New tires, suggestions anyone?
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RE: New tires, suggestions anyone?
this bike has no rear height adjustment. so, the front and rear tire heights are the same per the factory specs. thus, if you run a smaller height rear and the stock height front, the rear of the bike is lower, so the response is slower steering irregardless of tire width. stability will be the same as if the tire heights were the same. so, to get the bike back into balance, you could move the forks up into the triple clamps a certain amount or whatever is measured from stock.
now, if you run the stock height rear with a lower height front, the bike becomes front bias and thus the result is quicker steering. there is no way to get the rear down since there is no rear suspension height adjustment. another result of this front bias is that the bike becomes unstable but only at higher speeds.
if you go with a wider tire, you obviously get a larger contact patch. but the reality of going wider is that you will probably start hitting hard parts before you ever get a knee down on the ground. besides that, if a 110 is on the front, there isn't a whole lot of contact patch relative to the rear. the front will probably come out even before the rear is extremely far over.
now, if you run the stock height rear with a lower height front, the bike becomes front bias and thus the result is quicker steering. there is no way to get the rear down since there is no rear suspension height adjustment. another result of this front bias is that the bike becomes unstable but only at higher speeds.
if you go with a wider tire, you obviously get a larger contact patch. but the reality of going wider is that you will probably start hitting hard parts before you ever get a knee down on the ground. besides that, if a 110 is on the front, there isn't a whole lot of contact patch relative to the rear. the front will probably come out even before the rear is extremely far over.
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RE: New tires, suggestions anyone?
if you go with a wider tire, you obviously get a larger contact patch. but the reality of going wider is that you will probably start hitting hard parts before you ever get a knee down on the ground.
However the steering is still plenty fast on my bike with 120 front and 160 rear since the aspect ratio(sidewall height) is the same on both tires.
Just my 2 centavos
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