100 points of grip. Rear tire grip consists of lean angle and throttle. Some tires can maintain traction at higher forces than this one did. Before the rear tire lost all traction, you can see the bike leave a long black trail before sliding out completely. In this case, too much throttle at the given lean angle exceeded the 100 points of available grip that particular tire had to offer. It was not a track oriented tire. (Pirelli Angel GT)
@@mk3brent That was some monster speed and lean angle into that turn. I do think that even small power/low output bikes benefit greatly from traction control electronics as you can exceed grip via throttle...just lean more! I did see a large percentage of track bikes using street tires at Barber a few weeks ago. Maybe not Pirelli Angels, but Road 5/6, RoadSmarts, GP300, of that sort. I personally used Metzeler M9RR and had the TC light flash at me several times per lap although I didn't feel any tire slide. I had TC turned up to max, though, and I trust the TC. I'm OK with flat track and dirt bikes, but on pavement everything happens so quickly that you're on the ground even before you realized you've crashed.
Oh nooooo.
Always choose smooth body movement for fine adjustments instead of chassis inputs...even more so at full lean and when off line.
he jumped off lol
Hanging off too much?
100 points of grip. Rear tire grip consists of lean angle and throttle. Some tires can maintain traction at higher forces than this one did. Before the rear tire lost all traction, you can see the bike leave a long black trail before sliding out completely. In this case, too much throttle at the given lean angle exceeded the 100 points of available grip that particular tire had to offer. It was not a track oriented tire. (Pirelli Angel GT)
@@mk3brent That was some monster speed and lean angle into that turn. I do think that even small power/low output bikes benefit greatly from traction control electronics as you can exceed grip via throttle...just lean more!
I did see a large percentage of track bikes using street tires at Barber a few weeks ago. Maybe not Pirelli Angels, but Road 5/6, RoadSmarts, GP300, of that sort. I personally used Metzeler M9RR and had the TC light flash at me several times per lap although I didn't feel any tire slide. I had TC turned up to max, though, and I trust the TC. I'm OK with flat track and dirt bikes, but on pavement everything happens so quickly that you're on the ground even before you realized you've crashed.
Perhaps unhelpful, but that could have turned into a nasty highside…better that crash than a high side.