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Originally Posted by DLIT
Negative. You lose more of a contact patch which is needed on the liter bikes to handle the power delivery. In fact, a lot of 600 and 750 owners/racers will go up to the 190 for that reason. So they can get on the throttle quicker and harder. They just have to set their suspension up to compensate for the rear being raised more because it's a taller tire.
So stay with the 190, T. It's what is meant for that bike.
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What? A 180/55/17 is taller than a 190/50/17.
55% of 180 is 99mm. 50% of 190 is 95mm, so the 180 is a taller tire.
I agree with the contact patch statement though. I do however read on the Z1000 forums the best mos on that bike is to go down to a 180 due to the quicker turn in.