13-04-16, 06:13 AM
(12-04-16, 11:12 PM)Frosties link Wrote: Fairly sure your issue Graham is not trusting a modern motorbike tyre. Seen loads of cyclists and scooters lose the front end in London. If you think of a bicycle tyre then the contact area is fuck all, a scooter isn't exactly set up with an ideal wheel size (tyre choice) or weight distribution for decent wet cornering.
What tyres are you running..do you ride 365 all weather, bet there decent tyres and you can't remember the last time you locked the front in the wet resulting in a major. Wet cornering over manholes, lines or diesel as we all know is a different story so I think you need to forget the past.
Funny you should mention scooter riders 'cos i've seen those little pizza delivery bastards leaning their bikes almost horizontally in really wet conditions and i can more or less guarantee that the owner of the bikes couldn't give a shit about buying the best tyres for them, in fact they probably buy the worst rubber out there to save money.
I've had the BT023 on the front for a while now and can safely say they are very good in the wet, and also, as an all rounder, you could do much much worse.
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