| Author | Message | ||
     Not_purple_s2 |
Ok, well I've been putting this off for far too long. I need to get new tires for my bike. I've got an S2 with standard wheels (not PM) But I don't know much about motorcycle tires. I'm not a really aggressive rider, past bikes were not sportbikes so I'm still kinda learning. I'd like to get something that would give me more confidence in the corners so I can start laying her over more. But I don't want to lose milage since I want to really put some miles on the old girl. Any suggestions?? Also, would mounting a 180 in the rear be a bad idea? | ||
| Blake |
All the name bran sport touring tires are pretty good. They will all stick far beyond initial peg scraping mode. If you have a choice the correct sized 170/60 series rear tire is the way to go, but a 180/55 will not be a catastrophe. The wider tire will leave larger unused portions on the edge of the tire and cause the tire to wear out more quickly in the center since squeezing the wider tire onto narrower than recommended rims forced the tire profile to be more peaked in the center, like the following illustrates:  Note how the 180 size tire when squeezed to fit in a narrower rim sacrifices the amount of usable tread, the tread beyond the 45o tangent is significantly increased. Result?... Much larger chicken strips or unused tread near the edges of the tire. | ||
| Blake |
The above illustration is not entirely geometrically or physically accurate, but the general scenario and point that it illustrates is valid.  | ||
| Reepicheep |
The Pirelli scorpion syncs are a nice compromise... a little stickier then your typical sport touring tire, but does not wear out in 3000 miles like a pure sport tire. They are priced fairly also. The profile is more 'metzlerish' in that it is a smooth transition into the lean. Unlike the 'dunlopish' profiles that lean gradually then seem to drop off a table as you get further over. The syncs rock if you find yourself unexpectedly in grass, mud, or rain as well. You would not think so from the tread pattern, but the difference to me between the syncs and a dunlop 220 were night and day. I can go anywhere on the syncs, and the D220 had me spinning my wheel on wet grass with no slope just trying to move forward. |
