The temparatures right now where I live (Chennai, India) are max - 30 C and Min 20 C.
This morning when I took my bike out for a ride after about 1 Km I had to get into a turn and found that the rear tyre was sliding. It was obvious at every downshift. I first thought it must be because the tyres are cold. I took it easy and came back home after riding for about 15 Kms.
When i touched the tyres when I was back home they were just slightly warm, I was expecting them to be quite warm and they were not.
While I did not want to take the risk of leaning into corner I did slowly increased the speed into every successive corner it did not slide again but I was not wanting to try out at higher speeds.
I tested the bolts and for shake in the rear wheel and found nothing. Everything seems normal.
The original tyres that came with the bike are CONTI GO, street tyres, the tyres are fitted correctly with the arrows pointing in the right direction.
At 20 C do I really have to wait till the tyres get warm?
How warm do the tyres really get?
Is there any check I can perform to know if everything is alright?
This morning when I took my bike out for a ride after about 1 Km I had to get into a turn and found that the rear tyre was sliding. It was obvious at every downshift. I first thought it must be because the tyres are cold. I took it easy and came back home after riding for about 15 Kms.
When i touched the tyres when I was back home they were just slightly warm, I was expecting them to be quite warm and they were not.
While I did not want to take the risk of leaning into corner I did slowly increased the speed into every successive corner it did not slide again but I was not wanting to try out at higher speeds.
I tested the bolts and for shake in the rear wheel and found nothing. Everything seems normal.
The original tyres that came with the bike are CONTI GO, street tyres, the tyres are fitted correctly with the arrows pointing in the right direction.
At 20 C do I really have to wait till the tyres get warm?
How warm do the tyres really get?
Is there any check I can perform to know if everything is alright?