rims can only go on the bike 1 way. look for the arrow on the tire and make sure that it points the same direction as if the tire was spinning forward.

 

Fount it, arrow on rim was very hard to notice. Tyre is not mounted correctly, i have to carry it again to 50km away service

 

oh mang...take it somewhere else ;-)

 

Sooo while this thread is still active - heres a rookie question: What are qualities a "good" tire will have over another tire? Traction? Is that it

Any reason for me, a new rider who isnt going to be pusing his bike too hard, to pony up for some "nice" tires? Or just go with the Honda reccomended Dunlop or whatever?

Thanks for any advice.

 

pay no attention to the manufacturer thing on tires. here's a few things...
1. you want a tire that best suits your needs. so if you are just commuting, then you'll one to select from the group for sport touring tires which are harder and have less stick but wear less...these are like the 207s and the diablo strada...metzler something...pilot road, etc. these will get your like 7K in mileage, at least.
if you street and canyon then you'll want to go with street/sport tire...these are pilot powers, 208s, diablos, etc...i consider the m1s more track oriented due to life but is also considered in this category.
2. you'll want to check out tire characteristics, as in how fast they warm up...of the tires listed above, diablos, metzlers and pilot powers warm up super fast...208s not so fast and not so good in cold weather. as far as the sport touring tires, i dunno, haven't used them. you'll also want to check for tire profile, tread design, etc. profile affects the lean and handling characterstics...tread design does too...and ones with grooves that are parallel with direction of travle, like the 208s, will tend to follow grooves more than ones that are more perpendicular, like the diablos. also, the flatter the profile, the more input you need to turn in...something like 208s and PP, that do not have a flatter profile, lets you turn in much easier than say...diablos...as they want to dive in the turns, but diablos are much more neutral...and i like that...

so long story short...whatever fits your means mang!

 

Will do, thanks a lot!

 

The tread on the front Racetec is like that, I promise looks like its grooved the wrong way but its not if you stand infront of the bike your front tyre grooves should look like this..........................

 

hey mang...how long them tires last you on the street?
also...does your front stand have posts that go into the hole at the bottom of the forks?
fo sho it does...but looks like it doesn't mang! so scary...oooooooooo

 

As the folks have said there is a film on the tires because of the molding process, but also don't forget that tires are an oil based rubber so even if you do sand them there will still be oils that come to the surface until they are completely "scrubbed", which takes about 200 miles to do this all the way out to the edge of the tire. Be careful in the corners until this is done.

 

Nah, sticker on the tyre even says 100 mate, but if ya do it in the dry there sorted after 50.