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17-09-07, 07:38 AM
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I think Michelin.......
...... can have their dodgy front Pilot back now I've had some use out of it
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17-09-07, 07:47 AM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
 how many times has it been plugged?
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17-09-07, 07:51 AM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
It's not plugged. That how it looked after a track day on Saturday. The whole tyre is just ragged.
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17-09-07, 08:27 AM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
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17-09-07, 10:19 AM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
Just been onto Michelin and they are sending the replacement tyre to my local dealer on Wednesday. Wish they were recalling the rear as well !!!!!!
Mind you, it's looks a lot better after the 120 miles home than it did at Mallory
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17-09-07, 12:06 PM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
Quote:
 is :-The things that look like ‘plugs’ are just ‘marbles*’ picked up, probably when leaving the race track or when going wide. *Marbles are a name given to little balls of rubber. If you imagine all the little bits of rubber that are thrown off the tyres as they are chewed up, they collect at the lesser swept parts of the track (offline and on the entrance to pitlane etc). When the bike goes on these parts of the track the ‘marbles’ get picked up by the hot rubber tyre. They are harmless and can simply be ‘picked off’ if you wanted!! Anyhoo, its all quite normal, not like Ratty was running on a many-repair tyre!!! 
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17-09-07, 12:31 PM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
Oh I went wide often enough
. Didn't manage to pull it up for Edwina's three times and took a couple of very 'interesting' lines at the hairpin !!  Ratty
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17-09-07, 12:37 PM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
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 ... It's very common to simply pick marbles up on a 'cooldown' lap as one tends to go off the normal racing line, or like I said on pitlane entry. To be honest I am surprised the LHS of the tyre is that worn as Mallory AND Snett are both predominately RHS tracks ... I suppose Mallory does have Edwina’s now though .... (not ridden it since that was put in)
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17-09-07, 01:42 PM
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Re: I think Michelin.......
i'm running michelins at the moment....
i like them!, they wil let me push it, they feel grippy when they've warmed up,but i still cant get my knee down!!! |
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