I'm not overly keen on those in the wet. I have them on my baby Burger, and they don't give me much confidence. It probably doesn't help that I have to negotiate a lot of tight slippery diesel stained roundabouts on the way to work. Or it may be an issue with the way the Burger delivers its power, as I have to be very careful with the throttle or the rear end steps out.mightbesane wrote:Michelin City Grips for me.
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MrGrumpy
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mightbesane
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That's a problem that we don't have in the States. Very few cars are diesel powered. VERY few. So a wet road is just wet and not oily.MrGrumpy wrote:I'm not overly keen on those in the wet. I have them on my baby Burger, and they don't give me much confidence. It probably doesn't help that I have to negotiate a lot of tight slippery diesel stained roundabouts on the way to work. Or it may be an issue with the way the Burger delivers its power, as I have to be very careful with the throttle or the rear end steps out.mightbesane wrote:Michelin City Grips for me.
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Lou
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there are a few islands by me where theres diesel all around it. You can see the stuff piss out of lorries when they go around it in the morning after a fill up! I take it very careful around every island now!
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macp
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Which reminds me of this video where the rider of an SH300 cooly holds it together on a wet roundabout, much respect.I know the roundabout well and it has regular HGV traffic.Lou wrote:there are a few islands by me where theres diesel all around it. You can see the stuff piss out of lorries when they go around it in the morning after a fill up! I take it very careful around every island now!
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Brian_Griffin
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Get a pair of Cheng Shins, they're cheap & it's not like you lot actually ride anywhere is it??
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Nice one BrainBrian_Griffin wrote:Get a pair of Cheng Shins, they're cheap & it's not like you lot actually ride anywhere is it??
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That's probably because we're waiting for you to organise a ride.Nice ride theBrian_Griffin wrote:Get a pair of Cheng Shins, they're cheap & it's not like you lot actually ride anywhere is it??
Prius do you get out on it a lot ? How about a breakdown on it's performance
or do you just reserve your post to one line crap.
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