01-24-2024, 02:54 AM
(01-22-2024, 09:49 AM)max_imp Wrote: Certainly not the only one whoops, seen a video of a rider falling on new tires between the workshop and the gate, 12 meters at the most;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zNUPDmnz4
myself slipped with the hornet at very slow speed on a compacted and wet clay slick on the road, less that half a second, the front wheel slipped sideways on a small ridge on a track and it was all over, minimal damage and the first time in 50 years as well.
This is a similar situation;
No reason for it to happen but situations like this are a regular point of concern with new tires, like your idea of cleaning them, treat new tires as if riding on grass, thanks for sharing and second m in sc's advice!
I laid my first sportbike down in the dealer parking lot after a tire change, years ago. Brand new parking lot asphalt, runoff from them washing bikes, plus I had no idea how slick new tires could really be. I was down the moment I started to turn out of the service area.