Re: Fancy a tyre with built in lean indicator?

ChrisC · Post by **ChrisC** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:51 pm

It could also give plod something else to eye up "if your leaning the bike over that far young man I consider it to be dangerous on the queens highway"........ and we now have a mearsurement that can determine your style of riding.
(just a thought)

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:05 pm

Those markings look a bit wimpy to me. Room for at least 3 more!!

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:39 pm

Dunno about the effectiveness of the strips...but from an advertising point of view it's worked wonders! Every bloody bike forum on the web has a thread about these tyres!

Anyway, as any fule knos getting rid or rear chicken strips is a piece of piss......look at the front tyre if you wanna see the measure of a rider.
And Timbo...you're right about the Maxxis...my trackbike still has some on the rear. Scarily though, it looks like I am getting to the edge on the front..I do hope that I don't run out of tread on the front first

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:45 pm

I can see crashes this summer with twats trying to outdo each other trying to get leant over

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:05 am

I don't get it

All they've done is put numbers on what we all used to gauge by eye. What's the big deal?

Depending on your riding style, suspention set up and most of all model of bike all the levels of lean are different anyway. It's not going to change my riding habbits in the slightest and I'm certainly not going to try and get the bike lower going around a bend.

(I'm already off the edge when I want to be

)

Pete.l

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:19 am

I think its a very clever bit of marketing, which will probably help sales tbh-but I'll not be buying any

Next thing will be a "Willywavingometer" on the new R1 or the like

If I can go for a blast, get home in one piece, wash the bike and park in the garage I'm quite happy.

I don't really feel I need a lean indicator to enhance my riding pleasure or compete with anyone in discussion/comparison when out and about.

Just my opinion

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:23 am

Timbo wrote: Start off at 1 with a pic of a Harley, all the way to 5 where they show a pic of a CB 1300 lying on it's side

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:39 pm

Snigger

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:00 pm

maybe the 'lean indicator' is to see if you're too heavy to ride?
as in how lean you are?

if you squash the elephant you're a fat b8stard and need to lay off the maccys.

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:40 pm

Timbo wrote:Come on chaps, you all know you want to Chase the Elephant

I'm sure I have been to a few nighclubs where that was de-rigueur

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:10 am

Zakalwe wrote:
Timbo wrote:Come on chaps, you all know you want to Chase the Elephant
I'm sure I have been to a few nighclubs where that was de-rigueur

Playing de-rig the elephant was a lot funnier.....