Asphalt vs. concrete

[coaggie05]

I posted a while back about getting a new bike, and got an 05 black gsf.  Check in here every now and then to see if there is anything interesting and now I have a question worth posting. 

What are the noticable differences between riding on concrete vs. asphalt streets?  Most of the riding I do is around the city where all the streets are concrete but occasiolanly on the outskirts of town I end up on an asphalt road and it seems like the road is a little slicker. 

Wondering if its just my immagination or if there are any handling changes between the two pavement types.

[mike_mike]

concrete is bloody loud to ride on in the car.

[makenzie71]

Concrete is harder...less suseptible to temperature changes.  With propper textre, traction is prime in nominal conditions...but a rabbit could piss on it and kill you.

Asphault is better all around.

[badkarma506]

just wait till you get some good broken grooved concrete to ride on...   I-15 is fun.

[D-Day]

I posted a while back about getting a new bike, and got an 05 black gsf.  Check in here every now and then to see if there is anything interesting and now I have a question worth posting. 

What are the noticable differences between riding on concrete vs. asphalt streets?  Most of the riding I do is around the city where all the streets are concrete but occasiolanly on the outskirts of town I end up on an asphalt road and it seems like the road is a little slicker. 

Wondering if its just my immagination or if there are any handling changes between the two pavement types.

Concrete has less traction than ashpalt.  I say this from experience of racing on tracks with concrete patches.  They suck.  You will slide on the concrete way before you slide on the ashphalt.

[rangerbrown]

the main reason, TAR