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05-15-2008, 06:14 PM | #1 |
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you mean rim, trip?
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05-15-2008, 07:09 PM | #2 | |
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05-15-2008, 07:17 PM | #3 |
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You will lose a fair bit of handling with that, but because of your area shouldn't be a big deal. A 50 is going to be fairly square. I am going to be putting a 190/55 17 to get better cornering.
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05-15-2008, 08:12 PM | #4 | |
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Maybe,I have a 190/50 on it now ofcourse. This is a VERY stupid question but here goes... shouldn't the 200 be taller? Bear with me,the rim is 6",if you take a 190mm line and make an arc from lip to lip and a 200mm line and make an arc,wouldn't the 2nd be a "taller" arc? Plus,some of that 200mm goes to side walls doesn't it? I actually understand car tires reasonably well,but mc tire specs have always confused me alittle.... For example, a 300/50-20 car tire (just a #) has 300mm from bead to bead and 50% of that distance is sidewall. Thus the sidewalls are 75mm each and the tread is 150mm..right? Obviously,the same formula doesn't apply to a mc tire as the "sidewalls" are significantly less that 50% of the total bead to bead length of the tire. I don't know...anybody? |
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05-15-2008, 08:36 PM | #5 | |
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a 265/55R18 car tire is 265mm across the tread, the side wall is 145.75mm tall (55% of 265) and it fits an 18" rim. I'm thinking a bike tire say 190/55R17 is going to be 190 mm edge to edge on the tread side wall would be 55% of 190 = 104.5 and run on a 17" rim. |
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05-15-2008, 09:01 PM | #6 | |
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BTW from an earlier discussion...it's unanimous,suzuki,dunlop,pirelli and bridgestone suggest 36 psi front and 42 psi rear for a GSXR1000. The om lists these numbers wether you are single or two-up. |
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05-15-2008, 09:08 PM | #7 |
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yeah those are the same psi that honda says go the pig
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05-16-2008, 08:22 PM | #8 | |
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both will be the same width, but the 225/70 17 will have a taller sidewall. |
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05-15-2008, 10:54 PM | #9 | |
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My old Suzuki has a 130 rear tire, but the Works Performance shocks raise the rear end almost an inch. Gives it pretty good handling for a 29-year-old bike. |
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05-16-2008, 12:25 AM | #10 |
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003 shinkos are cheap, and really sticky. go for it.
metzler makes a 210mm tire, try that as well. it fits a 6inch rim. either way, try it the way u have your bike setup now, and then adjust your suspension to work with the new tire, and then tell us how it compares to the 190 you got. i think a wider tire-to a point-looks better as well. i hated the 130 i had on my kz, went to a 140, still wasnt enough, went to a 180. looks decent, i thinkim gonna try a 7inch slick next |
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