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Danger_dave
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The erratic behavior from the Dunlops was in a straight line and under neutral load.

Worked fine in the corners under normal circumstances.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'd say that was true until you got 7500 miles on them and then they sucked all over.
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Ourdee
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Do a search of "Keith Code" on YouTube. Pretty good stuff.

Wish I could take the course.

Here is a link to the school
http://www.superbikeschool.com/schedule/

(Message edited by ourdee on December 29, 2008)
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Hooper
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When Okc99 says "squirrely", I think I know what he's talking about. Since about 1,000 miles ago, the flickability of my Uly has almost disappeared...it suddenly acts like turning it is on a sharp fulcrum: you're either left, right, or straight - nothing in between. Cornering feels like it has a bit of a "notch" or an edge...not smooth like it used to be. I'm still such a new rider (4.5 years, 4 bikes, countless rentals, 31,000+ miles) that I've never used up a front tire! Reading this forum definitely reminds me that it's time - I predict that it will solve the problem.

Looking forward to building a Mid-Atlantic/National Capital Region Buell club!
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Thrux181
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If you have Sync's and your TWI is showing on the sides of your front tire, you need new tires.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 09:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Looking forward to building a Mid-Atlantic/National Capital Region Buell club!

Send me a PM when you get a chance : )
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Okc99
Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 02:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Super Bike School.....awesome find. Cornering School?! YES! It's almost as if they heard this thread and made a class. Who in the DC area is interested in doing this???

05-18 Virginia Intl Raceway VA All Levels $450/$650
05-19 Virginia Intl Raceway VA All Levels $450/$650
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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Fatty said "I'd say that was true until you got 7500 miles on them and then they sucked all over."

Amen, brutha.
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Danger_dave
Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I still think 'why didn't I do this sooner' every time I replace a front tyre.
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 01:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

5000 miles on every tire I've tried, they turn to crap after that. Only reason I haven't swapped my 9k syncs is because I won't be going nuts till spring, I will put on Stradas then.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 02:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Stradas suck.


They were the only tire I hated more than the D616's.
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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 02:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ft_bstrd, Did they do that on pavement or in the dirt? What don't you like about them? I like Stradas, but I keep them on pavement.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 03:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I didn't like the profile at all. I don't need the bike to be any more "responsive". I can shrug my colossal shoulders and slightly shift my gigantic mass any direction I need and the bike will go that way.

The Stradas have a very triangular profile. I hated that. It make the Uly tend to dump into turns and cause it to fee skittish while in turns. I never, ever trusted the traction.

That and I completely skulled a "sport touring" tire in 1800 miles.

I prefer the more rounded profile of the Michelins or Avons.
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Adamd
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 10:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The guys is correct, I also had some lower speed handling issues with my 07. It was partly the tires and partly the fuel map.

It would seem the bike would dip in just a bit extra in low speed turns. I "think" it was because the fuel map would cut out at lower rpm speeds.

Fattened up the race map and was ok.
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Thunderbox
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 11:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have used 4 different tires and I am going back to the Diablo Stada and thought it was the best one I used. I guess different tires for different riding styles. I think FB rides a little more agressively than I and probably doesn't 2 up it too much either.
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