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Idaho559
03-13-2010, 11:17 PM
Rode to work today, a bit cold but not bad. Anyway, I started the bike, let it warm up and took off. 1st gear around 40 mph I hammed it and the rear tire broke loose "sideways" !@%! The bike bumped the rev-limitor. Cold tires and cold road, I knew better. There is also quite a bid of sand and gravel out there, ride safe. Anyone had simular things happen to you on cold tires?
limitedbusa
03-14-2010, 07:44 AM
i usually take it easy on cold rides for that reason.
EvilMonkey DSK3
03-14-2010, 08:03 AM
Same thing happening to me, brand new tire on cold roads .... don't mix :squid:
HighOnBusa
03-14-2010, 11:05 AM
:rap:All the time.
DOOM&GLOOM
03-14-2010, 02:22 PM
Did you really have to go for that ride knowing what you know?

I'll wait for the rainy season to wash the salt and sand off the road before I go out.
dadofthree
03-16-2010, 06:35 AM
Hooking up great. Had a great ride Sunday, it was a bit chilli and windy; in the 50's :oh yeah:
pilotlangdon
03-16-2010, 10:15 AM
2 degrees Celcius and bike seemed to hook great after a short 2 min run. Noted a lot of steam from both exhaust after I came back and had her shut down. Also been the first run in more than 4 months.
craiger
03-16-2010, 06:17 PM
When it happens it is a little nerve wracking but when you are still upright and riding away it's a rush. I want to learn to do that in a controled way so that it's a full fledged drift. Anybody doing that on their Busa yet?
Idaho559
03-17-2010, 08:34 PM
I would think that "Most" of us are looking to hook up and launch. Breaking traction at speed is a scary experience "believe me". But hey, if drifting a Busa is what you are after, good luck- Ride safe bro-
Idaho559
03-17-2010, 08:47 PM
So back to cold weather rides, I have read many posts about peoples bikes running poor in the cold, hard starting ect-

I have found quite the opposite, my bike runs fantastic in the cold, cold dense air = HP, higher compression ect- Anyway, Its been in the 50's here for daytime highs and I cant help but ride, I leave the house for work early in the morning 25 degree's, freeze my butt off on the ride in and enjoy the higher temps on the way home. What can I say, I just love to ride the bike-