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Armor All on tires...yes it does happen...

Eh, why warn them? If someone can't figure out that wiping slippery liquid on a tire is a bad idea...well, they weren't going to cure cancer.
 
jeez i just realize that is a 180 tire effectively used as a 130.

I'm not they type to judge, but really...chix strips + dressing...That just a facepalm salad.
 
Upgraded rotors, tire dressing, huge chicken stripes.
Ahh...
I just realized that I have smaller chicken stripes on my bike, and I have only been commuting on the tires since the accident happened. That's kinda sad.
 
I have a good friend who had to sue his mechanic for damages (and won) when the mechanic inadvertently put Armor-All on the tyres of his ZX-10. The resultant accident caused over $3000 worth of damage and lost work time while he recovered from injuries.

As Ratters said (above,) "They just didn't know any better. Sometimes common sense isn't very common."
 
I recommend this for the ultimate shine.

Note: apply to chicken strips

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ZREX1100 said:
Upgraded rotors, tire dressing, huge chicken stripes.
Ahh...
I just realized that I have smaller chicken stripes on my bike, and I have only been commuting on the tires since the accident happened. That's kinda sad.
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AFAIK the petal rotors came stock on that year zixer.
 
ZREX1100 said:
Or slamming his nuts into the tank.
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lol true that :laughing

Aluisious said:
Eh, why warn them? If someone can't figure out that wiping slippery liquid on a tire is a bad idea...well, they weren't going to cure cancer.
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maybe he didnt know better and was totally clueless. im new to riding and has lots of stuff to learn. BUT that armor all on tire is common sense :wow
 
ScorpioVI said:
:laughing:laughing

I'm just imagining some squid accelerating hard at a stoplight only to find his ass slipping off the back of the bike and hanging on by the handlebars superman-style.
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Or perhaps leaning into a turn and suddenly they , their passenger , or both of them are on the asphalt long before the bike is.


Oh wait my bad this riders chicken strips are kinda wide so the BIKE might stay up even longer.
 
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Karbon said:
jeez i just realize that is a 180 tire effectively used as a 130.
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{{{{{RS125 with 95 front/ 115 rear slicks in the avatar, you'd be surprised how much lean angle you can get outta them little guys. :party:party
 
weak_link said:
{{{{{RS125 with 95 front/ 115 rear slicks in the avatar, you'd be surprised how much lean angle you can get outta them little guys. :party:party
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yeah its pretty cool what so called "skinny" tires can do, especially those bias ply gt501s

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I suppose mr. armorall suffers from a case of too much tire :laughing
 
most people from here that know me also know what a squid i am, but even i tried to explain to a couple of 20somethings why armour all was bad for their tires. years ago i used to go out to the long road that runs next to the byron airport to partake in hours of self destructive fun with my friends. this used to be a pretty famous stunt spot till someone wrapped their bike around a car and lost a foot, and had to be airlifted out. but we were out there shooting some film and a couple of guys on new R1s pulled up and started asking questions about how to do wheelies and stoppies. I told them to go home and scrub the armour all off their tires and then come back and we would help them all they want.the first kid looks at me like im crazy and then asks how he's supposed to keep his tires shiny if he doesnt use armour all:wtf

I try to explain to him the amount of torque on the back tire when you power wheelie an R1 and how it's not a good idea, he says yea watch this. thats when i turned the camera on and proceeded to film him drive away and turn around only to get to second gear and get the front tire about 2 feet off the ground when the back tire starts to slip and the bike basically looked like it just slipped out from underneath him and went flipping down the road:rofl

the kid only bruised his ego and his friend took him to get his truck. saw his friend about a week later and he had scrubbed the shit out of his tires:rofl

to this day im not sure why that wasnt put into one of the serving it up vids but it could have saved a lot of squids some grief:thumbup
 
nothing new here....I see alot of that ... and trust me i do work on expressing how dangerous it is ...
Most recent one was a kid on a Ducati 748. Nice bike sad to see it with armour all on the tires. When i asked him about it ...he toold me that its okay, cuz he doesnt lean that far over
 
I always Armor-All my seat, however. Makes it so much easier to slide around on it when I'm doing Kenny Roberts impersonations through the twisties. :rofl:rofl
 
Somebody's gonna read this thread and say, "Huh? But, but... Well, maybe you're right," but they'll then have unanswered questions. Anybody got the info for these?


"What's the best way to get Armor All off tires?"

I assume just dishwashing detergent, water and scrubbing, but there could be a better way since that stuff is supposed to be designed to stick to rubber and plastics.​


"What's a good way to get your sidewalls shiny?"

Is the Meguiar's Endurance High Gloss a real suggestion? (I assume that was a joke, but I dunno.) Anybody ever tried buffing their sidewalls? (That sounds silly, but I did inadvertantly polish one side of my rear tire when I let my camera bag get worn away on it.)​


And, yeah, if you've seen my bike you know I'm not real worried about teh shiny. :twofinger
 
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