Thruxton Cornering Limits - Feedback

Dave, when your tyres are higher than your knees, that’s when you’ve gone too far

 

If I am reading you right you have 8mm of tread that has not touched the road. I am an old man with a Thruxton S who has no interest in finding the limit of adhesion and I have about 8mm of virgin tread too - so to answer your question you are riding like an old man!

 

Your bike is fitted with Pirelli Rosso Corsa tyres which are top class, once you've got a bit of heat in them you should happily (and safely) be able to use the full tyre with no feeling of loss of grip etc, as well as this your bike is equipped with a fantastic suspension system. You will know you hit your limits when you start to ground your blobs. In saying all that, you are better to ride to the limits of your own personal confidence levels, which with this bike will likely get to a higher level over the months to come. Enjoy and ride safe.

 

Hi Dave, I to have Thruxton R, I found the Pirelli tyres to be let’s say, average until optimum temperature achieved, then they performed really well, albeit they do not last long at all. Like Andy C, I put Michelin RS tyres on it. Much better. As far a lean angles are concerned, I think you would be hard pushed to get right over onto the edge of the tyre on the ‘R’. If you are scrubbing to 8mm from the edge, I think you are enjoying your riding. My advice. Bin the Pirelli’s once past 4K, mine became very skittish front & rear.

 

Got to disagree, you wouldn't be "hard pushed" at all to use the full tyre, its all about confidence I have a new Speed Twin with the same tyres, (size and make) but equipped with a much lesser suspension system than your lovely beast, and by the way I am certainly no hero, but comfortably utilise the full rubber on the rear as I have done with all my bikes. I do agree however that whether you use the full tyre or not is of absolutely no consequence, as long as you are fully enjoying your riding experiences. I personally have run Pirelli's as a preference for years and always found them excellent, (apart from one small recent glitch which seems to have rectified itself).
Anyway no disrespect meant, that's just how it is for me and how I see things, wishing you long and happy riding.

 

Hi & welcome.

"The chicken-line on my back wheel is now down to 8mm or so and I still haven't got the warning that I'm at the limit." - Because you're not is the simple answer!

The Thrux R has fantastic cornering ability - just enjoy riding it! The more you do, the more your confidence and feel for the bike will grow and in turn the more tyre profile you'll be using, when you need new pegs you've probably found the limit!!

 

I’m close to the edge with th ‘S’ without any issues

 

Dave, what have you changed to use the ABBA stand
?

 

Hooligan! If it’s not too much of a personal question, how much do you weigh? Tell me to mind my own, that’ll be fine

 

At present 15 stone 10 pounds but can go up quite quickly depending on beer intake
Definitely not a hooligan the old an slow tag is spot on​

 

I had the ABBA for my VTR so was reluctant to get rid of it when I got the Thruxton. The only mod to the bike is removal of the left heel guard bracket. This is not essential, but if left on you have to remove the left hand foot peg. As I wanted to delete the heel guards this was not a big thing. On the right it is just a matter of taking off the sprocket cover to access the swing arm pivot.

To make the ABBA stand fit I modified a cheap 1/2" drive socket to fit the right side of the swing arm pivot, and turned a few thou off the left hand spigot.

The photos were taken when I first did the mod so the left hand foot peg is hanging in the breeze!

 

Good to know , I’ve been using the ABBA footrest removal kit but it’s a pain in the neck

 

I thought a footpeg removal kit was a socket and ratchet! If I could find a place to put a rad overflow tank - and a suitable tank - I would cut up the 'sprocket cover' so I did not need to remove it - and also delete the inner, steel sprocket cover.

 

No, you take 1 bolt out of each footrest and bolt these through it

 

We seem to have hijacked this thread Glyn! Dont want to sound immodest but I think my solution is better than ABBAs! They seem to have a fixation with not removing anything to fit the stand. Only takes a minute to pull off the sprocket cover with I dont find to be a hardship.

 

To be fair it’s only 1 bolt out of either footrest.i know I said it’s a pain but only because every other bike I’ve had only requires fittings pushed straight in.
Although I would like a permanent solution but I think I’ll stick with the footrest kit