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Glad i bought a frontera by jimmybhoy on Thu May 05, 2011 10:25 pm
Driving along today,(there was wet stuff falling from the sky) doin about 35mph, as im going into a bend, i felt the back end starting to step out ,then im @the point of no recovery,i just allowed it to go.......180 :roll:...360 :o ....540 degrees :shock:. still managed to keep it on my side of the road. If i was driving a sports car, that im used to, i know i would have been going a bit quicker......it would have definately been curtains.
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by drinksoptional on Thu May 05, 2011 11:01 pm
time for a tyre change me thinks an underwear
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by Rifleman on Thu May 05, 2011 11:15 pm
What tyres are you on bud?
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by Drift on Fri May 06, 2011 9:16 am
I think he would have had problems with most tyres, with the recent dry weather the road builds up a layer of rubber compound from many tyres in the dry, this when it rains can be worse than black ice as the water sits on the film of rubber and tyres cant grip, Ive done it many years ago with a 30 odd foot bus doing around a sharp bend. :wink:
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by Rifleman on Fri May 06, 2011 9:30 am
Now THAT brings back memories Ste.
I was driving an old Atlantean double decker down the cobbles of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, and when I went to turn left down the Bridges, it carried straight on.
Had to wipe the seat, and sponge my back. :roll: :D :D
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by SPEEDBIRD 202 on Fri May 06, 2011 3:40 pm
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by Big Dav on Fri May 06, 2011 9:33 pm
Treat dry cobbles with caution and wet cobbles like ice! Thats why one of the most successful hand drawn "trailers" on cobbles were sledges. Add tramlines to that and it gets even more interesting, especially on any bike.
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by bigdazz on Sat May 07, 2011 1:36 am
well held mate my bum goes out all the time but no spun out yet glad no damage mate
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by king of the kitchen on Tue May 10, 2011 8:34 am
we have a very fine tarmac over here with a very low PSV for the tarmac so when its hot rubber tends to stick to the road and collect,,,then when it rains,,,,watch out, :shock: ,,,im always drifting the arse end,,,,,,,, :rotfl:
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Re: Glad i bought a frontera by Popuptoaster on Tue May 10, 2011 10:57 am
i used to slide mine about all the time, the khumo KL71s have cured it, they did the same on my vitara as well, they grip MUCH better on the road than any other M/T ive ever had, work great off road as well, havent done enough miles to see how well they wear though.
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