[ST] Azaro II on rear

[Neil Tracey <Neil.Tracey@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with you on being skittish in wet, I've got an AV35 front, and AV40
(II) rear, not my choice, it was the combination that came with the bike,
but I've checked with Avon and they say its ok....but Saturday going up the
Wye valley from Chepstow to Monmouth, light drizzle and only going about
25mph on a tight bend, and the back got completely away from me.
Only *just* managed to get it back but a serious brown trousers jobbie.
Sunday dry and bright, threw it around Cheddar Gorge and Blagon
Lakes....like it was on rails :-) 
Is it the weekend yet ?? :-)
- -- 
Neil "Diamond Dawg" Tracey
ex Sprint Sport. 99 Red ST
Bath. UK.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: barry.croft [mailto:barry.croft@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 31 March 2001 00:11
> To: ST/RS List
> Subject: [ST] RS mirrors, sprockets, spring fever!
> 
> 
> The mirror extensions come from our sponsors, Jack Lilley. 
> See any footer on
> this list! The posted photo was pig-ugly, but I'm going over 
> there next week
> to pick up my Bagster, so I'll check them out in the flesh.
> 
> It's a lot easier and cheaper to go down to 18 at the front 
> than up 2 at the
> rear. I can't tell you about chain wear yet since I fitted a 
> new DID at the
> same time, and being a class chain I haven't even had to 
> adjust it once yet.
> I CAN vouch for the 18/43 wheel-lofting ability though!
> 
> Spring has definitely sprung here (southern England). Tonight 
> I found the
> bike taking me not directly home from work but down the A3 
> all the way to
> Portsmouth on the coast, then back home via the A27 coast 
> road, then over
> the hills on the fast empty swooping switchback A29. It was 
> dry and sunny so
> I had a real blast for 100 miles or so, and it was over too soon.
> 
> I also managed to trip a bloody speed camera though, 
> ironically at one of
> the slowest parts of my journey - I guess I'll know in a few 
> days whether it
> had any film in it :-(  (It was 'spring fever', officer!)
> 
> Has anyone mentioned recently that the RS is a truly 
> FANTASTIC machine? God
> I love it!
> 
> Incidentally the Azaro 2 that I fitted up front is working 
> very well. It's a
> little skittish over white lines in the wet, but no worse 
> than the BT020,
> perhaps even better than the BT on wet roundabouts and such. 
> In the dry you
> couldn't wish for a better tyre. Stable at speed, it drops 
> smoothly into
> curves and holds the line you want even cranked right over, and lets
> incompetents get away with braking deep into bends. But 
> curiously enough it
> doesn't provide very good cornering grip if you accidentally 
> wheelie coming
> out of a
> slow tight bend! I'm still on the (second) BT020 rear, but will now
> definitely be going Azaro on the back too when the time comes.
> 
> Barry
> 00 RS
> 7500 miles (and rising fast)
> 
> 
> 
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