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Originally Posted by BigApe
Seeing as thousands of different people are going to be riding one type of machine, seeing as those thousands of people are going to want different tyres which react in different ways, and those thousands of people will have different abilities, how the hell is a manufacturer supposed to equate tyres into the design of a mass produced motorcycle   They are not building a moto gp bike with a sole rider with a sole tyre manufacturer. Only in these circumstances would it make sense to incorporate the tyre characteristics into the design and build of a motorcycle. |
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Originally Posted by northwind
That'd probably be true on a bike built to optimise the handling, but I reckon the SV's heavily compromised on that front already so that the cheap suspension doesn't cause problems (sharpen the geometry on one with standard parts and it can get a bit frisky), and also since they want it to be easy and forgiving to ride rather than sharp.
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I realise all this , but I just can't see how it can be neglected ... like the next level ... its gonna have wheels ... but not gonna tell you what size (width, weight, disc offset etc) they will be 17" though .... how would that work at design time??
Lets face it, we don't know and prolly never will ... but I can't see it being negated ...
As for 'you can fit all sorts of tyres as a punter' ... sure, but you can fit all sorts of other parts too ... Mr Suzuki didn't not design widget-x he came up with with that in mind now did he?!?!!
