try this,
after a couple of tyres cupping on me,,,,
a very old tyre man who remembers cross-ply tyres
told me to stick a couple of k on it and bring it back to him for a re-balance
it's only happened once since because i blew the weights off with the pressure washer.
track day friend says if he stuck a tyre on and put it round the track without balancing it, it would only last half the time.
there's something right in it,,, but between me and a track racer, there is still some blame in riding style too.

 

Sounds like the Paekakariki Hill Road to me. One of them tar snakes made a very good attempt at trying to biff me off JK's Gixxer. Did they just put a Telecom cable up that road and then make a **** job of the repair?

 

Yip, thats's the one. Don't know about any telecome cable ?

Still.........won't complain otherwise they'd widen / straighten it & then you'd get **** loads of sunday drivers !

fwiw, Lately, riding the Rimutakas is like riding to work amongst traffic congestion, thanks to the removal of some passing lanes & ongoing road widening / straightening + double yellows !

 

Worth the effort thou' cos once you've done it you can drop into that pub in Martinborough at the edge of the Square. They make the best Elsie Tanners I have ever had.

And I've had a few