08-04-13, 03:04 PM
I agree with his dudeness, I started on a chinese supermoto bike with crappy nylon tyres and it used to slide about like a bastard if I wasn't careful especially as the brakes were quite good in comparison to the tyres. It was actually quite manageable though I even had a real nasty one on ice once and christ knows how but I saved it. Granted it was half the weight of the fazer but as I have said in another thread one of my forks is knackered and I feel the back end slide in corners on occasion as a result, it gives you the willies but I am used to a bit of slide in corners so have faith in the tyres which are excellent on this bike. As someone has stated though, everybody has different levels of feel for vehicles but still having some past experience with small slides can be helpful. Tensing up like you describe is NOT a good idea. Is the fazer your first bike?