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MadKaw wrote:you guys... ...

but unless they has been some changes in the last 12 months, I don't believe the Bridgestone slicks are as good as the Michelins or Dunlops - on anything larger than a 600 anway....

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I used to be a believer in the michie or loop slicks over the Bridgerocks, until I used a medium compound rear 250 gp bridgie on my ZX6F1, and it hangs on better, has a nicer edge grip feel, probably a higher grip threshold, and in the short sprint races we do at club level, 5-8 laps, was unable to overheat it. Impressd I was. Wear characteristics are great, with the grip level only tapering off in the last 20% of the tyre life.

I had some isues at Winton at the 4th round of this years interclub series, in the first race, the last two laps, the rear tyre was sliding ENTERING the turns.

I pulled in to the Bridgie truck to tell them their tyres were crap Only to discover that the spring had unwound itself and I had NO rear preload, and the spring was half a turn from coming off In addition to that, the swingarm had pulled fwd on the RHS by 35-40mm

Sooooo.....after setting some static and rider sag, and straightening the wheel I went out again, the tyre cleaned up straight away and worked perfectly from there. I then used that same tyre to do the last Hartwell round at P.I. and then another practice day at Broadford, before I ditched it, and i am a person who discards them sooner rather than later. As i am not that good, I really rely on grip

Hence I am impressed with the new Bridgie slicks too. But your right, as I am not sure they are the business on the bigger bikes. But they have made great leaps fwd in the last few years.

I tend to run bridgies for a few reasons when racing.

1. Affordable
2. Acceptable grip/wear/handling/feedback
3. Support from the Vic Dist Raven. They are mostly at the meets, even the clubbies, and deserve my support for almost that alone.

MadFab wrote:i will cop that,
but as for the rest of you wankers

fab

GO F*@K YOURSELF (I DO GO OUT CARVING THE CORNERS ON MINE )

scotty you throw like a girl & i have watched you squat to piss !

fab

MadFab wrote:scotty you throw like a girl & i have watched you squat to piss !

fab

get into it boys

Had a wake-up call from the dealer today- my front 208 is not 60% gawn, or 80% gawn.............its totally fucked well there you go, it looked OK to me, and still felt fine, *some* tread , but no wear-marks left

and they didn't have any plain-jane Corsa's, just the Diablos, and the service manager reckoned I would be back in inside 2 months looking for another rear , so he fitted up a Pilot Power instead........felt nice on the *easy* ride home, will be interesting to see how it goes on a *refreshing* scratch with Team Crim

- and the tyre dude also managed to convince me to get a matched front !!!! (he is an old school-mate of Fab's - and being old-school he understood my 2-for-1 whinge.....), but these new bikes mate, they chew up fronts as quick (sometimes quicker) than rears........

so its a new front as well on Thursday......mmmm, hope I have scrubbed it in OK before Friday arvo

Gosling1 wrote:so he fitted up a Pilot Power instead........felt nice on the *easy* ride home, will be interesting to see how it goes on a *refreshing* scratch with Team Crim
and the tyre dude also managed to convince me to get a matched front !!!! (he is an old school-mate of Fab's - and being old-school he understood my 2-for-1 whinge.....), but these new bikes mate, they chew up fronts as quick (sometimes quicker) than rears........

so its a new front as well on Thursday......mmmm, hope I have scrubbed it in OK before Friday arvo

I will be interested to hear what you think of the powers, I will be surprised if you dont like them!

Neil

the last Michelin I had was an M48 on the back of the Zed, back in '96. This was the tyre that 'flat-spotted' pretty badly at 145k on the way to the Rage Rally.........it was a great tyre, almost brand-new.....

Old mate tyre-dude is one of the quickest riders at the dealership, he recommended the Pilot Powers highly, reckons I should get *reasonable* wear out of the rear.....

already noticed a couple of things.......its a 190/50, so with a lower profile, the gearing is already *different* (only a bit, but I could see the difference on the tacho.....), and it steers heaps nice even with the bucket-of-shit Dunflop ( wow, I am a convert already) on the front.

Will keep you posted.......

I got 8k's out of my last rear on a ZZR12 heavy bike lots of HP only had a couple of self induced moments, for a sticky tyre I think that is very good mileage.

Neil

And yes Fab I do matched sets!

was that a Pilot ?? 8k ??? pwhoar that sounds good !!

Gosling1 wrote:
already noticed a couple of things.......its a 190/50, so with a lower profile

and watch your fairing lowers(but i was running a sticky tire, not a power)

Stu

Fab, that'd have 2 be the longest post I've ever seen you type
Whats the go big fella

Fark him, he is onthe wheat again, hates WA and has the wrong shoes on and has no bike to ride thats if he can actually ride ...And I may be a fruitloop coz I choose too be you farkin prik and blue tablets are better than the red ones and I am too slow on my 12R coz I need a 9R with race shit on it to be on your level ya farkin wingin' pussy. fuk me you are so full of it sometimes
You didnt even show up for the drag through Nebo/gloryious did ya, so u lost coz u was sittin in ya big soft arsed armchair tellin us what we need in tyres just like everyone else who has a right to their opinion you communist fuker, big farkin karnt, u r no different to anyone else slick so Go get a big fat one upya fab ya mean bastard.

cant ya feel the love mate. We all love ya, you know the truth don't you right, you know where I stand as when we met in private so ya should know suker ....

Yeah, I will meet ya behind the school canteen at noon too hehe prolly wont be there either

hammer wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:
already noticed a couple of things.......its a 190/50, so with a lower profile

and watch your fairing lowers(but i was running a sticky tire, not a power)

Stu

Typical scrape btw and get underneath ya bike and see Dave, it will make ya think wtf.
I am gunna be the usual smart ass here and say this, a 190/50 has a lower height ratio than the original 200/50 tyre and I am sure that is something you would or should know but these bikes have a small clearance issue to be said at the least. It might have a bit to do with ride heights correct springs and sags as I don't have that problem anymore after setting mine right, that could also be that I now ride like at cruiser pace as suddenly everything has just got older in my body, vision, stage of live or is just me being a pissweak prick

scotty37 wrote:Fark him, he is onthe wheat again, hates WA and has the wrong shoes on and has no bike to ride thats if he can actually ride ...And I may be a fruitloop coz I choose too be you farkin prik and blue tablets are better than the red ones and I am too slow on my 12R coz I need a 9R with race shit on it to be on your level ya farkin wingin' pussy. fuk me you are so full of it sometimes
You didnt even show up for the drag through Nebo/gloryious did ya, so u lost coz u was sittin in ya big soft arsed armchair tellin us what we need in tyres just like everyone else who has a right to their opinion you communist fuker, big farkin karnt, u r no different to anyone else slick so Go get a big fat one upya fab ya mean bastard.

cant ya feel the love mate. We all love ya, you know the truth don't you right, you know where I stand as when we met in private so ya should know suker ....

Yeah, I will meet ya behind the school canteen at noon too hehe prolly wont be there either

well said scotty37 i'm with you big fella three chears luv ya work

scotty wrote:

scotty37 wrote:Fark him, he is onthe wheat again, hates WA and has the wrong shoes on and has no bike to ride thats if he can actually ride ...And I may be a fruitloop coz I choose too be you farkin prik and blue tablets are better than the red ones and I am too slow on my 12R coz I need a 9R with race shit on it to be on your level ya farkin wingin' pussy. fuk me you are so full of it sometimes
You didnt even show up for the drag through Nebo/gloryious did ya, so u lost coz u was sittin in ya big soft arsed armchair tellin us what we need in tyres just like everyone else who has a right to their opinion you communist fuker, big farkin karnt, u r no different to anyone else slick so Go get a big fat one upya fab ya mean bastard.

cant ya feel the love mate. We all love ya, you know the truth don't you right, you know where I stand as when we met in private so ya should know suker ....

Yeah, I will meet ya behind the school canteen at noon too hehe prolly wont be there either

well said scotty37 i'm with you big fella three chears luv ya work

Yeah I don't know him like you do

Then again he is a big huge prik who cant even back up his statements..haha
Smart like tractor strong like ox....or vice versa..

fuk i love a stir sometimes... cum on fab, ya must be almost home by now...