Yep - I totally agree Gimlet what you feel through yer arse is probably the best but I think it was intended for people who've not got that experience yet....im not in that camp by a long way but there are times when, as I said ill be leant over but then look at my tyre and find I had a bit left....ie on my rsv4 ive still got 5mm or so before I hit the edge which doesn't stop my knee touching down but on the hyper that feels more upright but the tyres are scrubbed in all the way....but, going back to what I said the hyper has pilot2's on it which probably don't go as far over as the sc's.
To be honest comfysofa my chicken strips are a damn sight more than 5mm, I think you could add another 10mm to that at least :Shy:
None whatsoever on mine and still no knee down. I must have the body position of mr dead Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That pic is of my 1290 SDR. The Ducati has very slightly larger strips (a mm or two) but I corner just as fast on it and the sportier ergonomics make it easier -ie more natural - to hang off. Therefore I'm probably riding at similar speeds on both bikes but holding more corner speed on the Ducati for the same angle of lean. Both bikes run the same M7RR tyres. Interestingly I can't hang off the SMT because the ergonomics to me feel all wrong and I've never mastered it on that bike without making it squirm and get all out of shape, so I don't attempt it and tend to ride it more like a supermoto. That bike also runs M7RRs and isn't nearly as powerful as the other two but it has no strips at all... Make of that what you will but it must say something about the SMT's chassis.
If you can corner as fast without leaning as much you are less likely to get into trouble, because you have extra lean in reserve if you need it. The last thing you want to do is lean more for the sake of leaning more....
My wife uses that on me on Sunday's. Usually tells her I'm not at all inclined [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I agree. Nothing worse than having to bin a tyre that's bald in the centre and brand new at the edges. And very bad for the environment. Someone's gone to a lot of trouble and emitted a lot of carbon to make us a nice sticky tyre. We have a moral duty not to waste nature's resources. So ride faster, put the bike on its ear as often as possible and keep that rubber out of land fill tips and get it smeared on the road where it belongs.
Actually (this is starting to digress now a bit) but last year I did change the shock on the rear of my rsv4 (went from ohlins to Nitron Race pro) and the change came about at the same time I went through a set of supercorsa's. The previous set I got 1.5k out of (about what I expected) this set I'm at 1.8k and still got some left. I had read that suspension that's of good quality and set up correctly can increase tyre wear...not to say the ohlins wasn't good quality but the nitron race pro is a better shock that the oem ohlins and it has been correctly set for my weight....
I'm thinking of hanging a plumb bob from my knee to see how far I'm away from touch down... I'm my head I have to tilt my head left on right handers to stop my helmet getting scraped.....
