Posted by ` on August 17, 2010, 3:34 pm
> We use BT45's on our training bikes, and we used them at my last place too.
> Why?, they are a stable, tractable, predictable tyre that gives a compliant
> ride and thus engenders confidence in our novice riders.
Well fer chrissakes! Just *look* at the tread pattern on those things!
Maybe it rains everyday where you ride, but to me, living in arid
central California, BT45's are *rain tires* with their deep water
channels and unsupported tread blocks.
Mix harder compound rubber in the center of the tread and softer
compound rubber on the sides, and ride on macadam that has been worn
by the passage of many car and truck tires, and you have a motorcycle
that's wiggly in a straight line.
The 600 Ninja was designed for sporty riding on billiard table smooth
surfaces and it needs *sportbike* tires with fewer water channels and
larger, supported tread blocks.
The absolute wiggliest tire I ever rode on was a Cheng-Shin universal
tread pattern.
The zig zag pattern had lots of water channels and tall unsupported
tread blocks that interacted with rain grooves and brushed concrete
and my girl friend complained that it made her nauseous to ride on the
back of the bike as the tread pattern tried to align itself with the
grooved pavement surface.
Posted by M.Badger on August 17, 2010, 4:16 pm
` wrote:
>
>> We use BT45's on our training bikes, and we used them at my last place
>> too. Why?, they are a stable, tractable, predictable tyre that gives a
>> compliant ride and thus engenders confidence in our novice riders.
>
> Well fer chrissakes! Just *look* at the tread pattern on those things!
>
> Maybe it rains everyday where you ride, but to me, living in arid
> central California, BT45's are *rain tires* with their deep water
> channels and unsupported tread blocks.
>
I live and work in Yorkshire. Yes, it rains. A lot.
I've used BT45's on trackdays too. A Honda Transalp with them, and a GS500.
Never had an issue with either bike at Cadwell. Well, other than sod all
straight line speed. Tyres are a personal thing. I prefer Continental tyres,
but have a pair of Pirelli Diablo Strada on my Bandit at the moment. They
were cheap, I was skint.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on August 17, 2010, 4:21 pm
> I live and work in Yorkshire. Yes, it rains. A lot.
> I've used BT45's on trackdays too. A Honda Transalp with them, and a GS500.
> Never had an issue with either bike at Cadwell.
Krusty, to whom you are replying, is noted for trying to dispense his
own home-brewed wisdom.
Time was, a few years ago, newbies hung on his every word, believing
that they were worshipping at the feet of The Master.
Unfortunately his bluff has been well and truly called and the
succession of hysterical misinformation that drips from his keyboard is
properly refuted every time.
This has turned him into an embittered little man, which is why he
morphs his identity, in the hope that he can continue to deceive the
ignorant and credulous.
--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
Posted by ` on August 17, 2010, 6:07 pm
On Aug 17, 1:21 pm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> Krusty, to whom you are replying, is noted for trying to dispense his
> own home-brewed wisdom.
Krusty never posts to RMT.
> Time was, a few years ago, newbies hung on his every word, believing
> that they were worshipping at the feet of The Master.
That's when YOU got jealous and started throwing a sissy fit...
> Unfortunately his bluff has been well and truly called and the
> succession of hysterical misinformation that drips from his keyboard is
> properly refuted every time.
You and your gang of pikey wankers from UKRM (and the poseur know as
"S'mee") have certainly turn RMT into a can of worms at the bottom of
a cesspool.
Nobody asking an innocent question could ever sort out the snarled
mass of conjectures hurled at him here.
> This has turned him into an embittered little man, which is why he
> morphs his identity, in the hope that he can continue to deceive the
> ignorant and credulous.
Bullshit. Google Groups allows me to change my nickname with every
message if it pleases me to do so.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on August 18, 2010, 2:14 am
> > Krusty, to whom you are replying, is noted for trying to dispense his
> > own home-brewed wisdom.
>
> Krusty never posts to RMT.
Yes, you do. If it pleases people to call you that....
--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
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> Why?, they are a stable, tractable, predictable tyre that gives a compliant
> ride and thus engenders confidence in our novice riders.