Speed bumps on junctions

linfordlunchbox

You will have to refresh my memory with the question AM ?

Why so evasive with the bike question when you are able to speak with such authority ?

What motorcycles do you ride ?

Absinthe Minded

Yeah, like I'm going to keep typing out the same old thing just cause you're too lazy to look back through the thread! What's the point in me posting stuff if you can't be bothered to read it - I answer your questions, so you could be good enough to do the same for me.

As for the bikes I ride, as I said - irrelevant, I'm not saying that I'm the be-all and end-all authority on anything, just trying to offer some advice - you seem to want to make an issue out of everything I say and you need to learn about constructive criticism.

Besides, I could say I ride anything - what does it matter.

So, I've got a Duke, Fireblade and a Bimota. Also, my wife is a supermodel and I have enough cash to afford my own racetrack so no need for me to attend trackdays. My kids are geniuses and everybody I know wants to be my friend.

There: NOW ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, Please!

linfordlunchbox

Sure, you could say you ride anything, but I was hoping for a bit less sarcasm, and a bit more honesty - I guess this is a bit much to ask for when you're asked to show your hand and have nothing of value in it :roll:

I answer my questions honestly with what I consider 'in my experience' over them to be the cause - as has Greenbank who came to a very similar conclusion as I did - but doesn't pull your chain as much

I've got a ZX6R which I've done about 23k on since 2001 - this one = http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/1404 ... pinbr0.jpg (do you honestly think I'd be confident and capable enough to do this if I didn't have the riding skills ? I started with motorcycles on motorcross bikes as a child in the 70s BTW )

I have no desire to get a litre class bike like a blade for the kudos value, as the extra drive on the straights IMO makes you lazy without actually improving your riding ability, and as I was riding around the OUTSIDE of a GSXR1000K6 and an R1 rider on the corners in the inters on my last track day, it bears out that engine size really isn't everything.

I have no desire to get another tourer either as i enjoy the performance and handling of a sports bike.

You start spouting all sorts of crap about tyre pressure and wear being the problem, and then say that its because I am not hitting the cushion square on and am trying to evade it - too effing right I am trying to evade a big lump of tarmac in the road which puts a huge amount of load and wear & tear on my bikes suspension and cycle components when I have to go through about 10 in each direction when I leave my house. The speed limit is 30mph, not 5mph, and the cushions don't slow down the idiot car drivers who still want to do, and achieve 60mph+ over them.

The problem happens regardless of how new the tyres are or how much air they have got on them, the last ones were down to the wear indicators, and these have about 6mm on both across the contact area. I know when a tyre is going off regardless of the amount of tread on it.

The road pressures are the manufacturers recommended pressures for the bike for all year round road riding, and the track pressures which are not used on the road as they make the bike squim when cold are for maximum grip when the tyres are up to temperature on the track which you would very rarely get to unless you were really caning the bike on a very twisty road.

I've no idea why I'm imparting this as I think your actual riding experience doesn't back up your claims, and if you think that riding through London traffic once every couple of weeks 'in the Real World' is the best it gets on a motorcycle, you really need to get out a bit more often

Yorkshireman

I think that all m/bikes should be fitted with the tyres that were supplied as standard on the old MZ 250/350s - certainly made riding `interesting`, and they lasted forever (only joking)

Absinthe Minded

How do you know there's nothing of value in my hand, I've not shown it yet - silly!

I replied to Greenbank's post, saying that he could ride over the middle of the humps and that we have to put up with what we've got. I said I didn't know why you two got these problems because I never have. So, seeing as I came to much the same conclusion with his problem, as yours, I don't see why you think you've pulled my chain! Explain, please.

Nice pic of you on your bike - but it has nothing to do with your speed hump problem. If your front tyre had a badly uneven wear pattern you could still corner as in your pic, but it would throw you out on thick white lines and speed cushions. This is my opinion - it may not be the case with you, and you're obviously competent on a bike but until now you haven't answered my questions. To be fair, you still haven't answered the wear evenness question so I'll give up asking.

Agree with what you say about litre class bikes but why have you posted that? It's a funny thing to post and, once again, it has nothing at all to do with what I've posted. Ditto the tourer comments.

Sorry you think tyre pressure and wear does not affect a bike's handling capabilities, sorry too that you think I'm spouting crap, but it really can make a huge difference. Why not ask some of your mates on your next track day.

As for hitting the speed cushions square on and causing damage to your bike, maybe you should slow down below 30mph - I assume this is the point of the bumps. It doesn't matter what speed the car drivers are doing - they're not you, so let them get on with it if they want to drive like idiots, or too fast for the conditions.

As for my riding experience, you don't know what you're talking about - just as you don't know what you're talking about re what bikes I own (see 1st line of this post), we can all make wild assumptions but it doesn't mean they're true. You must live in a comfortable world if you can just make things up about people and actually believe it. Also, I ride my motorbike a lot more than 'once every couple of weeks', re-read my post and try to digest some of it this time.

Anyways, this is clearly going nowhere - you think I spout crap and don't have enough experience on a bike. That's fine by me, you can think what you like. You on the other hand, insult somebody who's trying to help you out and don't bother to read my posts or answer my questions. What's the point if you're going to carry on like that?

Absinthe Minded

Yorkshireman,

Too right! I had an old (and I mean old), TS125, I think the tyres were made of Nylon.

Yorkshireman

Absinthe Minded wrote:

Yorkshireman,

Too right! I had an old (and I mean old), TS125, I think the tyres were made of Nylon.

Well I`m fairly sure the construction didn`t involve much rubber .

Absinthe Minded

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right - does wonders for bike control though. Everyone should be made to take their test on one - in the wet, as I did.

linfordlunchbox

You didn't read my post either AM -

The problem happens regardless of how new the tyres are or how much air they have got on them, the last ones were down to the wear indicators, and these have about 6mm on both across the contact area. I know when a tyre is going off regardless of the amount of tread on it.

That is to say that there is 6mm across the contact area - this is the entire width of the tyre.
When I ride the bike to the garage after a track day to bring them back up to the correct road pressure, there is a noticable difference in the feel of them - they do feel more vague

A bit like when my roadies tyres have about 60psi in them !

Absinthe Minded

Wrong, I did read your post and it said nothing about EVENNESS of wear!

You've cleared this up in the second paragraph of your latest post. Why couldn't you have done that when I first asked you? Don't accuse me of not reading your posts again.

Anyways, like I say you clearly don't want / need my help, so I'll bow out thanks.