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How much less would you lean a bike in a curve when its a wet street? |
How much less would you lean a bike in a curve when its a wet street? Less for sure, but not perfectly vertical. A few years ago now motorcycle ABS braking tests were performed by some magazine out there where they had a professional racer and lots of more normal people riding and stopping. On wet pavement not even the racer could get better stopping than ABS -- this article indicated 80% of the friction is still available on wet pavement. The problem is that number can drop significantly in the real world such as over painted lines and metal grating or after a very light rain when crud floats to the top, best just to get where you want to go and not screw around much. wipe out The amount of lean is dictated by your speed and the radius of the curve. Moisture on the road does not factor in. You must slow down when it is wet. For any given curve and speed you need a certain amount of lean whether it's wet or dry (no difference). So you either have to slow down in order to lean less or accelerate through the turn more strongly in order to maintain grip. i'd lean it as far as i need to to get around the bend at the speed i'm doing without crashing might be better to just slow down when its wet Lean til you low side, then back off 2掳 It all depends on what tires you are running. If they are a hard compound you should be very cautious with your lean angle. With soft ie Dunlop 208 you can still go with a moderate lean angle but not as much as you would when its dry |
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