| Cold Tear?
Ian,
If, as you say, you were not riding as hard as you would on the road then is it possible, even on a hot day, that your tyres were not getting enough heat in them and so trying to power out of bends could cause the tyres to cold tear?
I had the same problem with my R6 doing the roundabout GP's and once I had seen the results of going crackers on a cold tyre I now try and get em warm before playing silly buggers.
The soft rear suspension should not be a problem on a Duke though as they are renowned for being over stiff from standard and the standard spring is too much for your average sized family bear.
Might have been a contributory factor for the R6 though as they are v soft.
Set mine with MH Racins set up for four quid, changed the bike and only needed minor tweaks to sort it for me. |