steve s said:
[quote="Arn Butt Bill":3gsh8ql3]I'm putting a table out on the patio for you to eat...
I might give it a spin.....but somehow at this point I cannot warm up to the feeling I have that it would scare me in the curves. Maybe I could get over it.......but I don't see a need to.......my MT does what I need it to.[/quote:3gsh8ql3]I've crashed before and it sucks. Sucks real bad.
Of my 4 lifetime crashes in over 500,000 miles, 2 would've been fairly easy to prevent.
I was riding too fast on tires that weren't broken in yet; when that tire slides out from under you, there's nothing you can do. Bad feeling.
I was low in a long sweeper and a fork seal blew out, slinging fluid under the rear wheel. Splat. Should've maintained my forks better.
My theory is to make the bike ride better by making it handle better. For years I've heard riders complain that the bike rides weird after they've gone too many interstate miles and the rear tire has squared-off; many riders would elect to swap out that squared-off tire to improve handling.
Now there's a growing trend to install a purpose-built presquared-off automobile tire on motorcycles.
It's stupid. Whatever benefit you're talking yourself into believing you'll achieve, it's stupid.
Think about your family; think about your friends. It's alot to impose on your riding buddies to haul your bloody carcass from the ditch after you wipe out on your experiment. That's a big load to lay on somebody's shoulders; I've seen three people die on the roadside, two in my arms, and it's the kind of thing that leaves an impression.
For the same reasons that I elect not to ride with riders who are lidless, in shorts, drink&ride, or do stunts, I also elect not to ride with the ct crowd.
I wonder how this whole ct nonsense will affect Wingstock. You'd never see this kind of jack-assery on an FJR board.
