Riding to clear your mind

[Rocketjock]

Shit I've got three generations of women in my house riding is he only thing that clears my mind, thank god I can ride year round!

You too Mongo? Exactly the same situation here. Luckly, they've got their horses and I've got my horsepower. We go our separate routes. Alot! Which is why I had to pick up a winter bike. The Klr's not as fast but I still enjoy letting off steam with it. The cold and wet has been a challenge but I've almost got that licked. This morning is a New Years Day gathering and ride into the logging roads around here with a local group. Complete with a cookout serving up Dogs and refreshments at a remote lake.

[solman]

Funny thing happened to me while clearing my mind.  While I was busy clearing my mind, my tire was clearing the last of the rubber on my rear tire.  I left the house with rubber on the rear.  When I got home, I had a ton of steel cord showing on my rear tire.  I found out something about Pirelli's.  You can start can go from having rubber to steel cord with no warning. 

[smooth operator]

Funny thing happened to me while clearing my mind.  While I was busy clearing my mind, my tire was clearing the last of the rubber on my rear tire.  I left the house with rubber on the rear.  When I got home, I had a ton of steel cord showing on my rear tire.  I found out something about Pirelli's.  You can start can go from having rubber to steel cord with no warning. 

  Its not just Perelli's, keep an eye on those wear bars in at the thinest spot (middle). When they start getting close, get a new tire. The last of the tire goes REAL qick.  Dan

[solman]

I've never had that extensive of a problem with some of the other brands.  Neat about them is that the tire didn't square off like some of the other brands.

[Pillage]

As some of you may know, I went out of my way to make sure I could all year 'round, right down to the 'teens. I think I'd go nuts if I couldn't ride at least once every week or two. I know some you can't ride at all past a certain time in the year, but some of you could if you really wanted to. It's all a matter of having the right gear.

Snow's melted enough, and it's actually above freezing here in the NY area right now, so I took a ride to a cafe I frequent where I'm writing this. It's about a half-hour jaunt from my place, but I may take a longer way home.

Airing the mind...

Absolutely, I think I would lose my mind if I didn't ride at least every other week during the winter.  As long as the roads are dry I'm all set.  I just don't ride as hard this time of year because sometimes it's too cold for the tires to warm up enough to keep a decent grip on the road.  Too bad you are in NJ my riding buddies put their bikes away in Nov and don't get out again until April or May. 

[Red01]

Funny thing happened to me while clearing my mind.  While I was busy clearing my mind, my tire was clearing the last of the rubber on my rear tire.  I left the house with rubber on the rear.  When I got home, I had a ton of steel cord showing on my rear tire.  I found out something about Pirelli's.  You can start can go from having rubber to steel cord with no warning. 

  Its not just Perelli's, keep an eye on those wear bars in at the thinest spot (middle). When they start getting close, get a new tire. The last of the tire goes REAL qick.  Dan

I've heard this same complaint about Metz Z6's... partly because no tread gooves cross the center of the tire.

[banditone1250s]

 I know that regardless of the weather, I can "always" clear my mind when I ride. And further more, it is the absolutely best way to do that. I think that it is because to really ride hard and do it safely, it takes 100% of our concentration and we do not have any time to think of anything else. At least that is the way that it is for me. No matter how tough of a time that I having, I can get on the Bandit and in 2 minutes the worries are all gone, for a little while at least. You know what they say... "You'll never see a motorcycle parked in front of a shrink's office." Banditone1250s...

  There is a thin line between fear and respect...Feel free to cross it every now and then...

[banditone1250s]

     I finally went out and bought a set of Avons and I hope that they work out okay. They seem like a good tire but I really haven't  had a chance to really lean on them much. I will get to the testing in the spring though you can bet on that. Any one in here have any experience with these tires? I'd like to hear some feed-back if any one has any on these tires.. I appreciate it all ...Banditone1250s...

[speedwaymaniac]

I had some old Avon Azaro's (not 100% on the exact model) on my B4 and i personally thought they were great. In the dry there was plenty of grip, feedback was pretty nice. They did take a while to warm up in the wet (but then most tires do so..)

Wet weather in general was average not wonderful by any means and give it too much brake you were next to guaranteed to slide a little but all in all i thought they were a great set.

Personally on my 600 the only one's i can truly say anything about are Bridgestones BT020's they made my bike feel much more responsive, they stick well on the road, seem to be lasting well and on top of all that there good in the wet and cold (plenty of that in the UK). Only downside to these are there expensive but as the old saying goes "You get what you pay for!"

[Red01]

I've read in the UK magazines about how popular the BT020 is.  And I don't have any bad experience with them.  Just for whatever reasons, they don't seem to be as popular here in the States and because of that, they're one of the cheaper top name brand tire models you can put on a Bandit.