auxilary Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 hehe, that's pretty nifty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at-jefft Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 seems like it could invoke a lot of stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 seems like it could invoke a lot of stupidity. My thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyeye Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Whats the significance of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 74 260Z Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I can figure out the 1-to-5 scale... ... but the different elephant lines for the elephant have got me confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letitsnow Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Whats the significance of that? I can figure out the 1-to-5 scale... ... but the different elephant lines for the elephant have got me confused. It's a motorcycle tire, if there's no wear on the sides the rider doesn't lean much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Even their number 5 on that tire isn't that low, It doesnt take much to use the entire tire on a bike, about 30mph in a parking and you can get full lean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted January 30, 2010 Administrators Share Posted January 30, 2010 Yeah whatever guys! I bought one of those rear tires for my Honda MB-5, (own two of them, consecutive serial numbers even, true story), just to see how accurate their scaling system really is. As a relatively novice sport bike rider I was able to wear away numbers 1-4 in the first week, 5 by the end of the 2nd week. Took me 2 more weeks of tight 2nd and 3rd gear back road corners around our place to get the Metzeler logo to start wearing. Problem now is my rear rim is showing sign so road rash near the bead!?! Anyone else have the same issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Yeah whatever guys! I bought one of those rear tires for my Honda MB-5, (own two of them, consecutive serial numbers even, true story), just to see how accurate their scaling system really is. As a relatively novice sport bike rider I was able to wear away numbers 1-4 in the first week, 5 by the end of the 2nd week. Took me 2 more weeks of tight 2nd and 3rd gear back road corners around our place to get the Metzeler logo to start wearing. Problem now is my rear rim is showing sign so road rash near the bead!?! Anyone else have the same issue? Lol, don't lie Braap. You used a grinder and you know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letitsnow Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I can't tell if that's a joke or not.... A friend of mine had an r6 and the rear tire had a huge flat spot in the middle and no wear at all on the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 A lot of burnouts??? ^^^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaparral2f Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My friend had one, and when he got off to check the wear, he bounced down the track, an damned near killed himself when he slid into that guardrail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 press release here: http://www.metzelermoto.com/web/news/press_dettaglio.page?queryPressString=year:2010*&year=2010&uri=/metzeler/en_IT/browser/xml/news/news/mtz_en_IT-1000026401.xml&index_sort=cms-day,cms-month&month=month&type=type&word=word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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