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Dark Side for a Day: a Metzeler guy's thoughts on The Dark Side
Written by revconprince on 6/15/2011 at 12:59 pm

Progressive loss of traction is a characteristic of BF Goodrich tires anyway. I
had them on a '71 Cutlass and that is the way they handled. You could have the
car sliding in a corner, but yet still under full control. They never abruptly
let go.

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@...> wrote:
>
> Wade,
>
> I will have to let Bart chime in on tire pressure. Didn't check before the
ride.
>
> You will also have to ask Bart just how far I was pushing it. Didn't take a
measurement of lean angle. I know I didn't touch the pegs to the ground. But I
did get a nice good set of leans through the twisties. Not sure if this is what
was happening, but it almost felt like I could feel the side-wall deform ever so
slightly just before it started its slow slide to the side. Not really sure
though. Without putting a good high-speed camera on the bike to watch the tire,
I couldn't tell you exactly what is happening. The important point though is
that I never felt unsafe. The entire time I felt fully in control of the bike
and secure with what the tires were doing.
>
> How does that Avon Roadrider handle in the rain and on loose gravel? Those
two conditions make up for about 85% of the riding in Oregon. Sometimes I want
to mount knobby dirt bike tires on my PC!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Douglas
>

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