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  • Joel
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    Originally posted by sam92 View Post
    hey man .. i was just trying to scrap my knees on my RTR ..
    just want to ask you .. is the stock tyre capable for doing such kind of things ?
    or do i need to upgrade ?

    To give you an idea of how much luxury u have, come down to MMSC and watch the moped race. They scrape the knees aboard a puny 45kgs bike and with a shittty 2.50 x 16 nylogrip rubber. Which was never meant to be a race tyre. It has no rounded profile too. They do it. They have no choice but to ride them, coz thats the only size and pattern available. Best part, they take curves pretty much flat out and these puny 65cc 2-stroke mopeds clock 100-105kmph on the straight. Some of the best bikes even clock 112kmph. Bloody fast for a moped and bloody loud too.
    Your RTR rubber is 100 times better than what they have. Hope u got what I meant.

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  • HydBiker
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    Originally posted by sam92 View Post
    hey man .. i was just trying to scrap my knees on my RTR ..
    just want to ask you .. is the stock tyre capable for doing such kind of things ?
    or do i need to upgrade ?
    Why don't u try it first?

    Did you get home those broken parts from the recent accident? they'd help u save money if you fall trying the cornering...

    then it is simple... if you fall, replace tyres... else, don't

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  • sam92
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    Originally posted by Joel View Post
    Good pics man. The right turn looks pretty good.
    Work on your body positioning and you'll be there
    hey man .. i was just trying to scrap my knees on my RTR ..
    just want to ask you .. is the stock tyre capable for doing such kind of things ?
    or do i need to upgrade ?


    @ sagar .. awsome stuff bro .. what was your speed when you were taking that curve ?

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  • BANDHAV
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    I havnt seen the pics yet as these are taking a bit of time to get upload.

    If possible plese post in 640 resolution size, it will load more quickly then.

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  • pranay
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    ^^
    the 8th picture looks the best to me.

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  • SAGARR_46
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    Originally posted by Joel View Post
    Good pics man. The right turn looks pretty good.
    Work on your body positioning and you'll be there
    Thanks man. I have reshuffled the pics in the proper order. It would be great if you can through them again and give me your feedback as I have tried to work on the pointers that killer gave me about my body position.

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  • Joel
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    Good pics man. The right turn looks pretty good.
    Work on your body positioning and you'll be there

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  • SAGARR_46
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    Hey guys, here are some pictures from my latest trip to Lavasa. Pics by Xavy















    More pics in the LAVASA 4th Jan thread in Tourer.
    Last edited by SAGARR_46; 01-07-2009, 08:00 PM.

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  • leon_nerd
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    I guess "U" should be a better letter to describe the shape.

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  • Samarth 619
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    Originally posted by HydBiker View Post
    ^^^ LOL

    stop your imagination mate... are you never gonna ride straight? what will a v shape tyre do then? throw u down?
    not a complete V shape dude ... I mean, a little bit like it ... & Killer mentioned it, not me.

    anyways, straight line traction maybe fine on almost any tyre, right? They can grip enough ...

    You took the "V" too literally ... ?

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  • HydBiker
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    ^^^ LOL

    stop your imagination mate... are you never gonna ride straight? what will a v shape tyre do then? throw u down?

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  • Samarth 619
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    Originally posted by pranay View Post
    No bro. See tire height has nothing to do with it. Killer is talking about the rounder profile of the tires. MRF Zappers on the pulsars do not have a rounder profile compared to an R15. Rounder profile tires offer more grip while cornering.

    The circumference of the FZ tire and the R15 tire is almost same ... thats what Killer is saying. FZ tire is more of a low profile....very less height....

    R15 is more rounder...lateral width is less.
    Oh, I see ... So, a V profile shaped rounder tyre will offer more contact on the edges... I think I can relate this a bit to my R15 ride: It felt more leanable than my P180 ...

    Thanks for the clarification.

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  • pranay
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    Originally posted by Samarth 619 View Post
    what you basically mean is that such tyres have less height than width ... right?

    so, if the second value ('x' percentage of width, which is height) is smaller, the tyres would be more aggressive for corner use .. is that it?


    Now, what does that mean?
    No bro. See tire height has nothing to do with it. Killer is talking about the rounder profile of the tires. MRF Zappers on the pulsars do not have a rounder profile compared to an R15. Rounder profile tires offer more grip while cornering.

    The circumference of the FZ tire and the R15 tire is almost same ... thats what Killer is saying. FZ tire is more of a low profile....very less height....

    R15 is more rounder...lateral width is less.

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  • praveenkm
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    Michelin M45 tires do give more ride'able rubber patch. For example the profile path of m45 4.00 18 is atleast 2.5cms more than pirelly 110/90. And M45 3.00 X18 has the same with less side wall profile, making it more of a V needed for track. Can actually scraping things off with more than a 1cm of rubber still unused. Any way these are not exactly street tires but multipurpose ones. But still bettor than stock tires, as it gives more ridable rubber on either side for 18inch wheels.

    With my ZMA, the rear wheel rim is less wider compared to CBZs and that has redused the center contact path in favor of sides on the m45 4.00. Should put the m45 3.00 X 18 front. Currently miss balanced with the flatter m62 3.00 x 18
    Last edited by praveenkm; 01-07-2009, 03:43 PM.

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  • Samarth 619
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    Originally posted by Killer View Post
    Yes which is why in my above post i've said "indian bikes apart from the R15". The R15 runs a very aggressive V profile tire which actually gives it more contact patch while leaning than while travelling in a straight line. All other indian bike tires work the other way round with more contact patch avaiable for straighline riding and less as the bike leans. If you remove the R15 tire from the wheel you would be hard pressed to find the difference between the R15 tire and a FZ16 tire, the R15 tire will look as wide as a 140 section tire. Once on the rim it looks thin simply because that width is then used to form a pretty agressive profile.
    what you basically mean is that such tyres have less height than width ... right?

    so, if the second value ('x' percentage of width, which is height) is smaller, the tyres would be more aggressive for corner use .. is that it?

    the R15 tire will look as wide as a 140 section tire.
    Now, what does that mean?

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