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Ok guys and gals. I seem to be having an issue. For the past few days I've been riding ... well pretty hard and yesterday I noticed when I would hit a hard curve my tires would make noise like laying drag. Its a sound that makes you think the tires are fixing to break loose from the asphalt. Im running the battle axes about 1k on front and 2k on rear. So the tires are still good. And not old. I checked the air and its right. Just wanna know why they would do that as ive never noticed that before on any of my bikes. Bikes a 96 fzr600 japan version. ( it was built for japan not us )

Are you hitting your pegs on the ground? Just trying to get an idea of how far you were down. Could be a fresher area of the tire that hasn't been used before. Are you leaning properly on the bike to keep the bike upright as much as possible?

Not sure I would trust a tire with 2k miles on it to do hard curves. I was nervous using tires with less than 400 miles on them.

darrin

Was this on a hot day? Cold pavement? New, fresh pavement? Concrete? Wet, dry, diesel-slimed?

You say you checked the air and it was right - define "right". The pressure in the manual and / or the side wall are recommendations for everyday riding, and go right out the window under hard riding.

Check the pressure cold. Go for a hard ride, get the tires hot. Immediately stop and check the tire pressure (don't ride home through slow traffic); you should see a 10% rise in pressure - if your tires were 30psig to start, you should see 33psig at the end. Get a GOOD gauge; a $5 stick gauge calibrated every 5psig doesn't cut it.

ragedigital wrote:Are you hitting your pegs on the ground? Just trying to get an idea of how far you were down. Could be a fresher area of the tire that hasn't been used before. Are you leaning properly on the bike to keep the bike upright as much as possible?

Not sure I would trust a tire with 2k miles on it to do hard curves. I was nervous using tires with less than 400 miles on them.

darrin

Maybe not the pegs but scrubbing my knee pads and boots and as for leaning I'd say the scrub of pads would be a yes answer. Bike sits up as much as possible while im off to one side or the other. I've rode the same way on street and track for about 10yrs now. Just never herd this kind of noise before.

DonTZ125 wrote:Was this on a hot day? Cold pavement? New, fresh pavement? Concrete? Wet, dry, diesel-slimed?

You say you checked the air and it was right - define "right". The pressure in the manual and / or the side wall are recommendations for everyday riding, and go right out the window under hard riding.

Check the pressure cold. Go for a hard ride, get the tires hot. Immediately stop and check the tire pressure (don't ride home through slow traffic); you should see a 10% rise in pressure - if your tires were 30psig to start, you should see 33psig at the end. Get a GOOD gauge; a $5 stick gauge calibrated every 5psig doesn't cut it.

It was 74° yesterday and 77° the day before. The roads are normal daily driven roads. All asphalt no tar patches no asphalt patches. I'd consider them very clean riding roads. As for the air I've always went by the tire manufacture. And I carry $25.00 digital air gauge with me. It stays on the bike. Normal, daily riding I only check the air once a week. I always check the air before I go for a fun ride usually several times before .. during .. and after. Just never herd the sound before.