pilot powers!? input!
10-06-2008, 10:23 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
do not change your tire back to shitty M3s
pilot power 2cts :YEAH
10-06-2008, 10:58 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
im gonna go out this week and try and break it in with a million stoppies. i let yas know how i make out.
theres no other veritable to why its doing this besides the tire....same stunt spot same line. just dont get it. heres a clip with the m3...300 ft approach coming in at top of 2nd gear... the m3 never gave out except for when its down poring rain out lol. ill try and get a clip up of the powers when my camera guy comes down this week
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=44038089
theres no other veritable to why its doing this besides the tire....same stunt spot same line. just dont get it. heres a clip with the m3...300 ft approach coming in at top of 2nd gear... the m3 never gave out except for when its down poring rain out lol. ill try and get a clip up of the powers when my camera guy comes down this week
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=44038089
10-06-2008, 11:07 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
dont change it back whatever you do......im not talkin **** about m3's but put it this way every mag/website/article says 2cts are alot better them m3 under hard braking and stoping, but if you want further proof just go to a shop and dig your thumbnail into the center of an m3 then a 2ct and you'll feel the differance....and i do agree with the if it ant broke dont fix it but to a point... if you were racing f1 cars in a suped up honda civic and you were keeping up with everyones lap times, if someone offered you an f1 car would yousay no and keep the civic because thats what you were used to or it felt weird the firs ttime you drove it, get my point? the m3's are great but 2ct's are way better
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10-06-2008, 11:16 PM
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dont change it back whatever you do......im not talkin **** about m3's but put it this way every mag/website/article says 2cts are alot better them m3 under hard braking and stoping, but if you want further proof just go to a shop and dig your thumbnail into the center of an m3 then a 2ct and you'll feel the differance....and i do agree with the if it ant broke dont fix it but to a point... if you were racing f1 cars in a suped up honda civic and you were keeping up with everyones lap times whats gonna happen when you get an actual f1 car?? get my point? the m3's are great but 2ct's are way better
10-06-2008, 11:59 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
thats whats up. If he was rolling 300 on m3 and 150 on 2cts then go back to m3s. Everybody has a preference of what they like. I try not to tell ppl how to set their bike up bc what i may like is not what you may like. All i can give you is my preferance. Best way is trial and error. learning sucks but who sd it was fun?
you are tellin him to go back to the 90 year old grandma when he has a 18 year old hot bitch figuratively speaking
the pilot is THE grippiest street tire available hands down
and if u dont belive my stoppie game is up to par ask jason here if my stoppies are good
10-07-2008, 04:20 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
yeah im gonna give it a week and see what happens. i know pilots are the ****. but im just saying i hate that noise haha. if i decide to go back ill be selling this ****! lol
10-07-2008, 04:26 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
You have that on your front? P BTW all i've used since moving here is Pilot on the front till i got this new bike that came with a diablo supercorsa which I say is pretty damn good tire..
10-07-2008, 07:42 PM
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10-07-2008, 10:28 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
Prefferences are one thing.... reality is another.
M3's are OK. Not good.... just OK. I've run them a couple times and after going back to powers I would never mount an m3 up to my front rim unless I was planning on selling it.
Pilot Powers are one of THE BEST fronts for hooking up stoppies... warmed up OR COLD. Try picking up a high speed stoppie November-March (up north) with an m3 and let me know when you get outta the hospital.
Only one that I can think of that might be better up front is a blue dot SC1 Supercorsa. ($250+ tire).
M3's are OK. Not good.... just OK. I've run them a couple times and after going back to powers I would never mount an m3 up to my front rim unless I was planning on selling it.
Pilot Powers are one of THE BEST fronts for hooking up stoppies... warmed up OR COLD. Try picking up a high speed stoppie November-March (up north) with an m3 and let me know when you get outta the hospital.
Only one that I can think of that might be better up front is a blue dot SC1 Supercorsa. ($250+ tire).
10-07-2008, 10:37 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
Hey Nick....
Check the DOT build date on your tire. It's a 4 digit number on the sidewall... something like: 4207
Just an idea, but maybe you have an old, hardened up tire. The 1st two numbers are the week and the second are the year that the tire was manufactured.
Example: 4207 would be the 42nd week in 2007.
If a tire sits around for a long time, especially in direct sunlight, heat or near any electric motors (ozone exposure), it will prematurely cure and harden.
I can't think of any other explaination to your problem w/ the powers on the front. I've never never never EVER had one squeal, slide, or wash out unless it's wet, sandy or very cold out and not warmed up.
Check the DOT build date on your tire. It's a 4 digit number on the sidewall... something like: 4207
Just an idea, but maybe you have an old, hardened up tire. The 1st two numbers are the week and the second are the year that the tire was manufactured.
Example: 4207 would be the 42nd week in 2007.
If a tire sits around for a long time, especially in direct sunlight, heat or near any electric motors (ozone exposure), it will prematurely cure and harden.
I can't think of any other explaination to your problem w/ the powers on the front. I've never never never EVER had one squeal, slide, or wash out unless it's wet, sandy or very cold out and not warmed up.
10-07-2008, 10:46 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
Prefferences are one thing.... reality is another.
M3's are OK. Not good.... just OK. I've run them a couple times and after going back to powers I would never mount an m3 up to my front rim unless I was planning on selling it.
Pilot Powers are one of THE BEST fronts for hooking up stoppies... warmed up OR COLD. Try picking up a high speed stoppie November-March (up north) with an m3 and let me know when you get outta the hospital.
Only one that I can think of that might be better up front is a blue dot SC1 Supercorsa. ($250+ tire).
M3's are OK. Not good.... just OK. I've run them a couple times and after going back to powers I would never mount an m3 up to my front rim unless I was planning on selling it.
Pilot Powers are one of THE BEST fronts for hooking up stoppies... warmed up OR COLD. Try picking up a high speed stoppie November-March (up north) with an m3 and let me know when you get outta the hospital.
Only one that I can think of that might be better up front is a blue dot SC1 Supercorsa. ($250+ tire).
:YEAH
10-08-2008, 03:57 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
Hey Nick....
Check the DOT build date on your tire. It's a 4 digit number on the sidewall... something like: 4207
Just an idea, but maybe you have an old, hardened up tire. The 1st two numbers are the week and the second are the year that the tire was manufactured.
Example: 4207 would be the 42nd week in 2007.
If a tire sits around for a long time, especially in direct sunlight, heat or near any electric motors (ozone exposure), it will prematurely cure and harden.
I can't think of any other explaination to your problem w/ the powers on the front. I've never never never EVER had one squeal, slide, or wash out unless it's wet, sandy or very cold out and not warmed up.
Check the DOT build date on your tire. It's a 4 digit number on the sidewall... something like: 4207
Just an idea, but maybe you have an old, hardened up tire. The 1st two numbers are the week and the second are the year that the tire was manufactured.
Example: 4207 would be the 42nd week in 2007.
If a tire sits around for a long time, especially in direct sunlight, heat or near any electric motors (ozone exposure), it will prematurely cure and harden.
I can't think of any other explaination to your problem w/ the powers on the front. I've never never never EVER had one squeal, slide, or wash out unless it's wet, sandy or very cold out and not warmed up.
word son! im gonna go check!
10-08-2008, 04:08 PM
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Re: pilot powers!? input!
I just recently put a brand new PP on my front.. Brand new with stickers and all.. trailiered it to the spot.. Rode to the end and back one time and then yanked up a stoppie just as fast as normal and no hint of a screech
Did a ton of stoppies in the pouring rain that night too.
Did a ton of stoppies in the pouring rain that night too.
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