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55 years after my subdivision street was originally paved, the city is now resurfacing the pavement with chip seal. I know how you all just love to ride your motorcycles on new chip-sealed pavement , so I thought you might be interested how the paving process works.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:28 pm (Last edited: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:30 pm)
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That's wild the original street lasted 55 years. It sure helps when there's little freezing and thawing. Lee |
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #2 same here in the UK and even worse in France where they seem to apply twice the volume needed of gravillons as they call them.
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The paving contractor is still running street sweepers up and down the street occasionally. They really are doing their best to suck up any loose gravel. I rode my bicycle up and down the street earlier today. The traction was firm and I had no loose gravel issues, although I did have to dodge a couple of street sweepers which were creating a dust cloud.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Today the paving crew rolled up the street to place a top coat wearing surface over the chip seal that was installed 10 days ago. Fortunately, it turned out to be a nice day so the stuff should cure relatively rapidly. It appears to consist of a mixture of sand and rapid-setting oil that is spread all at once by a truck over the rocky chip seal surface. If you look at the photos you will see that the truck has a lot of sand in its hopper. Apparently more sand than oil, because every 100 yards or so the truck had to stop paving and go get more oil from the large oil truck parked at the local church's parking lot, about one mile away. When the machine would leave for more oil, it left the spreader and the spreaders behind, while they rested on the curb waiting for the truck to return. Just paving my short block took about 2 hours, including running a street sweeper up and down the street before the paving was started.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Here in NC, the DOT calls it Slurry Seal. Same thing. Except (at least in my area) they never follow up with the sweeper. The process is left for the drivers to continually run over it for the finished product. Pretty awesome for bikes, as each intersection constantly has loose gravel present |
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Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #7 Yeah, let anyone using the road pay for the cleanup with cracked windshields and chipped paint. My neighborhood was "chipped" several years ago. Had a moment at an intersection the first time I encountered it. Anything lower than U.S. highways gets chip sealed. Some State roads get real asphalt. Frank
2023 R1250RS- 12,000 mi. 2yr., 2003 R1100S Boxer Cup Replika #6/200, 1985 K100/1100RS- 331,000 mi. 40 yrs., 2017 R1200RS- 51,070 mi, 5 yrs, (gone), 2016 R1200RS- 28,322 mi. 18 mo. (gone), 2011 R1200RT- 30,000 mi. 2 yr. (gone), 2005 R1200ST- 58,000 mi. 8 yr. 3rd deer killed it, 1999 R1100S- 15,000 mi. 2 yr. (gone), 1996 Ducati 900SS/SP- 89,000 mi. 12 yr. (gone), 500,000+ BMW miles
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