Wet white paint almost got me

[Lorax]

Wow, almost binned it for my first time.

Slow right hand corner, was in a day dream, cut the corner slightly. Am normally really conscious of the danger of wet paint.

Rear wheel slid left, instinct made me put my right foot down making solid contact with the ground. Then my tyre caught again and I bounced up and kept riding. Fuck yeah!

Absorbed it for a couple of seconds then tooted "Hell that was sweet that I didn't fucken slam!"

[T-Thunder13]

nice save bro.

[swbarnett]

Nice save! Did that at speed once, doesn't half jar the knee (was walking funny for days).

[Drum]

Yep, done the same. I'm even more careful around that dreaded white paint now.

Good on ya for staying upright.

[deanohit]

Nice save there mate.Never heard of anyone drifting a GN before Happened to me a few monthes back. Hit some white paint while going around the corner in the wet. Bike started to drift, put insde foot down, went sideways for what felt like agesthen highsided.Still, got back on the bike and continued on alot more cautious.

[Babelfish]

Yeah man, wet paints lethal. I sat in some once and got it all over my hat.

[mattimeo]

Bummer mate. Good you pulled it off. You were lucky it was your rear tyre. Had the same happened to your front, it'd have been a different story

[riffer]

Indeed mattimeo. My Z6 has started to triangulate something horrid recently (it's a big bike thing - when the tyre gets to the last 25% of its life it starts to do it) and its become a bit of a knife edge.

Well, being a combination of Scots and Latvian Jew I can't bring myself to not get as much out of it as I can so now its feeling a bit like a knife edge at times. And those white lines are yuck.

Glad you didn't go over the bars.

[swbarnett]

Never heard of anyone drifting a GN before

They do it quite easily on their stock tyres with a little bit of oil. Got a pair of Avon Roadrunners on mine now. I haven't tried them on oil yet but, my god, what a difference. I can actually lean properly into a corner now. Those stock tyres are just too square and plastic.

[inlinefour]

Wow, almost binned it for my first time.

Slow right hand corner, was in a day dream, cut the corner slightly. Am normally really conscious of the danger of wet paint.

Rear wheel slid left, instinct made me put my right foot down making solid contact with the ground. Then my tyre caught again and I bounced up and kept riding. Fuck yeah!

Absorbed it for a couple of seconds then tooted "Hell that was sweet that I didn't fucken slam!"

I think that almost everyone who has been riding for some time have either done the same or similar. Good to hear that you saved the slide, its allways a good feeling to have that adrenaline pumping after a near bin. I guess you'll know what to do the next time you encounter the same sort of conditions.

[Spyke]

when coming up to a give way intersection or a one way bridge there is the white writing on the ground. is this just as slippery in the wet? and is it still slippery when its dry?

because theres a really nice corner but its got this on the exit coming up to the oneway bridge, and i wasn't sure that i wanted to go over it with the bike leaning over to far.

[Toaster]

Riding motorbikes and daydreaming mix as well as oil and water.

Switch on people and save your arse from getting used like cheese on a grater.

[Lorax]

They do it quite easily on their stock tyres with a little bit of oil. Got a pair of Avon Roadrunners on mine now. I haven't tried them on oil yet but, my god, what a difference. I can actually lean properly into a corner now. Those stock tyres are just too square and plastic.

Yeah true, me plastic stock-standard GN tyres are getting a little worse for wear. The question is, how do you know that the new ones grip so much more? By losing traction and knowing at what angle you did it? Or just a sense of the tyre getting more grip?

when coming up to a give way intersection or a one way bridge there is the white writing on the ground. is this just as slippery in the wet? and is it still slippery when its dry?

because theres a really nice corner but its got this on the exit coming up to the oneway bridge, and i wasn't sure that i wanted to go over it with the bike leaning over to far.

White straight arrows are fun at intersections when they're dry: next time you're coming to a stop in the dry, apply your rear break hard when you're on the arrow. You can skid, make a nice screaching sound and leave a mark. Important you're going straight, at a mid to low speed, and it's dry. Your tyre will grip once it's off the arrow so be aware of that. It's safe and fun.

But if you do the same in the wet you'll just keep sliding... and your tyre may slide in a lateral direction also. Not good.

Whatever you're doing on paint, neer let your front tyre go.

[xwhatsit]

Yeah true, me plastic stock-standard GN tyres are getting a little worse for wear. The question is, how do you know that the new ones grip so much more? By losing traction and knowing at what angle you did it? Or just a sense of the tyre getting more grip?

You get this massive feeling of confidence from the bike. As soon as I changed my rear tyre I began to feel as if I could do anything on it -- go around any corner at any speed, lean as far as I liked. You don't have to get near the limits of grip to feel it.