New toy, I think it's a keeper.

[tri boy]

I'm not sure, maybe some tyre pro's can help out.
They seem a bit narrow focused towards dry, predictable surfaces. Not the usual seal(goat track) that we have to put up with.

[MSTRS:Me]

So what is the best for those greasy country roads?

These.......

[Ocean1]

These.......

N-ice.

Wonder how long they'd last on the Buell in the back roads though...

[007XX]

These.......

Dang... them are some nice knobs for sure!! Are they for those crazy gits doing hardcore hill climbs?

[Ocean1]

Dang... them are some nice knobs for sure!! Are they for those crazy gits doing hardcore hill climbs?

They're for snow/ice.

Ice speedway footwear:

[007XX]

They're for snow/ice.

Ice speedway footwear:

You are such a source of fascinating information! Thanks...

Now, about the meaning of life...

*where the heck did I put that tibetan chant??*

[Macktheknife]

Bloody nice looking machine mate and a good write up too, well done.

[MSTRS:Me]

Now, about the meaning of life...

Including the universe and everything?
The answer is.....46.

[Ocean1]

Including the universe and everything?
The answer is.....46.

Is that a white mouse I see in your sporran, or are you just pleased to see me?

[smoky]

It’s almost like at a certain point the bike seems to notice that you’ve decided to change direction, begrudgingly obliges and the front wheel steps out a couple of inches to sorta brace itself. Scary. Still, it soon becomes obvious it’s not a prelude to anything nasty, just unsettling at first.

Sounds like a tyre problem alright, my bandit did the same thing when i first got it - the last owner was a bit shy at leaning it over and the tyre wore into that pattern. I would be steering into a corner then all of a sudden it would drop into it and the front wheel slip out and grap a new bit of rubber to grip with. A brand new set of Pilot road 2's sorted it out - and by the way they're a fantastic tyre in all conditions, but especaily in the wet.

good write up dude - and lovely bike

[Ocean1]

Sounds like a tyre problem alright, my bandit did the same thing when i first got it - the last owner was a bit shy at leaning it over and the tyre wore into that pattern. I would be steering into a corner then all of a sudden it would drop into it and the front wheel slip out and grap a new bit of rubber to grip with. A brand new set of Pilot road 2's sorted it out - and by the way they're a fantastic tyre in all conditions, but especaily in the wet.

good write up dude - and lovely bike

You may be right, certainly hard to think of any way it could be a characteristic of the bike or steering geometry. Except the last owner wern't at all shy, there's less tread on the shoulders than the "sedate zone". Also, both of the others I test rode showed evidence of the same little twitch, one of them alarmingly so (I'd decided that one was set up way soft in the forks, it tended to dive a bit and "set" there going in to a turn).

To be honest I'm not that worried about it as long as it's repeatable and consistent. What does worry me a little is that unexplained lateral slither at an apex, at very reasonable speed, pretty much exactly where my brother had just used the same line. That had to be pure grip related, and yet while the surface wasn't perfect it sure wasn't very wet. So I'm struggling to blame it entirely on the big sticky Pirelli's... dunno. "Sensible" rubber is certainly not far away, Pilot road 2's huh? Noted, thanks.

[smoky]

both of the others I test rode showed evidence of the same little twitch, one of them alarmingly so (I'd decided that one was set up way soft in the forks, it tended to dive a bit and "set" there going in to a turn).

I've been trying to learn how to compress the suspension using the brakes when coming into a corner, keeping the bike flatter into and thru the corner - I've found it stabalises the front wheel.

Any way I'm sure you'll sort it out

[Maha]

Oh stop it with the big eyes and chin quivering... Here, your daily porn fix:

Wow! another blue lovely...
Awesome colour Ocean, its a keeper alright....

[Madness]

I too ventured over the hill on sunday and looking at the pictures of those donuts I'm far from suprised that you had traction issues. The diesel in the southbound lane, all the fecking way over the hill was a beauty, the prick took the best line on every bend.

Nice write up. I'm going to have to test ride ne of these, see if they fit me.

[Ocean1]

I've been trying to learn how to compress the suspension using the brakes when coming into a corner, keeping the bike flatter into and thru the corner - I've found it stabalises the front wheel.

Sorta hard not to if you're on the brakes going in. But I know what you mean, timing when you ease off the front picks can settle the front lower and make the steering a bit sharper. Still working it out, the Buell's radically steep steering angle means feck all trail anyway, it's not slugish turning. Still haven't chacked the sag, back or front, it's possible it's riding too high in the back. Should probably talk to someone who's raced one to get some set-up tips, not that I'm going to be pushing it hard but I do like to keep things right side up.