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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Burnout

I'm really a squid at heart.
The Pirelli Angel ST tires on my 1200 are done. I'm having a pair of Angel GTs fitted tomorrow. Before I take the wheels off I find it neccessary to burn the remaining tread off the old tires. Because I'm immature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkK_CXBj5s&feature=youtu.be

pic of VFR with the wheels off: Notice the automotive-style solid steel brake line fixed to the swingarm.

6 comments:

  1. I did the same thing before changing mine. Funny thing is because of the ABS you can only do the burnout when the bike is first started. Once the bike hits ~5mph the ABS kicks in and will stop burnouts until the system reboots (turn the bike off and on again)

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  2. Isn't the exhaust supposed to just swing out of the way? It seems a little odd that you have to remove the can when replacing the rear tire.

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  3. It's just as easy to just pop the can off.

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  4. How many km/miles on your ST? I did 10k km with this tire (including 1 track day). I also have the GT installed.

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  5. I think I did about 6000Kms on the ST including 2 track days and a few dragraces. The front tire was cupped and the back tire was square. I could have put another couple thousand on them but the handling was shite with the wear they had. I like to change tires a bit early and enjoy the handling benefits.

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  6. thanks for this awesome and interesting post.
    honda st1100

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