23-01-12, 09:28 AM
At the end of the day its all about surface adhesion and grip...I have skidded on diesel too, at 70mph, and its unbelievable how fast you go down.I dont like to think about it too much, cos it could give you a complex and then never lean a bike over again !
I reckon I have ridden at least 100k miles on bikes now in my lifetime...probably nearer 200...yet I have had under 10 slide incidents as discussed...so it is still a very low incident rate.I also take comfort from knowing modern tyres do stick exceptionally well as opposed to the crap we had in the 70s... so well illustrated on my track day last sept, and hundreds of miles over cold wet soggy alps last summer....it really does give you confidence in our black hoops.
Reasons to be cheerful....
I reckon I have ridden at least 100k miles on bikes now in my lifetime...probably nearer 200...yet I have had under 10 slide incidents as discussed...so it is still a very low incident rate.I also take comfort from knowing modern tyres do stick exceptionally well as opposed to the crap we had in the 70s... so well illustrated on my track day last sept, and hundreds of miles over cold wet soggy alps last summer....it really does give you confidence in our black hoops.
Reasons to be cheerful....