http://www.scooterlust.com/like-oil-and-water/ two wheels, one love Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.scooterlust.com/like-oil-and-water/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Chuck Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:46:25 +0000 http://interstatearchive.com/scootertest/like-oil-and-water/#comment-48 Buggers! So glad to hear the hardware did it's prescribed job. Nevertheless ... I've got tires on the GL that were manufactured in 1996 and I can tell you they are absolutely treacherous on wet pavement. The Sava's on the GTS, however, are quite another matter. My advice? Rid the GTS if there's any chance of precip. My brief Stella ownership provided the very same high-center of gravity unbalanced evaluation, fwiw. Click Buggers! So glad to hear the hardware did it’s prescribed job. Nevertheless …
I’ve got tires on the GL that were manufactured in 1996 and I can tell you they are absolutely treacherous on wet pavement. The Sava’s on the GTS, however, are quite another matter. My advice? Rid the GTS if there’s any chance of precip. My brief Stella ownership provided the very same high-center of gravity unbalanced evaluation, fwiw.
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]]> http://www.scooterlust.com/like-oil-and-water/comment-page-1/#comment-47 RogerTango Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:35:07 +0000 http://interstatearchive.com/scootertest/like-oil-and-water/#comment-47 (reprise of previous e-mail for benefit of your SL readers) I've been using Continental whitewalls (see previous SL post "Bling Wars" for pic). They seem to be a good all-around tire, but I'm not super confident on them in the wet, either. This summer I locked up the rear wheel in a downpour, but I honestly can't tell you if that's a factor of the tire, excessively 'grabby' rear brakes on the PX, or just poor braking technique on my part (though I think Jett had a similar scare on her Fireball under comparable conditions). If anyone has some suggestions for a 3x10 whitewall for the Stella/PX that's good in the wet, I'd love to hear about it too! Thanks for sharing a detailed account of this incident. Learning from others' experiences can make us all safer riders! (reprise of previous e-mail for benefit of your SL readers) I’ve been using Continental whitewalls (see previous SL post “Bling Wars” for pic). They seem to be a good all-around tire, but I’m not super confident on them in the wet, either. This summer I locked up the rear wheel in a downpour, but I honestly can’t tell you if that’s a factor of the tire, excessively ‘grabby’ rear brakes on the PX, or just poor braking technique on my part (though I think Jett had a similar scare on her Fireball under comparable conditions). If anyone has some suggestions for a 3×10 whitewall for the Stella/PX that’s good in the wet, I’d love to hear about it too!
Thanks for sharing a detailed account of this incident. Learning from others’ experiences can make us all safer riders!

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