New tyres, fell off!

[Spanner Man]

Morning all.

I fitted a new Road Attacks & a chain & sprockets to a customers SV last night. Which due to my customer not arriving until late resulted in him leaving at 8pm. My last words to him were; 'take it really easy on the new tyres'. He departed & I started locking up. A few minutes later he returned having dropped his bike at the roundabout leaving the Industrial estate.
He was ok, but his bike is a tad battered, (thank gawd for gaffa tape)
The temperature was around 6 or 7 degrees & it was slightly damp. Obviously the new tyres contributed to his 'off' but so did the slight changes to the temperature & road conditions, it was dry & around 10 degrees when he arrived.
So beware these slight changes in conditions folks. They could catch you out.

Cheers.

Yes, a topical point this time of year.

At least you were there to patch him up.

One of the guys I know is a bike cop and had new tyres fitted to his 955. Gunned it leaving the fitters and binned it whilst still on their property. Happens to the best of us.

[Spanner Man]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Happens to the best of us.

Certainly does! I've only managed to do it once, but it hurt & cost me a small fortune!

Cheers.

It makes me grin every single time my fitter fits new tyres to my wheels. He says the same thing to every single person he fits tyres for. I was in the shop the other day, just chatting away waiting my turn. He had just finished fitting new front and rear to a fireblade owner. "Go careful on these new tyres" says Mark the fitter.

"Yeah, like whatever", says blade owner with a look to Mark as if to say "you teaching me to suck eggs or what?"

two minutes later as he pulls out of the shop and onto the road, does a complete doughnut wheel spin and ends up on his ****.

We both just stood outside the shop watching him pick his bike up and wheel it to the side of the road. We then both went back in the shop and carried on with my bike. A few minutes later I left the shop and blade owner is at the side of the road on his mobile, presumably calling recovery. I gave him a nod and then chuckled all the way to work.

So yes, I don't mind being told about taking it easy on new tyres at all.

[Luckypants]

My tyre fitting place has a little disclaimer at the bottom of thier invoice to which they ask you to sign to say you have been told to take it easy on new tyres for first 200 miles. What happens if I go to London on the M-way then hit the twisties with the shoulders not scrubbed in? (hypothetically of course, because I avoid M-ways and London)

[G]

I'm yet to experience the new new tyre sensation, its didnt feel that bad when i picked up the bike from new but guess its worse with aftermarket tyres.

I would have thought a police rider would have know better though.

[Spanner Man]

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

I'm yet to experience the new new tyre sensation, its didnt feel that bad when i picked up the bike from new but guess its worse with aftermarket tyres.

I would have thought a police rider would have know better though.

Modern tyres scrub in pretty quickly, & replacement tyres are usually better than the originals, especially if they were those hideous MEZ4's or D220's.

Police riders are no better than us 'ordinary' types, except that they have bigger ego's!

I avoid London too Luckypants, I lived there for nearly 43 years, & that was more than enough!

Cheers.

[fizzwheel]

I get reminded every time I leave Micheldever, same tyre guy every time and I'm pretty regular customer in there, he grins at me when he says it, but I'm always extra careful coming out of there because of the warning, so it does its job.

So why are new tyres "slippery" ? And what is it that scrubs them in... ?

It's a release compound used so the tires do not stick to the mold during production.

Scrubbing them in is using the road surface to scrub off this compound before it is ready for serious lean angles and speeds.