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Ferris Leets
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« on: July 21, 2010, 05:28:58 AM »
I think I burned off about 4K worth of rubber this morning.
     They are repaving near my house.  Traffic is usually backedup about 2 miles, so when I saw no back up I figured I might be able to catch the open lane.  Not exactly sure how but I did not see the one car stopped and the flag lady was in front of it.  I smoked down from about 65, both locked up for some of it and a looong 5" inch black stripe on the road.  I am not sure I would have been able to stop with a motorcycle tire on the back.
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 08:11:44 AM »
Hope you didn't flat spot it.
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Ferris Leets
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2010, 05:32:41 AM »
Almost certain about the flat spot.  There is about 10' of skid then a 3' space and then about 40' more of skid.  It will probably start cupping soon but, it sure did its job.
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alph
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2010, 05:39:40 AM »
sounds to me like the car tire did it's job.  i've been told they have much better stopping ability then a cycle tire!
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2010, 06:32:32 AM »
Yea, if you grab both brakes, you can really bring a bike to an abrupt stop with a car tire going straight down the highway.  Ive had mine in a similar slide once.  It did its job too.  Glad to hear your ok Leets  cooldude
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2010, 08:25:20 AM »
Quote from: Ferris Leets on July 21, 2010, 05:28:58 AM
I think I burned off about 4K worth of rubber this morning.
     They are repaving near my house.  Traffic is usually backedup about 2 miles, so when I saw no back up I figured I might be able to catch the open lane.  Not exactly sure how but I did not see the one car stopped and the flag lady was in front of it.  I smoked down from about 65, both locked up for some of it and a looong 5" inch black stripe on the road.  I am not sure I would have been able to stop with a motorcycle tire on the back.

What percentage front brakes / back were you using......more back than front?  Reason I ask is that I have done some pretty hard braking to stop for similar reasons and never had the rear skid at all.  I use 80% (or so) front and 20% (or so) back.
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