Chicken Strips

Shall i get some piccys, as it may help a bit?

Go for it always luv piccies of chicken strips

AHAHH i lied there is around a 3mm strip on the front.... is this still a worrying thing? The rear is 14mm.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Steve_God

1) Counter-steering does only help to tip in, however once you're tipped, you don't actually steer into the direction of the corner... it's the fact you're running on the edge of the tyre (plus centrifugal forces) that makes you go around the corner.

not quite true...

counter-steering tips you into the corner but in order to turn in a circle your front wheel has to then point into the turn slighty, otherwise if the wheels are both pointing in the same direction the bike will just continue in a straight line. this would barely be noticable at high speeds because the radius of the turn is much higher than at a mini roundabout for example...

Originally Posted by plowsie

AHAHH i lied there is around a 3mm strip on the front.... is this still a worrying thing? The rear is 14mm.

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Originally Posted by plowsie

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Sounds like front might be too soft. What pressures you ruunning? IIRC front should be 36 rear 42 (cold). Other possibilities. Have you been on track recently and forgot to pump up the front afterwards? Is your preload set up correctly at the front? Is the bike diving at the front under braking? Possibly you are riding Tail up head down? Could be a number of reasons causing it - but I would say it's strange.

Sounds like you could be pushing the front abit, do you accelerate through the corner or are you off throttle more of the time? remember the moto slow in fast out all your braking should be done before the corner then a smooth acceleration out of it is the way to go.

What ever bike i ride and whatever tyres i run i always go right to the edge on the front and not on the back. It's just the way i ride, i tend not to lean the bike but drag it round corners using the front. If your tyre pressures are ok i wouldn't worry to much it's just your style of riding.

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

not quite true... [snip]

Really? You learn something new every day!

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Steve_God

Really? You learn something new every day!

tis true, you notice it at low speeds much more, if you want to flick the bike into a small space you initially steer away to tip the bike pretty hard, but because you're travelling so slowly you then have to turn quite sharply into the curve to make the bike go where you want.

if you're feeling brave (or have run out of morphine) then you could try readding these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle...cycle_dynamics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering