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i was wondering what my tire psi should be i have a 96 honda 600 f3

If you're running something other than Stock, you're far better off to contact the manufacture of the tire for their proper specification pressure than to get "suggestions" from us.

for instance, I contacted Pirelli about their tire specification PSI for the Diablo Corsa III and to my surprise they want (not recommend WANT) the tires to be at 34 - 34.5 PSI front and back when you stop the bike. that is MUCH different that what Honda recommends for tire pressure on the stock tires. i suspect other manufactures will be similar.

36 front 42 rear are what Honda recommend. Thats if the tyres are the correct size, 120/60 front and 160/60 rear.

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ORIGINAL: knightslugger

If you're running something other than Stock, you're far better off to contact the manufacture of the tire for their proper specification pressure than to get "suggestions" from us.

for instance, I contacted Pirelli about their tire specification PSI for the Diablo Corsa III and to my surprise they want (not recommend WANT) the tires to be at 34 - 34.5 PSI front and back when you stop the bike. that is MUCH different that what Honda recommends for tire pressure on the stock tires. i suspect other manufactures will be similar.

That's interesting. I've NEVER heard this in my life. I would think the engineers of the machine the tires are going on would be the best reference to find out the spec's for eqiupment on the machine itself, regardless of the manufacturer of whatever part is going on it AS LONG AS IT'S OEM size, fit/finish, etc.

How could Pirelli do this (assuming it's different from motorcycle mfctr spec's), unless they have a tire ONLY and SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR an individual cycle?

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ORIGINAL: barryem

i was wondering what my tire psi should be i have a 96 honda 600 f3

Most times...with any bike...under normal load...both tires at low to mid 30's is fine.

I run 32-34 front...34-36 rear...

Ok, so its like 20 years ago, but I used to run Pirelli tyres (Phantoms) on my Kwaka Z650, the tyre pressure for the rear on my bike was fer instance (like I said over 20 years ago) 36 psi, Pirelli actually recommended 42- 45 psi for optimum performance (heat & adhesion & profile) but it was only a recommendation.
Maybe it was B*** S*** , but I ran em at 42 with no problems.

Its not quite as drastic as a car (vehicle weight, etc)but its the same principal, and for cars you always want to run what the vehicle needs not the tire manufacturer, hence every vehicle made has a sticker for psi front and rear on the door jamb.