New Tyres, No Car?

For an upcoming trackday I wanted to change the tyres on my bike, but the bike is new and the tyres just as new, so I thought it’d be great to be able to take them home after and save them for a rainy day! I had no idea if it would be possible, so took along some bungie-ropes and a tea-towel, hehe.

The guys at FWR looked at me pretty oddly when I said I wanted to take the tyres home on the bike, but seven bungie-straps later, it was all secured and I could JUST about fit on the seat. The tyres acted like a bum-stop and gave me an idea for a race-stop now, as it helped quite a lot on the ride home

I’ve gone from the BT014’s which were stock fitment, to the more track capable, but still equally road compliant, Pirelli Diablo Corsas. In a recent MCN test, these had the second best overall track lap time, even when compared with the likes of Pirelli Super Corsa Pros and Metzeler Racetecs. An easy choice to make really. I would normally run Pirelli Super Corsas for the track, but I’ve always been left wanting a bit better road performance (i.e. something that works in the wet), so if there’s really very little difference between the DC’s and the SCP’s, then that’s me sold, it’s not like I can ride fast enough on track to tell the difference anyhow, it’s just that the the BT014’s left me unsure how far I could lean and how fast I could turn-in.

Here’s a couple of pictures, I’m sure you don’t see a superbike with tyres strapped to the back very often!

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HAHAHA! Jay you are always coming up with something new! Now tell me, was it really scratrch fee?

Tyres are made of rubber Cezar, so yes, no scratches At least I now know I can do this, so perhaps I can get better deals on mail-ordered tyres.

True, don’t think I’ve ever seen a superbike tyre taxi before…

bet that got a few laughs on your ride home

That looks so dodgy Rod

nice one dont think my arse would have fitted the gap … love the look of your bike with no mirors … bet it takes some getting used to ? what have you done about yuor front indicators ?

Hehehe… I only just about fit in the gap! Coming to a stop was a painful experience at times! The front indicators are missing at the moment until I come up with a solution. I have the option of relocating them into the side-light housings, but I’m thinking about putting the mirrors back on, not sure. I’ve ridden like this for donkies with other bikes, but now I have the K5, I’m starting to get more concerned about the plod!

I got used to having no mirrors from riding on the track, and one day after a trackday, just left them off. It stayed like that since.