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Irrespective of what caste they belong (Carb or FI) all vehicles do need fuel filter...
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Today had a circuit race with my friend on FZ-S..No doubt Fz was left behind on the straights but on the corners i was too afraid to push the bike to limits.Undoubtedly, that guy has awesome control over the machine and was leaning the bike at angles that i can't even imagine to attempt..maybe that's what i thought and dropped the plan for the time being..
But as soon as the race got over i decided to try some peg-scraping action with the RTR...I don't know what's the matter with it but at speeds over 70-80kmph the rear feels as it'd slide away and at times,i felt like i am gone but thank god,it didn't happen!
Now ..Do the tires suck? And one should not attempt these actions with these!..Or is it more of a mental affair than technical?..Should i stop practicing it without swapping the tires?
Help me out please ..i want to lea(r)n these things!
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Today had a circuit race with my friend on FZ-S..No doubt Fz was left behind on the straights but on the corners i was too afraid to push the bike to limits.Undoubtedly, that guy has awesome control over the machine and was leaning the bike at angles that i can't even imagine to attempt..maybe that's what i thought and dropped the plan for the time being..
But as soon as the race got over i decided to try some peg-scraping action with the RTR...I don't know what's the matter with it but at speeds over 70-80kmph the rear feels as it'd slide away and at times,i felt like i am gone but thank god,it didn't happen!
Now ..Do the tires suck? And one should not attempt these actions with these!..Or is it more of a mental affair than technical?..Should i stop practicing it without swapping the tires?
Help me out please ..i want to lea(r)n these things!
i have rode a FZ several times...and on my first ride..i tried to lean it as one does on a race track (considering it has the widest rear tyre in the current market)....guess what after a certain angle i felt a big thud..lyk some part of the bike hitting the road....i examined and found out it was the foot pegs ! ! !....
actually in a FZ there is an extension of say 2 cm towards the bottom of the foot pegs..so it just makes it impossible to lean after a certain angle..and angle of lean which is possible on a FZ is nowhere near the race standards....
no doubt FZ tyres rock...coz of the compound and the width...so i guess it wld feel more glued 2 the track in comparison 2 a RTR 180..
@ TVS tyres...
well i have a TVS victor which i used to ride during my engineering days..
it also had TVS tyres and boy..i bet u wont try 2 even brake hard if the tarmarc have even a hint of sand on it....i had lot of scary moments...coz i usually love to brake late and hard
....i guess the compound of the TVS tyres are harder compared to the MRF.....so it hardly sticks to the tarmac..and if it is wet or sandy..GOD save u ! ! !..
One more surprise...i am yet 2 change my rear tyre ! ! !..its been more than 6 years
...and my avg kms is lyk 35-40 per day ! ! !
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) but they dont inspire confidence,and you have to correct your lean while staying in and coming out of it (transfer of the weight on opposite side) cuz the sidewalls just dont stick to the tarmac, and on the stage of scrapping the peg, one uses the sidewalls to the limit, and i did it to the road well known to me, and i always "examine circle" it for sand, stones before putting my knee down...
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