Give us some more info ...
What turn, how fast were you going, how did you save the bike?
nothing spectacular, just a no-longer-being developed housing development. endless cul-de-sacs and fairly fresh pavement. kept taking the lefts and rights until it felt a little ragged. i slide into LEFT hand turns alot more naturally. right handers feel like i'm having fighting a left/right brain war on the entrance. this was the backing it in bit, i guess.
after a few tries, i had more confidence with what the rear felt like exiting, and carried more revs. twos times it felt the rear GRAB, but didn't feel the slide. that's something that concerned me. usually, on the drz i can feel either wheel lock, and if/when the rear looses traction on accleration. i didn't feel the rear break traction on acceleration on the fz, so it was very very odd when it gained traction again. may have been very close to a catastrophic (high/low) failure there for a minute.
speed was around 25-35, i think, just playing in first gear. no curbs, just those wonderful little drainage humps of concrete, that run out into nice, soft, lush grass. i wouldn't try this stuff with curbs. they are terrifying to me.
so anyway, the fueling of hte fz, or it's EFI algorythms, or all of it is a really nice package to learn on. we had a smallish gymkhana here a couple weekends ago, and the fz was flawless. very glad i ddin't take the drz to that.... one friend did and he pushed his front tire (scrubbing/sliding) around the entire course. very skilled rider, very safe rider. i will do more on the drz with tight/slow courses soon though. need to improve my handling some more there. the fz on the other hand, man, it's soooo predictable.
and today, my first full on rain storm with the fz, shod with fairly new Pirelli Diablo tires. absolutely would not push it in the rain. Felt the sidewalk tapes very very strongly. Slid right across like it was greased ice. i Don't think there is a tire that can make those feel good. otherwise, very happy with the rain performance, the laminar lip helped a ton with deflecting rain.
i'd much rather commute on the drz if it's raining though. throwing it into a bunch of bushes wouldn't bother me at all. it's been there so much before it just takes a nap and waits patiently. the fz... oh man i'd be sick if i tossed it.
there, hope that was enough summary of my very small experience with fz/traction. thanks for reading, ride safe guys/gals, and by god slow down a little ... i wanna see more pictures from the kick ass places -you- get to ride.
rock on :rockon:
Quite a feeling having the back end slide isn't it? That's the best way to learn though, to hit the limit without crashing!
