2talltim

This is where the touring bug hit me hard. This was 10 years ago packed up and ready to ride to Deals Gap for the first time. Can't believe it wasn't all that long ago and now i have probably 90k miles under my belt and so much more of a rider than i was then.

No problem. Needed to get the Injun out anyhow. My solder job has a 10ft/10 second garantee.

I will do that. Sometime next year when I change tires again. Have 50 on there right now, and a 55 on the rack i'm going to next.

You would think a short would pop the fuse.

You don't get it figered out stop by this afternoon (im home at 330)well look into it. Sounds like dirty connectors maybe? Only other thing i can think of (not sure what type of bulbs it takes) but some of them it is possible to put them in backwards.

Then my bike defies the laws of physics... I have several examples on the shelf at home.

All I know is I never have any chicken strips left on the taller 55. And can never get rid of them on the stock 50. Draging hard parts with both.

Yup. I can use every cm of 55 when I run them, a 50 tire it is impossible to run to the edge. Usually have 1/4" chicken nuggets left on them after draggin parts.

Starting at $30k a pop. Don't see them being their saving grace like they are hoping.

I Like It! It rolls off the tongue nicely. Lets call it that. But no pasta bikes permitted. I'm trying to keep the joint classy and shit.

I want me banned from their sub forum. But someone once told me the track was so much fun and today has proven that true. So here i am.

It's an obese moped you prick, why you got to use derogatory terms? Only slow poopoo heads permitted in my new section.

With all that settled. The track sucks, carry on.

I think we do need a "track bro" mod. @Casper woosh your magic wand.

If I'm going to be labeled a big meanie poopoo head I at least want to have the pleasure of being one and mean it from the get go.

My first post was a quick jab in the ribs. No different than someone coming up and saying "hey shit for brains, nice bike, looks slow". If it was said in a touring thread I'd chuckled gave it back a little and moved on. Guess maybe taken out of context a little bit, maybe? I have no disrepect for you track bubbys, never had. I sure it's a damn good time on two wheels. Hell I've even come to the track a few times to watch y'all go roundy round and enjoyed the hell out of it. Ive even told some folks " if your going to ride like that on the street, maybe the track is the place for you" Again not my thing, long term I think it would bore me(eventually), but still a cool thing. At the same time I never miss the opportunity to be sarcastic sadistic asshole either. But yea, always though what Doc wanted out of riding might have be better fulfilled at the track. And that what I was initially saying (sans my other added BS)

Poopoo head because of 's . See it all comes together.

Honestly i don't even know where this whole thing is coming from. All I said was . *Sounds like (i think) Doc is a good fit at the track. *road > track for me * others agree with me * everyone rides for different reasons Apparently that makes me a poopoo head

Excellent info. Will need to reread it a few times to totally grasp it all.

No trail braking has to do with weight transfer. More weight = more friction

Excellent read. Always learning. Thanks

This could be why I've never noticed a difference with my assumption. And the faster wear could just be because I'm running it harder because i'm not having to force the bike to turn as much.

You sure? I'm not saying i know this for sure. But one would think a tire with a steeper curve vs one with less curve would have slightly less contact patch. With everything else being equal ofcourse. A over kill example would be a moto tire vs a car tire. they can be the same size but obviously the car tire will have more contact patch.

FTFY that YFFM