So I'm trying a new mod today that shaved almost 100lbs off of the bikes weight! I just can't get out to ride yet because it's raining but I'll let you know how it goes! Tell me how you think it looks?


Here it is!!!!





Ok ok I'm a big fat liar I just put some PP's on the bike, now for it to freakin stop raining so I can tear up the roads!




Mike

 

Very nice... and shiny too![:-] Get some sandpaper and scrub some of that **** off before you go riding, especially if it's wet out you'll be sliding all over the place. I'm gonna get a new PP rear this week sometime... never tried them before! I just put one on the front about a month ago so getting the rear to match

Be careful... trust me I learned the hard way first time I replaced the rear tire... wasn't pretty

 

dont use sandpaper :P lol

just take it slow for about 50-100 km's and slowly work your way over onto the sides, once they're up to temperature a couple of times they're good to go.

 

Why not?? Some rough sandpaper works fantastic to scuff up the tire and get some of the coating off. Of course it all won't come off until the tire gets hot a few times, but it helps out alot in getting the excess crap off. The rear is cake, I just put it in 1st and let it spin, take a large sheet and slowly move it from side to side as the wheel turns.. doing it from th.e rear of course. After I went down on the first ride on a brand new tire the first time I changed it (and I was going extremely slow), I've been doing this on every new tire for the last 91,000 miles and never had a problem with it sliding around since. That stuff is slick! Sometimes just going slow isn't enough... at least it wasn't for me!

 

I just noticed how many miles are on your bike, holy ****!

Be really careful when you've got your bike in gear on the stands... if anything gets sucked into that chain (fingers, shirt sleeve etc) it will **** you right up!

I guess sandpaper will be effective, but then you probably take off more than necessary, I've gone through my share of tires and have never wiped out, in fact I just got Metzeler M3's installed and on my way home from the dealership I was already wearing off my chicken strips... They just have to be heated up and ridden smoothly (no diving into corners really fast)

 

Just heat em up and take it easy. I had my Corsa III's ready in a day then zzoo00mm.....

 

+1 for the sandpaper. I've said it before too (and argued it), sandpaper workslike a champ!Lightly sand the entire surface of the tire, and you really won't have to worry about sliding all over the place. I've done it to the Qualifier's I have and I didn't once encounter that "slippery new tire feel."

 

once the tires are warm they'll stick all the way to the edge of the tire (assuming decent traction, aka not wet) just don't trail brake right away or abruptly accelerate/decelerate mid-corner
realistically you'd need more than sandpaper to actually scrub the release compound or whatever the hell they call it, unless you spend an hour scrubbing away but then you could have been out riding instead

 

Sanding the tire just wont put the heat into it, better off going for a good long ride and feeling it out