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Originally Posted by Jiggles
I remember reading someones post when I was new about how they got new tires put on and went to leave the dealership and their back wheel promptly slipped out from under them as they were leaving the driveway.
Been scared of new tires ever since
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its true, the surface of brand new tires, as well as any tire that hasn't been used in the past couple days starts to dry out and become more slippery. its why they say optimal traction loss in race conditions is about 10% so that it constantly refreshes the surface (scrapes the old, dried out rubber off exposing fresh sticky rubber underneath).
so if you go and try to do a wheelie on FOB tires you will probably do a burnout, and if you do a burnout when you are expecting a wheelie and dont really know how to do a burnout, chances are you're gonna crash and then blame the tires how they were covered in slick crap... but really its your own fault for not understanding how rubber works. besides it only takes one slide on the part of the tire to expose fresh rubber. so if you know how to not drop it like a squid you'll be fine after a lap around the lot.