conti road attack pressures

33F / 36R?

recommended by conti : 36/36

[Spiderman]

you read my mind will. I was gonna post the same question.

I had a set fitted on wednesday and i got home to see what pressure they had put in. 29/33! that freaked me out

Originally Posted by Seth

recommended by conti : 36/36

May i ask where you got this info from. Not doubting you but i just need a decent resource for tyre pressures. There is an argument that all tyres should be the same pressure regardless of make.

I;m really not convinced one way or the other but i'm willing to give the 36/36 a try and see what diffrence there is to the handling.

They are great tyres so ar tho, they just sem to wanna lean more than any other tyre i've had so far. Very confidence inspiring i say

Tyre place that fitted my conti's told me 33/36 std pressures

same place that fitted Seths

I've been running these tyres for 6k now and have found 33/36 (f/r?yes?) is better, for me anyway.

When I had the front at 36 I found during hard cornering it'd skip over the tiniest stone whereas at 33 such small pieces of stone or grit etc didn't cause it to lose traction momentarialy (long word-bad spelling perhaps).

So my thoughts are to keep the front contact patch as large as poss while keeping to manufacturers recommended 33Psi front, 36 Psi rear.

I didn't find the steering any faster with higher pressures on the front.

Originally Posted by Iansv

Tyre place that fitted my conti's told me 33/36 std pressures

same place that fitted Seths

lol

they told me 36 / 36

You should allways run a tyre to the tyre manufacturers specifications, as opposed to what is written in the Suzuki manual. The pressures in the manual are specific to the original fitment tyres (MEZ4's on curvy's and D220's on the ugly ones), whereas the tyre pressures reccomended by the tyre manufacturer are obviously specific to the tyre.

The reason for this is that the construction of tyres varies from one maker to the next, using different combinations of compounds of rubber, amounts of silica, aramid or steel belts, differing belt densities in the tyre and across it, and different strength sidewalls to name a few variables.

It can be argued that tyres should be set at a pressure suitable for the weight of the bike.........but this is total and utter spaff. Tyres have a specific weight rating, and so long as you have the correct weight rating of tyres fitted to your bike (don't worry, you will unless you have the wrong sizes fitted), then running them at the reccomended pressures is the best option.

There is an element of personal preference though...... but that's altogether a different story. So many variables come in to it. I would just take confidence in the tyre manufacturers reccomendation.

Dan.

Originally Posted by Dan_SV

D220's on the better ones

If your blind eh Cloggs.

Shouldav gone to specsavers

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Dan_SV

The reason for this is that the construction of tyres varies from one maker to the next, using different combinations of compounds of rubber, amounts of silica, aramid or steel belts, differing belt densities in the tyre and across it, and different strength sidewalls to name a few variables.
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I agree with what you say here and understand the point too, but if you read http://www.sv650.org/sv_faq.htm#24/09/02 Some truths , it seems to contradict your advice here.
And the fact that both the guys here have been told diffrent things by the same tyre shop.

Is it just one of those things in life for which there is no real answer?

I ran mine at 36/36 for the whole of todays ride of 320 odd miles and they handled everything very well. Will ran his at 39/39 so maybe i'll give that a try too and see if i can even notice a real diffrence.