Re: Tire fitment
Posted by shinyribs on Aug 21, 2012; 4:19am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Tire-fitment-tp4027449p4027616.html
That blue bike is perfect,I think. But that rear tire doesn't have much profile.Doesn't look like you could lean very far on that tire before hitting the corner of the tread. If you have ever hit that corner you know how gross it feels to feel the bike rock on that edge
. Thorby is spot on with everything he said IMO. I went back to stock sizes and felt the exact same things he described. The guy I get my tires from races SOHC's on road courses ( sooo love to do that!)and he told me what sizes to run that make the front and rear profile match. Before, i would have to push the bike down to corner,now it literally falls into a curve! It actually likes to lean so much better now that I find my self counter balancing to upright the bike out of a corner now. Seriously,the bike leans so well that I often find myself doing 60-65mph sweepers in the mountains while sitting upright on the bike trying to keep it from laying down so far. It's an odd feeling to be sitting vertical when you should be leaning,but it works-and feels so cool
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Tire-fitment-tp4027449p4027616.html
That blue bike is perfect,I think. But that rear tire doesn't have much profile.Doesn't look like you could lean very far on that tire before hitting the corner of the tread. If you have ever hit that corner you know how gross it feels to feel the bike rock on that edge
. Thorby is spot on with everything he said IMO. I went back to stock sizes and felt the exact same things he described. The guy I get my tires from races SOHC's on road courses ( sooo love to do that!)and he told me what sizes to run that make the front and rear profile match. Before, i would have to push the bike down to corner,now it literally falls into a curve! It actually likes to lean so much better now that I find my self counter balancing to upright the bike out of a corner now. Seriously,the bike leans so well that I often find myself doing 60-65mph sweepers in the mountains while sitting upright on the bike trying to keep it from laying down so far. It's an odd feeling to be sitting vertical when you should be leaning,but it works-and feels so cool
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