You absolutely nailed it! Hard to understand why manufactuers deliver a f**king greasy tire and expect riders to "ride off" the slippery stuff on the road rather than to add a wash cycle to the production process! Continental is a bit ahead on this game as their tires are delivered ready to ride - but you still have to break them in too - to avoid this from happening kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9OHfcWWkpabkac.html - I guess it is much easier to fly a man to the moon and bring him back safely. 😂

@@MotoVibes Additionally consider that usually (despite same "commercial" name, the "internal" serial/model is different I've noticed in some cases) OE tires are usually not the same as off the shelf tires. Usually they are cheap deals done with the manufacturers to supply the production lines. I've been in the habit to swap tires with new ones of my choice on new motorcycle right off from the dealer. to some a waste or pedantic behaviour... but ... you know.... i've kissed the asphalt too in the past :) :) ;)

@@ilmongolo good idea to just get what you want right when you buy it. I will need 2 sets - my off-road tires are installed on the smaller wheels right now - even though I would be curious to ride the R with a small off-road set once Vice versa take the large set to the track. 😉

I hope that is it now 😂 at least for pavement crashes.

hi handsome. i like your !.

Oh that sucks! no crash bars with a GS probably ended up beeing quite expensive! The guy was really nice - I don't think I thanked him enough as I was still under shock.

😂 indeed - broken in less than 3 km of riding!

Thank you very much Dennis. I guess the shock kept me cool - but I was pretty mad at myself for the entire ride home. Then again - glad it happend there and not at the on-ramp to the Autobahn.

Thank you very much - yeah - you get to see all the good AND the bad 😂 My confidence did take a little dent - I spend the few good weather days since the pickup in adding all accessories and the body panels from the S - so, replaced the new scratched parts with old scratched parts 😂 Tomorrow is the first day that I will actually ride this bike.

I agree. Many new bikes have all sorts on their tyres, from oil to polish + they're not scrubbed in. Rub some alcohol into the tyres & rough them up a bit with sand paper, else it might catch you out again.

First thing to do with new tires. Go to a dry parking lot and do figure eights. Lean as far as you dare at slower speed. Few minutes, done. New tires are soooo sketchy, and all the tech in the world won't stop that front tire from washing out.

@@maximusmiles8435 Yeah - absolutely right BUT we really should not accept such shity quality in this day in age - If we (meaning SpaceX) can land a freaking rocket on a dime!! (if you have not seen the video check it out) - non slippery tires should not be that hard to make - that is what I think ;-)

@@MotoVibes I'm in full agreement with you. Continental have that down. Everyone else is in the stone age with their release agents from the mold. You would think they would at the very least pre scrub them. Like riding a bike isn't dangerous enough.

Still baffles me that tire are even delivered and mounted that slippery on a motorcycle. You would think that in this day and age manufactures could make tires that do not that level of breaking in - well - at least Continental tires do not require breaking in time.

Thank you very much 😉

That’s right! Hopefully the next time you go down…it’s in the dirt!

Thank you for the kind words ;-)

Thank you very much Bruce! I am very keen on finally putting some miles on this new R - I spent the litte bit of sparetime I had the past days of getting all the accessories on the bike and now I just need to ride some ;-)

Thank you very much Andrew, will do! 😎

Thank you very much 😉

Yeah - you get to see all the good and the bad 😂

Thank you. Just and stupid mistake but my ego was hurt more than the bike was 😂

you know what? I did ALL that - except the handguards. I still need to get those. 😉

Nice 👍😉👏

Yes, new greasy tires I am afraid. 😬

@@MotoVibes surprised that there were other dings. GS boxer keeps stuff out of the way for drops like these as long as you have sturdy crash bars

@@motovloggingwithvman2188 exhaust should always get hit, unless u have paniers.

I see 3 causes. Excessive speed, painted line, new tires.

@@motovloggingwithvman2188 yeah - the GS falls very well with crash bars. Also, the GS is easier to pick up too as it never really lays flat.

Thank you very much Lars! Glad you like the channel ;-) all the best to you, Oliver

Thank you so much for the kind words ;-)

Thank you very much 😉

Thank you very much! Wished I had thank the guy a little more - nice of him to tripple check if I was fine and to help with picking up the bike

Thank you very much- I hope it prevented at least one other rider from this mistake 😉

Thank you very much 😉 I usally wear full gear which includes an airbag vest - which on this day I had not with me as I had to schlepp all the gear to the dealership on the train - the bike looks awesome now. I hope I can show images soon

Thank you very much Katherine! Could have been a lot worse - minimal damage to the bike - lasting damage to my ego 😂

Great tip!

Thank you- this really got me by surprise- i am extra careful with new tires now 😂

thank you very much - I really need to put some miles on the new R now - so I can get the 1000km service out of the way too ;-)

For sure! I hope this does not happen to other like that

So true! Thank you very much!

Thank you very much for the kind words! The shoulder hurt just a litte for a couple of days and the bike looks great now with black body panels and all the mods installed - just missing the new seat, new graphic kit and of course proper knobby tires - all coming very soon 😎

I totally agree! Despite the issues I have had with the Conti Road Attack that one time - this kinda stuff would not happen with Continental tires as Conti has done away with using slippery subtances on their motorcycle tires.

You would think that there would be a solvent to remove or lightly mechanically abrade the face of the tyre before fitting to solve this issue. It's made me anxious about getting my new bike in a couple of weeks!

@@brucecutts8841 This should be done by the tire manufacturers - when you think of it this should not be hard to do - why sell slippery tires on a motorycle in the first place. A simple wash cycle during production and this would be a none issue. ;-)

On the bright side now thar she has been dropped, you can now bring it offroad a bit more lighthearted 😅 glad you are ok and the the damage to the bike were minimal. On the other hand i dunno if I d call it on the new tyre only. I mean you were going super slow on what seemed to be a perfectly dry tarmac, in the last 5 years i put something like 20 new set on tyres on my bikes, first kms i use it with care sure but never ever something even close to that happened. Can it be that those tyre were contaminated by some sort of grease or something (like something to polish the plastic at dealerships that dropper on the wheel accidentally or so)? Maybe some diesel on the road that made the tyre slippery?

@@scldma114 thank you very much - seems all very possible - I have been through quite a few new sets of tires myself and I thought It took it really easy. There could also have been something on the road - I did not really check closely afterwards - but that could have added to the slippery tires.

totally get your point - I am also 5'11" - you can get a lower custom seat made - I have one on order - will let you guys know if that will indeed make a difference

Thank you very much John. I hope the damage was not too bad without the crash bars back than.

thank you very much - this was pretty upsetting but in the end I reminded myself that I was quite lucky not to get hurt (too badly) and the damage was minimal - The bike could have easily slid into a car that would have been a much bigger deal. Well, the bike looks very different now and very cool - you will see soon ;-)

thank you very much - I am glad you did not have to go through this ;-)

Thank you very much 😉

Thank you very much! Like you said - all good in the end - just a few scratches and not lasting pain or insury 😎

hope you are right 😉👍

Thank you very much! Can't wait to ride the new beast

Thank you very much 😉 I am over it now (almost 😂) The bike looks fantastic now - fully accessorized with new graphics - ready to be dropped many more times but in the dirt not the road

Thank you very much William!

Vielen Dank! Im Gelände darf sie ja fallen in Zukunft 😂 Am Ende war es halb so wild, wenn auch ziemlich dämlich 😂

@@MotoVibes kalte neue Reifen sind immer unberechenbar. In der einen Kurve fühlst dich wie Gott in Frankreich, in der nächsten wie ein Anfänger 😂

Yeah - skip the slide when you break in the bike 😂

Thank you very much 😉 That is absolutly right

Please do 😉 enjoy your new 890 Adventure without any crashes 👍

it is very possible - because I was really slow taking that corner - it did not look like anyhting else was on the road though

Glad to know I am not the only one 😂 I hope he did not get hurt when this happened to your friend.

Thank you very much 😉

Thank you very much! I hope this is it for now (at least on pavement). The brake lever was fine actually - it was only the heat shield on the exhaust and the obvious scratches on the crash bars. I would have though that the tank panels would have gotten damaged too but good thing they did not.

Good to have the first scratches out of the way - in less than 5 minutes 😬

Thank you very much 😉 and its true - I am amazed how little damage the bike took.

Luckily I didn’t get hurt here. At least not physically- some scratches on the ego though 😂

Thank you very much 😉

That is true - thank you! Bike's Ok - I am OK -- all good ;-)

Thank you very much 😉

Hoffentlich nur bei Offroadabgängen 😂

Thank you Tobias! Congrats to the new 1290 SAR! Keep the rubber down and the shiny side up 😎👍

Fingers crossed! 😉

and good thing there was no traffic on the other side - I was quite lucky

Thank you David - well, not sure if you saw the latest video but I did crash again on a mountainbike 5 weeks ago this time took away serious insuries. I won't be riding a motorcycle for a while now.

Thank you very much 😉

Thank you! Will do! 👍

Thank you very much Ian! In a way it is rediculous that we bikers have accepted to get greasy tires like this and are expected to "break in the tire" and "ride off" the grease on these tires in public traffic when it would be very easy to remove this grease from the manufacturing process with a simple wash cycle in the factory.

thank you very much! Ride Safe!

Thank you very much 😉

@@MotoVibes yes sir....

Thank you very much - in the end I was very lucky not to have hit another car and I did not really get hurt - I called it a beginner’s mistake but a beginner probably would have been more careful with a brand new bike. It’s more an advanced rider’s mistake 😂😂

​@@MotoVibes Very true. There are two major inverse bell curves typically associated with individual growth and experience. This is the Dunning-Kruger effect. In the beginning, an individuals initial gain of knowledge and experience in a subject leads many to a state of overconfidence in their abilities. Essentially, they think they know it all. LOL! As they grow more knowledgable and more experienced, they begin to understand how much they don't actually know, and their confidence in their abilities lowers. Somewhere around the "100 hour mark", many individuals experience a second rise in overconfidence, typically caused by normalization of deviance. In this case, they've began pushing boundaries, and each time they get away with it and nothing bad happens, this becomes their new normal, and they push a little further the next time. By this point, overconfidence can lead many to make simple mistakes they wouldn't have when they were younger and had less experience, because they think they are more capable than they are. Beyond this point, most people align their confidence to a point lower than their actual knowledge and experience, and a new danger zone forms... Complacency. Experts in their fields and masters of their crafts have grown so experienced and so knowledgeable, that they become complacent, often forgetting simple things they used to pay attention to before. This is more than likely the stage you are at my friend. It's not "good" nor "bad", just a learning moment, not to get complacent in the future. :D

Thank you very much Burkhard! 😉

Vielen Dank Lars! Stützräder hätten vielleicht etwas gebracht den Tag 😂😂 Ausfahrt steht nächste Woche!

I think this may be tie - The bike had 7 km on the odometer when I picked it up - I don't think it went double digits before I low sided 😂

thank you very much 😉 Yes, I am very humbled by the response on this mishap. Makes me feel a lot better knowing I am not alone in this and hopefully has some other pay closer attention to breaking in their new tires.

Vielen Dank! Ja, ihm bekommt hier die guten und die schlechten Momente mit 😂 Ich hoffe das war's jetzt dann auch mit ungeplanten Abgängen (zumind. auf der Straße)

Yeah thank you very much ;-)

no sure if i would hit 100 kph any time soon but a little more headroom on the suspension the next time we get to ride places like the West Alps would be great. In a way it still going to be a small fraction of the KM that I really "need" this suspension but what the hell - nice to have it ;-)

Thank you Paolo 😎👍

Thank you very much Nick - The R has many of the S accessories installed by now - looks much cooler and the new parts with scratches have been replaced with old parts with old scratches 😂 NOW, it is ready to go 😂

Thank you very much 😉

Thanks mate! Went from super happy to pissed in less than 5 min 😬 BUT could have been worse - luckily the bike did not hit another car and I am fine too

@@MotoVibes yeaah exactly! Could have been much worse! Well, the 1290 is baptised hahaha Happy to see that you're okay! 😄

hi handsome. this rider has awsome luck! see dropping your motorcycle and getting ran over by the light blue car is bad luck. you have with money,taste and toy's. buy yourself a body vest airbag. please. thanks.

Thank you Chris. That is what I did right after the crash - first time for new tires and something that should not be necessary in this day and age 😬 Continental Road Attack 3 come with full grip right from the get go - they are the only manufacturer that make tire like that as far as I know.

That's pretty much it - this wasn't by far the first set of new cold tires for me and I tought I took it easy enough 😬

Thank you very much! you are right - most important part is not to get seriously insure or hurt some one else.

Yes, the first thing I did was to put the old panels on - looks much nicer in black 😎 plus all the accessories are back on the R now too - bike looks fantastic now.

Fingers crossed! Thank you very much ;-)

Thank you very much ;-)

Thank you! Yes, you get to see it all the good, the bad, the ugly 😂

haha - not sure about the 100 😂 as long as I can still ride I would be OK with it 😎

absolutely - this was not so bad after all (except the huge damage to my ego) 🤣

thank you very much 😉

thank you ;-)

I thought I could short cut this by just mounting my old scratched body panels from my previous S model to "get the scratches in" - I guess that plan did not work out 😂

Oh sh*t! That is pretty bad - I hope you were OK through. 😬 Can't imagine the look on the dealer's face when you returned the bike

They were not thrilled. Good thing I’d already bought a few bikes from them.

@@jaronard1 I bet - but no one does that on purpose ;-)

I actually helped with the scrubbing in part with brake cleaner yesterday 😂 Good thing is that the bike looks completly different now - made tons of changes and it looks awesome now ;-)

Also, the soft front suspension player a role, definitely. Set it the day up properly then you'll be fine 👍😉

Thank you! That is the plan for tomorrow - getting familiar with the suspension and finally riding the bike for a while ;-)

Ganz ehrlich - super Tipp! Genau das werde ich morgen mal machen - bin ja bisher noch nicht weiter gefahren mit der neuen Kati - wollte morgen mal eine Runde drehen mit der neuen

@@MotoVibes hätte gedacht das du dir die 2021 geholt hättest,aber mit dem gesparten kann man schon ne Blödsinn mit anstellen🤪

@@mesima5041 ja, zum Beispiel das Bike ablegen nach 2 km Fahrt 🤪

thank you very much 😉 the next video on the new look is coming tomorrow

@@MotoVibes Awesome ,looking forward to it and maybe a new akcropovic exhaust

@@shaneolivier1650 akrapovic: yes! but it does have a few scuffs on it already from its adventures with the S model ;-)

Thank you Guy - just goes to show you how careful you need to be with new tires (even though this was not my first set of new tires). you will be fine with your new Super Adventure ;-)

Well, main reason were the slippery tires - also the road seem more slippery than usual. It is a well know fact that tire need breaking in time - so this comes down to rider error - I underestimated how bad the tires were. With that said - It is actually almost criminal that tires like this actually get mounted on a motorcycle and us riders are expected to break them in in public traffic. What if you have to dodge something suddenly? You would most definitely crash the bike. In this day and age tire in this conditition should never be mounted on the bike - as far as I know only Continental actually has tires that have full grip right from the start. They still need to be broken in but they are not slippery like this.

Thank you very much - it was like riding on wet leaves. There wasn't anything I could spot on the road but it sure felt it just was not the tire. alone.

Vielen Dank 😉 Richtig gefahren bin ich sie bisher in der Tat noch nicht - hab halt die ganzen Teile angebaut inkl. Lacksatz der S - morgen geht es hoffentlich auf die erste Tour mit der neuen R - grüße in die Schweiz 👍

@@MotoVibes ja gehe morgen auch wieder auf den Sattel, soll ja schön Wetter sein. Mein Töff Kollege nimmt allerdings seine Tochter mit hinten drauf was bedeutet dass er noch langsamer fährt als sonst :-(. Denke mal das ich im Regenmodus fahren muss um einigermassen auf seine Geschwindigkeit runter zu kommen. Gute und sichere Fahrt. Gruss Dani

Thank you very much Steve - bike looks even better now with all the mods and black body panels installed from the S - just need new knobbies for the big wheels now 😎

Thank you very much 😉 even though I did an extended ride yesterday I scrubbed the tires with brake cleaner today - that should do the trick

Thank you very much! I think the pavement was a littel slippery too - combined with the new tires that was enough to lose traction.