and asks us if none of us saw him behind us at the stop light. Grin Shocked  :

Hay , I didn't get it either , but now that you caught it , I'm telling the story if you don't !  
everybody reading this wasn't there.

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I'll start the way I remember it :  

So , Lancer was leading and ran under yellow light , and one or two bikes followed him .   The rest of us were scarred and afraid (Had better sense) .

So , there we were all bunched up at the Red-Light while Lancer and the other two kept going .
Engines were rebbing up and everybody was fixated on watching the light  like a bunch of contestants at the Drag Races .
When your leaned over your tank to hold the front end down ya "can't see your mirrors" .
Well , after the light went green all I remember is trying to catch the rear of SpringMans brother-in-law's Harley while it slowly keep pulling away from me ... Then it started slowing down for some reason ???
Yea , There were RED brake lights coming on all over the place and some of  them looked Violet then Red again back and forth Violet Red Violet .  That when the siren went off and there weren't no dought what was going on.   By that time we could see Lancer and buds pulled over waiting on us 1/4 mile up the road but they wern't about to come back and get us .  
NO , they were looking at Daises or something , just bobbing around beside the road trying not to look back our way  
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Some of you other fellers might be able to fill in some of the blanks here I'm beginning to feel weak-kneed again   ?  

Help me SpringMan , you might remember more than I do .   After I got to the curb , I never directly talked with the young Officer .   But , I was very relieved he was laughing .   I remember him saying " WAS Ya'll TRYING TO GET PULLED OVER ? " .

I can't help but wonder if the Deputy was having as hard a time keeping-up with that Harley as I was ?   I always figured the Savage was as quick from 0 to 50-60  as 9 out of 10 cars .

I got Shinko 712 in the mail today.  Got it mounted and took a ride.    At first it was swinging wide and hard to turn with , but after that mold release got wore off ... I got to liking it. !  

I measured the tread depth and its 6mm new (.243") it looks deep.

the width may be a little on the plus side , it looks really wide and its only 130/90 but looks like almost 140 series..

I suspect it will last more than 5K miles. !    Maybe even as much as the AM26 (8000 miles). did.  

I know MM.  My money is on visible cord threads in 9 months or 3000 miles, whichever comes first.

Ok

I'm interested to see how long the rear tires on a Ninja 400 will last ?  

Have you checked to see if they are 17" ?    Unless its a really wide tire  there isn't nothing but Sporty tires in 17".   Them extra wide ones weigh more and suck your fuel millage downhill in a quick way , so in 17 inch its dammed if you do and dammed if you don't  !  

I hope the Shinko 712 is the middle ground , that middle solid strip is a really smart idea in my eyes.  ???  

My chicken strips are actually growing...

MMRanch wrote on 09/20/19 at 19:47:33:


MM....I suggest you somehow describe that a bit differently - Marcia may not find that very flattering!  Maybe something about keeping you company....rather than being a traction aid.

I have been on two outings in curvy areas with Deb, and even at a reduced cornering speed - I believe the wear on the rear tire is accelerated.  A couple years ago I thought the rear tire of my NT700 was going to last me the rest of the summer - Deb and I wore it out in 2 days riding around Suches, GA.....the back of the bike was covered in rubber shavings and black dust.  On this trip to the Ozarks both tires have that "scuffed" look, even though I have been riding at moderate cornering speeds.  I have not noticed the wear on the front tire being accelerated - but I have noticed I need to squeeze the front brake lever a lot harder entering some of the steep downhill turns....so I would suspect the brake pads get a bit more wear as well.