well it all started so well ..... bike set up last week followed by rain stops play ,new tyres fitted today, all set for a blast out with emm ........pull out behind emm off the drive turning right round a van parked on our side 5 maybe 6 mph roll gently on the throttle and............................boom!!!!! rear lets go and spits me up the road.................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!! mashed right hand side , mashed engine cover , mashed levers front brake and rear ...................... now i know ...take it easy ...fresh tyre's blah blah but fuck me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....i know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am soooooooooooo facked off right now
Er... "5 maybe 6 mph roll gently on the throttle " sounds like taking it easy to me.... Gutted for you. But look at it this way - if all the "duker down" threads this season end this innocuously, it will truly be a great season. And at least emm wasn't on the back! You just have to count your blessings at a time like this. I know that sound of scraped aluminium and shattered plastic only too well. At one point it was the soundtrack to my life.
Bad luck chap, but it would have been a damn site worse if you had broken limbs too (imagine the embarassment).
Oh gawd I know the feeling least it's only your pride damaged all else can be fixed. Take it easy that's a scare em could probably do without
Im confused as to how "5 maybe 6 mph roll gently on the throttle and..." turned into you slinging your bike up the road? Were the roads wet? Never known new tyres to be that evil? **TIP** Before fitting new tyres to your bike, give them a scrub with some warm soapy water, then rinse them off. This will remove any mould release agent from the tyres and guarantee none of the above antics.
Could be worse, Butch. My brother bought a brand new R1 a few years ago. Pulled out onto the main road and highsided it. It had less than half a mile on the clock...
I think I'll stick to the Pirelli Diablo Rosso II's that i was planning rather than the Maxxis that must be cast from sheet ice and coated in Teflon. Warm washing is something I might try too, I normally just give them a quick whizz over with a flapper wheel in an internal grinder to rub the releasing grease off.
Sorry to hear - might come under 'predictable answer' and little consolation but at least you didn't harm your health.
Yeah spoons you can sort my head out , last week big slide this week launch ....... This twats trying to hurt me!!!! I want my feckin 996 back..........
Worse Ducati I had for than was a multi, early type, which when the tyres were cold or new would try and spit me off if I tried to get away a bit sharp in traffic, just spun n slid. 848 never has but reckoned it was the torq that was to blame....but you do have to give it a little more than a very slow roll on. But then to pull away (don't know what bike you have) Duvatis need a few revs or they bog down
Unfortunately a new tyre slip off can get anyone on any bike. The roads are not great with all the rain weve had. My mate went close to stuffing his rsv into a hedge last week. He said both ends just let go with no warning. I know what you mean though cos once you lose faith in the bike it takes some getting back. I lost the front end on a Gsxr750 a couple of times and never quite worked out why or ever trusted it fully again. Got rid to get my first Rsv and never looked back. What tyre pressures you running. I always think the Ducati manual qouted pressures are too high personally and make the bike a little skittish.
Bad luck dude, at least your okay! In a similar vain to 470four, I'm so weird I scrub new tyres with brake cleaner before first riding them. Some might say overkill, but it keeps me happy!
Brake cleaner is a bit harsh, to be honest? Fresh from the mould they are left with a slick layer of mould release oil, this is left in place as it retains all the natural oils and minerals in the rubber (think "handcream") stopping the tyre from drying out/perishing? A quick scrub with soapy water (anything more chemical will excessively dry the rubber out - not good) will remove this and stop you dropping the bike the first time it rains on new tyres... It wouldnt hurt to prepare/roughen the the tyre surface after this has been done to quicken the running-in period, your two contact surfaces are after all all thats keeping red paint off the road. :biggrin: Darren (Rubber compound technologist 1989 - 2003)
By the look of it he didn't even make it down the road so that didn't work! :biggrin: All joking aside nobody want to drop their bike, I would be gutted if mine went down. Here's hoping it gets back up and running again soon. (It's peeing down outside at the mo so at least you aren't missing any good weather, lol)
