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<blockquote data-quote="passenger0_0" data-source="post: 90648" data-attributes="member: 208"><p>I have no idea about this Japanese style of competition but it presents a good comparison for those who think you need wide tyres for better grip as the rider of the skinny tyre bike simply rode around the outside and inside the other riders. In our BEARs series I was up against Ducatis' with 6" wide rear rims and slick tyres while riding my Rickman Trident with WM3 x18 rims (120/90 rear and 90/90 front - treaded Metzelers) and slid (sometimes horizontally) to an eventual F750 class championship win in the mid 90s. Strangely enough they didn't like getting too close to me on corners as I was often using opposite lock both going in and coming out. Down the straights though they had the mid-range power. Sliding suited my competition riding style then. At the end of one series I swapped bikes with my main opposition and he was stunned by what a 'heap of s##t my bike was' and couldn't believe this machine had beaten his bigger budget efforts. I couldn't believe how good his bike was except on the corners where you needed to literally hang off the bike to get it to turn into the corner. Not fat tyres for me. Happy days <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="passenger0_0, post: 90648, member: 208"] I have no idea about this Japanese style of competition but it presents a good comparison for those who think you need wide tyres for better grip as the rider of the skinny tyre bike simply rode around the outside and inside the other riders. In our BEARs series I was up against Ducatis' with 6" wide rear rims and slick tyres while riding my Rickman Trident with WM3 x18 rims (120/90 rear and 90/90 front - treaded Metzelers) and slid (sometimes horizontally) to an eventual F750 class championship win in the mid 90s. Strangely enough they didn't like getting too close to me on corners as I was often using opposite lock both going in and coming out. Down the straights though they had the mid-range power. Sliding suited my competition riding style then. At the end of one series I swapped bikes with my main opposition and he was stunned by what a 'heap of s##t my bike was' and couldn't believe this machine had beaten his bigger budget efforts. I couldn't believe how good his bike was except on the corners where you needed to literally hang off the bike to get it to turn into the corner. Not fat tyres for me. Happy days :) [/QUOTE]
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