Motorcycle wash

[mrclean81]

oo wait for real? how come..i didnt know that ( well i havent owned a bike)

Because when your leaning into corners, your riding on the side wall of the tire. If its greased up with dressing, your going to see a low-side crash (where the bike slides out from under you). Low sides are better than high sides, but both suck. If it was a clients bike and they crashed because of tire dressing, your looking at a law suit. Its just not a good idea.

[Concours.John]

Because when your leaning into corners, your riding on the side wall of the tire. If its greased up with dressing, your going to see a low-side crash (where the bike slides out from under you). Low sides are better than high sides, but both suck. If it was a clients bike and they crashed because of tire dressing, your looking at a law suit. Its just not a good idea.

X2 I`ve seen this on an entrance ramp. The guy recovered but only to start "tank slapping" and get ejected. Was not good.
I`ve seen people at shows even dress the tread of their vehicle tires. Wouldn`t want to ride with them.

[mrclean81]

X2 I`ve seen this on an entrance ramp. The guy recovered but only to start "tank slapping" and get ejected. Was not good.
I`ve seen people at shows even dress the tread of their vehicle tires. Wouldn`t want to ride with them.

Tank slappers are probably the scariest thing that can happen on a bike other than hitting something big. Happened to me a couple weeks ago and I almost had to change pants. Came out of a hard curve and hit a bump while still leaning. If it hadn`t been for the steering dampers Im afraid it would have gotten ugly.

[Parrothead]

I have been riding since 1967 and layed the bike down once on a 1983 Harley taking a right hand turn on an oil slicked intersection. Road rash and a scraped up bike, lucky no one
else in the intersection. Most dangerous is a light rain, brings the oil out of the asphalt and
its like ice. Hence, DO NOT DETAIL TIRES.