveway in a landcruiser without looking.