| Cheers for that Paul. The odd thing is that i tend to wear fronts out before rears!! Normally the rears go square but this year with my new found trackday hobby the rear has stayed nice and round but is just worn out really. The front was down to the indicators on one side a while ago.
Lack of grip at the back has never been a problem, infact i dont really notice what the back is doing, its the front thats the problem. Must be the way i ride!
We have been thinking about another option though. A low speed drop on a trackday could easily cost £1000 to fix and for that money i could buy an ex race bike with spare wheels etc and use that for trackdays with no worries about crashing it. After seeing the way that the No Limits guys ride those CB500's i have realised that absolute power isnt important, it must be far more satisfying to outride someone on an underpowered bike than to just use the grunt of a big bike on the straight bits. All i need to do is learn how to ride!
As an example, i eventually managed to pass someone at Snett (one of the instructors on a CB500) I almost outbraked myself doing so and while i'm hanging on for dear life with the back of the bike all over the place this guy accelerates past me, sticks his knee right out and goes round the corner a good 30mph faster than i could. I was so gob smacked i nearly ended up on the grass!  |