Does hot weather give slippery traction?

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lloydie
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Re: Does hot weather give slippery traction?

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It holds the line good .
Pressures are also good to.
And the swing arm solid .
It's like the sensation as riding over uneven road surface with a squared off rear tyre . But at muck higher speed and Grater lean angle
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Re: Does hot weather give slippery traction?

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lloydiecbr wrote:I know over the last few days as I've been riding it harder
I can feel flex in the bike .
First I thought it was the tyres but it's the rear of the bike .
I only really feel it under hard acceleration coming out of bends it .might be time to brace the frame at the swing arm


Is that comment tongue in cheek ?, Firestorms don't need their frames bracing for the road, and i'd say not for the track unless your running slicks with a very tuned motor and riding at a very high level.

When a tyre gets low on tread it'll always fell like that if you ride hard, there's less rubber on the carcass and it overheats alot quicker, it's spinning up a bit thats all, enjoy it and get a mate to follow you out of the corners so he can see you laying some darkies :biggrin then ride harder when you have a new tyre :thumbup:
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Re: Does hot weather give slippery traction?

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+1 at topcat, not twisting its wheel spin although very tiny amounts
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oops... sorry popkat :thumbup:
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edds11 wrote:oops... sorry popkat :thumbup:
That's all right Office Dibble...... :lol: :lol:
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