treker8098
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Any pros or cons to running a 190 rear on a GSXR 600? I know it will change the profile but will it help lean angle and contact? Or should I just stay with the 180?
if you know how to maximize what your tires give you it can be better on corner exit but its a trade off with agility. it will not help with lean angle and you should just stay with a 180.treker8098;125504 wrote: Any pros or cons to running a 190 rear on a GSXR 600? I know it will change the profile but will it help lean angle and contact? Or should I just stay with the 180?
After my first time out I knoticed that I had scuffed the rear from edge to edge. I interpret that to mean I need to work on body position and keeping the bike more upright, but wondered if the larger area would make me safer.sobottka;125508 wrote: if you know how to maximize what your tires give you it can be better on corner exit but its a trade off with agility. it will not help with lean angle and you should just stay with a 180.
i tried a 190 michelin and it didnt work very well on my r6. i know some of the pirelli guys tried a 190 and switched back to a 180. the 190 dunlop however is designed for a 5.5" rim and works great!
You don't need a 190, pleny of guys, myself and those leaps and bounds faster, use 180 tires on our bikes.treker8098;125520 wrote: After my first time out I knoticed that I had scuffed the rear from edge to edge. I interpret that to mean I need to work on body position and keeping the bike more upright, but wondered if the larger area would make me safer.
:agree: Nailed it.sobottka;125508 wrote: if you know how to maximize what your tires give you it can be better on corner exit but its a trade off with agility.
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the 190 dunlop however is designed for a 5.5" rim and works great!
:agree: stick with the 180 your bike was designed for...jtsgsxr6;125522 wrote: You don't need a 190, pleny of guys, myself and those leaps and bounds faster, use 180 tires on our bikes.
Also I think they're a considerable differences between a 190/50 and a 190/55 profile. Though I'm not up on what they are.
Also the rear will always scuff edge to edge before the front. They rear will actually deform its shape at severe lean angles in order to keep gripping, which is good and intended. Now if you start balling up the front completely edge to edge, and youre BP is good. Then you are starting to push the tires.
i got my tires changed today from a set of pilot power 2ct to the 209 gpa's and they are definitely heavier than the the 2ct...now i'll have to see if the change is worth it on my zx6r...Smithereens;125526 wrote: The GPA's also weigh about 2 1/2 lbs more than the Pirellis which also affects the bike's ability to make transitions.