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Re: [ST] New Metzeler RoadTec Z6
- Subject: Re: [ST] New Metzeler RoadTec Z6
- From: "mike benzon" <tiggertoo090@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:20:55 -0800
Regarding the trait of bikes standing up while braking in the corner, that
is something I thought belonged to all bikes with the exception of the BMWs
with the Telelever front suspension systems.
Mike
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: [ST] New Metzeler RoadTec Z6
> My remarks are strictly in comparison to the aforementioned Bridgestone's.
> I do no pretend to make any other claims, as I have no personal knowledge
of
> the behavior or characteristics of any other tire. So, to put this remark
> in context, the Z6 has almost no tendency where as the BT-010's did have a
> tendency to stand the bike up under braking in a corner.
>
> Matt Heyer
> '01 BRG Sprint ST
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David W. Funk [mailto:david.funk@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:40 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ST] New Metzeler RoadTec Z6
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:56:07 -0500, Heyer, Matthew A. wrote:
>
> > But the real
> >improvement that I saw with this tire was evident pretty quickly, and
> >that was the tire's lack of the tendency to stand the bike up when
> >braking in a corner - the inclination almost doesn't exist at all!!
Nice!
>
> There are many brands of tires that don't have a tendency to stand the
bike
> up in corner while braking, but ONLY when NEW. So I think it is too soon
to
> draw any conclusions.
>
> David W. Funk
> '00 Triumph Sprint ST
> Pleasanton, CA
>
>
>
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