Vega (streetfighter)

I know I am beating this new tire question **** to death, but I finally put my new rear on today (Dunlop Roadsmart) and I know they are really slick at first. How long until I can ride it hard again. I have heard of people going down when they put new rubber on due to the film on a new tire, especially in a corner. Again sorry for on the tire stuff.

cliby

Be sure there isn't any mounting lube left on the tire - washing the tire will help if so. Otherwise, make sure its inflated properly, ride it till its warmed up (accelaration and braking do a good job) and then gradually increase the lean angle till you are confident in the tires. There isn't much else to it - the tire once warm, is ready. All this other stuff is just nonsense. I see a lot of riders zigging back and forth 'trying to get some heat in the tires' - and that might be dangerous as you can be leaning a lot BEFORE they are actually warmed up. Braking/accelerating are more effective ways to get heat into them.

zmaniv

Cliby is right the best thing to help with getting the release agent out is heat. A few hundred miles gradually leaning over more and more till you are where you were before.

VTRsurfer

Like cliby said, wash the tire because the mounting lube will work it's way out to the tread with centrifugal force. Gradually increase lean angle to increasingly scuff the tread. I did one run on Ortega, 60 miles including moderate twisties, after riding home from the dealer the day before.

Just as important, what is the condition of the front?

divingindaytona

I put new tires on front and back this summer. I slowly increased lean angles. I say 150-300 miles and they should be good to go.

Thumper

Simple, mount the tires go to your favorite close by parking lot and do numerous 1st gear slow speed figure eights and stick your foot down. Get the sucker leaned all the way over supporting yourself and even dragging your foot.

Always does the trick for me.

Death Cattle

all good advice. i put shinko tires on my bike and i was able to ride them fairly hard right away. i didnt push them all the way just because i have always heard how slick new tires are. but i was leaning all the way over the first day i rode on them and fairly fast as well.

smokinjoe73

So I put on a set of new tires on the track at Loudon on a cool autumn day and by the end of the FIRST LAP I have my knee sliding all the way through the turns. The track is 1.65 miles long. Each turn just lean a little more. I would say a couple tire rotations & its scrubbed.

gboezio

It's a matter of taking off the first layer, as stated before, the more heat the quicker the fresh rubber will be uncovered. You could even use a grinder with a wire brush to scrub the surface for a off road track day, but a careful lap or slalom trough the streets is more than enough, you can lean the bike without without putting much traction on the tire, just do the opposite as dragging knee around the corners, stand on the engine off the seat and you'll be eating chicken strips while following grocery grannie

Wicky

Don't do what this guy did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UEg1-6iEeo

Seen it happen regularly at a dealers as bikes with new tires drove off despite warnings - Still, a good earner for the shop....

autoteach

That was rediculous. I have mounted near a 100 set of tires and followed with a break in. At the shop, we break the tires in for the owner unless they don't want us "using up the tread" on them. I have never, and even with potent gsxr 750's, never had a tire break loose. NEVER. What the hell was on that tire?????? he didn't even give it throttle, what hp was he making when it broke loose, 5-10hp. I start our by finding a smooth piece of road and swerve back in forth increasing the lean angle as I go. Never had it slip.

Death Cattle

it really cracks me up how guys like that get fully dressed in leathers so they look like they know what they're doing in expensive stuff, and then the camera man quickly tries to move the camera so no one ever see's the footage. he probably had lube all over the tire or something. morons.

Scoutpilot

Vega,

What did that roadsmart cost you? I think we go to the same CG.

Vega (streetfighter)

I bought it online and got it for $145 otd. CG wanted something close to $160 for it.

MisfitToy