TuckMiddle
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Rainy day rear tire observations
Maybe a couple thousand more than that, by most folks.
I'm on my first Kumho rear tire, with about 10,000 on it, using 28 psi. Wearing well and great on dry pavement. Twice I've found myself "accelerating normally" with light rain on the road and the rear tire broke loose - not badly, guess the anti-slip part of the system works pretty well. I should have been ready this morning - I was accelerating on the Northbound entrance to I75, where there is a huge truck stop. As I rolled the throttle on in second, the bike took a left serve at the rear and it sure got my attention. Once off I75 and then GA 20 it was county road and the crummy private roads where we live. I was super careful, due to the light rain, slowing 10 mph below posted speed, on the sharper curves. Curves were fine and I slowed several times (no traffic) and started up a little faster than normal and couldn't get the K to loosen up at all. I should have gone around to our road that goes up a real steep hill where my Prius looses traction (momentarily) all the time when it's wet - just like Nany, the lights come on too. Our Cherokee gets put in 4 wheel drive when the road is wet at all, it's awful in 2WD. The Spyder handles that hill well, it's a steady 20 to 25 mph, but requires a good handful of throttle to do that, normally in 2nd to keep the rpms up.
Hate to go sliding off into the woods on my Spyder though, maybe that wouldn't be any fun. The downhill portion of this hill has an accident every month or two because the morons don't slow down and slide into a ditch and the woods between the lanes. Did I mention the curves??
I guess most tires will act like the K does, on the wet stuff, especially if you're not paying attention and it's an oily lookin "on ramp."
Tuck :cheers:
Maybe a couple thousand more than that, by most folks.
I'm on my first Kumho rear tire, with about 10,000 on it, using 28 psi. Wearing well and great on dry pavement. Twice I've found myself "accelerating normally" with light rain on the road and the rear tire broke loose - not badly, guess the anti-slip part of the system works pretty well. I should have been ready this morning - I was accelerating on the Northbound entrance to I75, where there is a huge truck stop. As I rolled the throttle on in second, the bike took a left serve at the rear and it sure got my attention. Once off I75 and then GA 20 it was county road and the crummy private roads where we live. I was super careful, due to the light rain, slowing 10 mph below posted speed, on the sharper curves. Curves were fine and I slowed several times (no traffic) and started up a little faster than normal and couldn't get the K to loosen up at all. I should have gone around to our road that goes up a real steep hill where my Prius looses traction (momentarily) all the time when it's wet - just like Nany, the lights come on too. Our Cherokee gets put in 4 wheel drive when the road is wet at all, it's awful in 2WD. The Spyder handles that hill well, it's a steady 20 to 25 mph, but requires a good handful of throttle to do that, normally in 2nd to keep the rpms up.
Hate to go sliding off into the woods on my Spyder though, maybe that wouldn't be any fun. The downhill portion of this hill has an accident every month or two because the morons don't slow down and slide into a ditch and the woods between the lanes. Did I mention the curves??
I guess most tires will act like the K does, on the wet stuff, especially if you're not paying attention and it's an oily lookin "on ramp."
Tuck :cheers:
