Help stop sliding
-
- Direct Access
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 8:14 am
Help stop sliding
Right probably a stupid question but never mind.
Whats the best way to stop sliding into my tank? When i am riding i continually need to readjust so as to stop sliding into tank. Is it simply my posture thats wrong, bike is a 2002 Gay Blade and i am wondering if there is something that I can get to be stuck onto the tank to give me more grip with my knees to stop me sliding?
Cheers
Mark
Whats the best way to stop sliding into my tank? When i am riding i continually need to readjust so as to stop sliding into tank. Is it simply my posture thats wrong, bike is a 2002 Gay Blade and i am wondering if there is something that I can get to be stuck onto the tank to give me more grip with my knees to stop me sliding?
Cheers
Mark
- Dickie
- Tank Slapper
- Posts: 679
- Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 9:22 pm
- Current Ride: SV650, ER6 and a pikey van
- Location: Aberdeen
Re: Help stop sliding
You could try these. http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/category.php?show=2,16
But having the seat altered to stop you sliding forward might work too.![:confused :confused](./images/smilies/smile_confused.gif)
But having the seat altered to stop you sliding forward might work too.
![:confused :confused](./images/smilies/smile_confused.gif)
-
- Direct Access
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 8:14 am
Re: Help stop sliding
Cheers,
But how do you go about getting the seat altered and where?
Thanks
Mark
But how do you go about getting the seat altered and where?
Thanks
Mark
- Dickie
- Tank Slapper
- Posts: 679
- Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 9:22 pm
- Current Ride: SV650, ER6 and a pikey van
- Location: Aberdeen
Re: Help stop sliding
Not sure if there are any specialist motorcycle seat upholsterers around here, but here's a couple of specialists that I've read good things about;
http://www.tonyarcher.co.uk/
http://www.motorbike-seats.co.uk/intro.html
Any upholsterer would be able to take your seat apart, alter it and put it back together. Whether they could solve your problem would be another thing though. Might be worth keeping an eye on ebay for a spare seat and then let someone experiment with it. If it's crap at least you can go back to your original.
http://www.tonyarcher.co.uk/
http://www.motorbike-seats.co.uk/intro.html
Any upholsterer would be able to take your seat apart, alter it and put it back together. Whether they could solve your problem would be another thing though. Might be worth keeping an eye on ebay for a spare seat and then let someone experiment with it. If it's crap at least you can go back to your original.
-
- Direct Access
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 8:14 am
Re: Help stop sliding
Ok, Many thanks for that.
I will see if i can get that stompgrip for my bike, looks ideal.
Thanks
I will see if i can get that stompgrip for my bike, looks ideal.
Thanks
- Zax
- Derren Brown
- Posts: 1443
- Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:48 pm
- Location: Out in the boonies
Re: Help stop sliding
Get yourself a set of STOMP grips
Ugly as a bag of frogs but really work !
Ugly as a bag of frogs but really work !
- McWullie
- Armchair Biker
- Posts: 404
- Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:15 am
- Current Ride: Santa Cruz Chameleon
- Location: running away from Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian)
Re: Help stop sliding
I'm with Zax on this one though I don't think they are ugly!!
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ ... lgrp=OTHER
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ ... lgrp=OTHER
- Dickie
- Tank Slapper
- Posts: 679
- Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 9:22 pm
- Current Ride: SV650, ER6 and a pikey van
- Location: Aberdeen
Re: Help stop sliding
Yeah, if only someone had suggested that in the first fcuking reply.
- baldy
- Nocturnal Arse Blower
- Posts: 347
- Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:33 pm
- Current Ride: Ducati Panigale 1199
- Location: Next To The Sea in a hoose with Erin
Re: Help stop sliding
Dickie wrote:Yeah, if only someone had suggested that in the first fcuking reply.
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
![:log :log](./images/smilies/icon_I can't believe it's not butter!.gif)
-
- Always ahead of Trouble
- Posts: 745
- Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2003 9:22 pm
- Current Ride: KTM Tangerine Twin
Yamaha XT 660 X (recovered by the Dohnut munchers) - Location: Slip sliding on the chuckies
Re: Help stop sliding
Apply evo stick glue to both surfaces allow to dry then apply I x sheet of sandpaper, hope this helps ![:2up](./images/smilies/up.gif)
![:2up](./images/smilies/up.gif)
- Gazza
- I don't believe it!
- Posts: 2475
- Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2001 1:00 am
- Current Ride: KTM 690 Duke
- Location: Sconny Botland
Re: Help stop sliding
What grade?fazermal wrote:Apply evo stick glue to both surfaces allow to dry then apply I x sheet of sandpaper, hope this helps
- Neorion
- Supergeek
- Posts: 207
- Joined: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:30 pm
- Current Ride: VFR 800 FI
Best advice I was given
"ride for yourself and don't watch my back wheel"
guess who? - Location: Far from home
Re: Help stop sliding
Go the Blue peter route
Sticky back plastic....job done
Sticky back plastic....job done
- Zathos
- Mr Magpie
- Posts: 3161
- Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:46 pm
- Current Ride: Aprilia Tuono Factory R
- Location: Everywhere & Nowhere
Re: Help stop sliding
If you wear leathers use saddle soap on the leathers to increase friction against the seat.
- McWullie
- Armchair Biker
- Posts: 404
- Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:15 am
- Current Ride: Santa Cruz Chameleon
- Location: running away from Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian)
Re: Help stop sliding
Dickie wrote:Yeah, if only someone had suggested that in the first fcuking reply.
![Flippa :flippa](./images/smilies/smilies_flipa.gif)
![:tung :tung](./images/smilies/pfbbt.gif)
-
- Direct Access
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 8:14 am
Re: Help stop sliding
Cheers for all the replies, stomp grips are the ones for me!
Going down to the bike show in London at end of month so will see if i can get them when down there.
Going down to the bike show in London at end of month so will see if i can get them when down there.
-
- Direct Access
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 8:14 am
Re: Help stop sliding
Got the stomp grips fitted today and they are really good far less effort required spot on!