[ST] A word of warning about worn Azarro Supersport AV40 rears.

[Neil Tracey <Neil.Tracey@xxxxxxxxx>]

When they start to go, boy do they go!!
Last weekend I noticed the rear was looking a bit iffy and decided to change
it this weekend.
Had to visit a client in Central London (about 115 mile) trip so took Big
Red as the weather was decent.

Driving through traffic in Hammersmith (West London) get pulled in by a plod
on a BMW who has a closer look at my rear (tyre that is!) and decides it is
now unsafe, it had *really* gone off in 100 miles!
He calls in his boss, who zooms in on his ST1100 Pan European (great use of
public resources....about 100 bikes chugged past wearing black illegal
visors trying not to catch their eye......) and decides to slap a
prohibition order on the bike.
I'm in West London 100 miles form home, with "goodies" in my GIVI top box,
and I am now prohibited from riding the bike!
Plus three points on my license and a 60 GBP penalty.

Thinks.....let the rear tyre down and call the British AA (Automobile Ass'n)
for a trailer in to a bike shop.
They arrive, and pump me up and send me on my way.....I'm now totally
illegal, and face a ban on my licence, 2000 GPB fine and imprisonment.
I call into a bike show room who kindly let me use their yellow pages, and
track down a dealer in South London who can do me an emergency fitting
today.
I creep to Motorcycle City in by Vauxhall bridge, keeping my eyes peeled for
plods on bikes, and 3 hours later now have a shiny new pair of BT020's.
Couldn't get Avons for love nor money...I think the fire there last week has
disrupted deliveries.

I rode home on the new tyres, slowly, but the bike is still illegal as I
should not ride it AT ALL (even though I have a pair of new boots on it)
until it has had a full MOT (Ministry of Transport) fitness test which has
to then be taken to the police station. 
Be warned, if you have one that looks iffy, dump it!

An expensive day....:-(

PS, the BT020's feel quite nice, handle overbanding very well, even riding
gently there was a feeling of stability in didn't get with the Avons, but I
have a weird combo on, an AV35 front and an AV40 Supersport II rear.
- -- 
Neil "Diamond Dawg" Tracey
ex Sprint Sport. 99 Red ST
Bath. UK.







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