Cold Tire PWNAGE

[swampduc]

How could that possibly be true? "Too much power" is entirely relative, but a 696 has more than sufficient power to get many riders into trouble.

As you point out, this sounds more like a problem with experience than with power (or with tires). However, your point sounds like a dig at 696's more than anything else.

agreed. 80+ horses are enough to get into trouble. Hell, I can crash with less than that 

[Popeye the Sailor]

agreed. 80+ horses are enough to get into trouble. Hell, I can crash with less than that 

I binned fantastically on a 60 HP machine. 

[somegirl]

My worst crashes were on (off) bicycles.

[Cloner]

Maybe.  But, I'd still call it wise to ride easy on new street tires for the first 100 miles or so.

It's hard to argue with this statement, moco.  I personally think (and I have no empirical evidence to back it up, I have done no research, I have only my experiences) that the biggest reason folks get off on new tires is that they're not used to the "new" handling characteristics of the bike. 

As tires wear in they change profile.  Street tires, as they near the ends of their pitiful lives, tend to get a bit if a flat spot near their middles and take a considerable effort to turn in.  This wear is, however, gradual, and the rider gets used to the handling characteristics of the bike in this condition.  New tires with a well rounded profile tend to fall into turns.  The rider shows up at "X" bike shop and gets off of a bike that takes considerable effort to turn.  He buys new tires and instantaneously gets back onto a bike that turns easily and, in short order, makes a mistake.

Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe new tires ARE slippery.  If they are, that slippery sure wears off in a hurry.  The Avon DOTs on my racer right now have about 40 miles on them, and they stick well enough to have big globs of rubber hanging off of them.   

[the_Journeyman]

696?   Couldn't have been from too much power.     Lack of experience. 

My M750 makes less power than the 696 and I can EASILY push the rear end out into a nasty slide on cold tires ~

JM