Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

For cars it was radial rear .
Mainly as under steer is easier for Jo public to cope with.
On a bike its a different kettle of fish.

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

I'm good at that.

Not knowing about stuff, just sounding like I do and remembering trivia.

All I know is theres 3 different types of tyre and you cant just go mixing them without knowing which ones can be combined, which information may or may not constitute more knowledge than Lozzo holds, I haven't spoken to him on the subject, it's certainly more knowledge than he imparted.

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

Quite simply - you won't find cross-ply or bias belted tyres in SV sizes, so the advice about mixing carcass construction types may be a relevant point in general terms, but not relevant to this particular instance as you will only find those sizes of tyre in radial construction.

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

Perhaps you should let Dunlop know about that then, I'm sure they'd be surprised to learn they don't make an elite 3 bias belted tyre that fits the sv650/1000. Or if they wouldn't then some of their stockists would.

Spank, you should change your username to 'GoogleGuru' ;-)

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

Too generic.

Besides, I only go to google for the details because people keep getting their panties in a bunch about my half remembered facts.

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

As any long standing member will tell you, people get their panties in a bunch because they are trying to maintain the integrity of the advice posted on the forum, and in doing so maintain the forums main Raison d' etre. If you post half remembered facts, that really you know nothing about, then unless you post something to say it's half remembered crap that you know nothing about, it dilutes the forums usefulness and it's purpose. Particularly if you post it in an authoritative manner, such that it comes across as if you know what you are talking about. If somebody pulls you up on it, essentially what they are doing is putting in a post that says to the next person reading, 'ignore what he posted above, it's bolox/not relevant to this thread/<insert other reason here>'

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

And as it turns out I did know what I was talking about.

Both in general and as it turns out specifically, even if there isn't a massive range of those tyres.

Besides which, all I said was that it was something to look out for, even if it had turned out that there were no tyres but radials for SVs it wouldn't be harmful advice and might even be actively useful if and when the guy or someone else gets a different bike.

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

As it turns out in this case, you were lucky and you managed to google and find one tyre which supported your case

(however unlikely it may be that someone would ever supply/fit/buy that tyre for an SV, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a single SV anywhere in the western world that has that tyre fitted)

The point is though, that you didn't know that tyre existed when you posted your authoritative 'advice', and by your own admission, you didn't even know what a bias belted tyre was.

Re: Mixing tyre brands?
 

I'm not about to go trying to find evidence of a bias belted SV, I think that would be to defend into farce but I will say that I still don't know what a bias belted tyre is.

I also don't know what a radial tyre is, I just know there's different types that shouldn't be mixed and that's all I need to with luck having nothing to do with it.

It's not in any way erroneous information and whilst you might not consider it particularly helpful wether there's a tyre for SVs or not but I don't see how it was in any way harmful or indeed worth making any sort of issue over.

As for the authoritative nature of my advice I specifically suggested talking to a tyre fitter or googling for more details. It really seems pretty reasonable to me. More reasonable than a "put anything you want on the rear" which could be mistaken as a blanket statement.