Reply With QuoteI just put mine on and rode my favorite twisties...broke them in on the road!
Got my new Pilots coming in next week and am curious how to go about doing this. Thanks for the helps guys!
I just put mine on and rode my favorite twisties...broke them in on the road!
On the road is the way for me,besides, it's more fun!
First 100 miles you need to a bit careful because the releasing agent takes a few miles to get off your tire. They are a little slick while the agent is still there. Some people use sand paper and just scrub them down a little too.
Just ride. when taking corners for the first while, take em easy. A bit of lean at first, then gradually more lean at subsequent corners. If you just "drop" the bike into a corner and rely on 100% unscrubbed rubber, then you'll feel er' slip. Gradually scrub it away so you always have a percentage of scrubbed tire contacting with unscrubbed. You'll feel it slip when you go too far.
I think there is a video somewhere on here that showed them using light grit sandpaper and water.
Here is a post when I first got my road 2ct's. Had them leaned over pretty far in the first 60 miles, they felt solid as a rock...a rock covered in glue!
When you get home "scrub" them with a sponge w/scotchbrite scrubby on it and soap and hot water. I've seem some guys use a stiff brush. Then ride conservatively for the first hour, progressevively getting more aggressive and leaning more into the un-touched rubber.
There is a video that BuddhaBuell did on here somewhere but can't find it.
LOL ^^^
Tires these days don't need "scrubbing" anymore... 20-30 years ago molds required some kind of a thick coating between the mold and the rubber, so you had to scrub that out, but today, there's no scrubbing required at all. What you need to to on new tires is the same thing you need to do on cold tires... just ride a few miles to get them hot before pushing on them...
Kinda dickish ^^^LOL ^^^
There is still a silicone film on new tires that can be slippery on wet roads. A quick scrub can get rid of the "shine".
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