Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 at 7:04 pm by JJ Rider
Well my first ride of the year lasted about 3 and a half minutes, yes that is including the time it took to warm up the bike. And that is all I am going to say.
Anyway how in the hell do I get the ceramic glass coating off my new tire? And if you are going to say just wear it off save your comment. I will surely be dead before the epoxy coating wears off. Please help!!!
Ceramic glass coating? Epoxy coating? What’chu talkin about Willis?
What kind of tire did you mount? I have never, ever prepped a new tire surface for riding.
Heh - do a big stunta burnout on your driveway!
I never prepare my tires either. Just go easy the first 200km or so.
By easy I mean not to much throttle out of turns and not to much lean into turns.
Basically the coating disappear fast when the tire reach work temperature, which on race bike tires can be around 60-80°C. So a good trip on a freeway in hot weather should do the trick.
MCN (Motorcycle Consumer News) did a big article about removing the mold release that takes awhile to wear off new tires. Their best solution was using a rasp file by hand to remove the slippery stuff and rough the surface.
I’ve never had a major problem, only a few very, very subtle slides when wearing it off the old fashioned way (smooth throttle and progressively deeper lean angles).
Methinks there may have been extenuating circumstances. A couple of other possibilities:
Did you check your tire pressure before you “hit” the road? Many tire changers crank up the pressure to get a good bead seal and expect you to check it and bleed it down before your first scoot. You can imagine what 50 lbs of pressure in a tire would do to traction, especially on fresh rubber.
Is it possible, in your northern climate, you found some other low traction substance on your route (sand, salt, anti-freeze, oil, ice, water, etc) that was only exacerbated by the friction coefficient of your fresh rubber?
What was the temperature when you took off ….. 20 deg F?
Most shops use dish-washing liquid to lube the bead to make the tire go over the rim easily. Many don’t spend any time cleaning the excess off the treaded. Talk about slick.
Rhino
MCN (Motorcycle Consumer News) did a big article about removing the mold release that takes awhile to wear off new tires. Their best solution was using a rasp file by hand to remove the slippery stuff and rough the surface.
That absolutely scares the shit out of me that they posted such nonsense. I remember reading that too. I would not consider myself a tire expert, but I did spend about five years doing tire testing in the automotive field. I would like to see one manufacturer who would suport this concept. I would be willing to bet a testicle that it wouldn’t happen.
Like brake pads, it just takes a little time to break them in.
Thanks guys. I called the bike shop today and they want me to bring the bike back. It’s not a normal mold release coating. It is hard coating I have never seen before. I will keep you updated.
AB,
They (MCN) never claimed the rasp file method would make the tires ready for immediate hard/full use. They concluded that out of all the methods tried, it made the biggest difference for minimizing the sketchy first few miles. Just the fact that it would removed a large percentage of the mold release makes sense.
I wonder what is the difference between race tires and street tires. It seems that racers can go out and start cutting fast laps almost immediately. I know they are using tire warmers, but what about the non-roughed finish and the mold release?
Rhino
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