Metzeler's Chicken-Strip-o-Meter: How Man Are You?

Nelso · Post by **Nelso** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:21 pm

blackster wrote:
Disco wrote:What number are you Blackster? .....Will take a pick of my metzlers and post tomorrow
Still on the OEM BT016s, using m5 scale I'm a little embarrassed to admit I sit on the middle nodule where the elephant is depicted.

I dont have the confidence to push that tyre further,

Leanne took her standard BT016s to the edges on her first ride on the 10. They grip far better than you think.

Post by **Wattie** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:23 pm

robracer wrote:That's what the boot sliders are for? feet are always back anyway wattie but they still get a workout

Your doing it wrong...
I wore half the pegs off my zed, and boots still in tact now. Even after racing with them for a year and a bit.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:26 pm

Nelso wrote:
blackster wrote:
Disco wrote:What number are you Blackster? .....Will take a pick of my metzlers and post tomorrow
Still on the OEM BT016s, using m5 scale I'm a little embarrassed to admit I sit on the middle nodule where the elephant is depicted.

I dont have the confidence to push that tyre further,
Leanne took her standard BT016s to the edges on her first ride on the 10. They grip far better than you think.

From reading previous threads Leanne sounds pretty skilled.

Hopefully CSS will help me a grow a pair of cohones.

Nelso · Post by **Nelso** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:40 pm

blackster wrote:From reading previous threads Leanne sounds pretty skilled.

Hopefully CSS will help me a grow a pair of cohones.

The picture in her avatar is of her when she was racing, so yeah, she can steer a bike alright. The point was more about the grip level of the tyre and how well they grip.

Disco, I just went out to see how much of the elephant is left on mine but they're gone. Lucky I have a new set of M5s to put on before the next ride.

Disco · Post by **Disco** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:46 pm

Nelso wrote: Disco, I just went out to see how much of the elephant is left on mine but they're gone. Lucky I have a new set of M5s to put on before gingers

Awesome

Kawawog · Post by **Kawawog** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:56 pm

Ive wiped the Devils fork off my corsas on the putty

Yea boi

Post by **Wattie** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:57 pm

That's what Tyres were made for

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:05 pm

I dont get the metzeler thing..number 5 is where you should be getting on the power hard as you pick it up..its certainly not where max lean is..

And i have never had tyres with race numbers

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:30 am

Gosling1 wrote:those markings are so much cooler than the poxxy 'angel' and 'devil' bullshit on the Pirellis !

if you have no elephant and don't do track days well you must be hung like this bloke

Damn Marty needs to shave more often

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:00 am

Elephants on Metzlers? Never seen them before??? Mind you, I never look at new tyres till after the first ride

Post by **robracer** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:18 pm

The new skinny hard motard tyre looks good after 50kms commuting

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:32 pm

I want to see negative strips..... Wattie??????

Post by **Wattie** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:14 pm

Glen wrote:I want to see negative strips..... Wattie??????

Never putting a 180 on a 5.5 inch rim again...
Recipe for disaster

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:18 pm

Wattie wrote:
Glen wrote:I want to see negative strips..... Wattie??????
Never putting a 180 on a 5.5 inch rim again...
Recipe for disaster

must have been a 6 incher..5.5 is for 180

Post by **Wattie** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:19 pm

hoffy wrote:
Wattie wrote:
Glen wrote:I want to see negative strips..... Wattie??????
Never putting a 180 on a 5.5 inch rim again...
Recipe for disaster
must have been a 6 incher..5.5 is for 180

Yeah whatever the Z1000 had...

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