| Author | Message | ||
     Mustangturbo |
I know that a thread was started on this before... But I don't remember a conclusion being reached. I know that a 190/55 would be too tall and would hit the exhaust... But what about a 190/50? I want to get a set of Pilot Race for it but I want to go a little wider. | ||
| Mustangturbo |
Anyone out there? | ||
| Black_snowman |
If you do get a wider tire, make sure it's made for the correct rim width or it will throw off the handling, possibly severely. Personally, I'd stick with the stock sizes. I can't see any advantage with changing them that isn't more than offset by the disadvantages. | ||
| Mustangturbo |
Ok... I am going to take it to Jennings GP, I want it to stick in the corners. It already likes to break that back tire loose when I get into it. I don't want to have her slip out from under me through a curve. | ||
| Spectrum |
I attended the Keith Code school recently. He makes it a point to talk about folks modifying designs to get the bike to handle correctly. Bottom line is Keith will tell you the first and most significant change you can make to improve handling is get training. In other words most problems are improper rider positioning or input. Most modern motorcycles are pretty solid designs with extensive engineering and testing. If your having problems, it is most likely you and not the bike. | ||
| Hitman44139 |
Training for sure! also read this kinda helps. Interesting http://www.stevemunden.com/friction.html | ||
| Barker |
A smaller (170) rear tire can make you turn faster. (Old racer trick) | ||
| Crashstp |
what are you running for tire pressures? | ||
| Bigeasy |
Also with the smaller rim width might pinch the 190 and make it have a taller profile. Could cause problems with the tire hitting the stock exhaust. I also heard somewhere that during the development of the bike they had tried a 190. The test riders like the 180 better. By the way I run 30front and 29rear psi on the track. Seems to work well but it will still spin up coming off the corner onto the straight. I think the way to go is get a extra set of rims to run sticky tires for the track. | ||
| Barker |
what tires are you sliding on? |
