150 70 17 tyre.

Hi all am looking to buy one of these rear size tyres but was wondering if its and better than a 160 60 17 in price or usability. I mean that i dont use all the tread on the rear i got about 12mm left of unused tyre on the rear so maybe i could use a 150 70 17
cheers

[yorkie_chris]

Lean over more

[Nick_69]

I wld still get a 160 as u wil start to lean over more anyway

ok i should have said the front has no unused tyre on it but the back just seems to fold round so that it pretty much vertical as if its too wide for the rim i think the bike would have to be on the floor to use it all up. the tyres are pilot road 2ct im wondering if its a fault with the tyre or its wrongly sized up ??????

Thats usual for the PR2 before its put on a smaller rim. The Rear on an Sv is also pinched so you're never going to get to the edge of a PR2 rear.

Try a 150 and let us know how it is

C

[punyXpress]

Either that or get the widest you can & when the middle is bald cut it out & stick the two halves together - double ( or more ) the mileage - result!
ps : don't blame me if it ends in tears.

if you go down to a 150 section from a 160 then the tyre wont have as much curve, making the turn in responce slightly slower not by alot but when i went from a 130 to a 140 rear tyre, it did make a fair bit of difference on turn it responce, cornering speed and lean angle were both incresed, never got down a tyre size but i would belive that if you did your turn in responce, cornering speed and lean angle would all decrese slightly, up to you but if i were you i would go up a size and certainly not down, but its up to you let me know if you notice a difference or not

[yorkie_chris]

Bear in mind as well when you switch to any new tyre it feels to turn in very well, as your previous tyre may have squared off.

Originally Posted by Ghost_Rider

if you go down to a 150 section from a 160 then the tyre wont have as much curve, making the turn in responce slightly slower not by alot but when i went from a 130 to a 140 rear tyre, it did make a fair bit of difference on turn it responce, cornering speed and lean angle were both incresed, never got down a tyre size but i would belive that if you did your turn in responce, cornering speed and lean angle would all decrese slightly, up to you but if i were you i would go up a size and certainly not down, but its up to you let me know if you notice a difference or not

Interesting. The general concensus of opinion is the reverse of this. The wider the tyre the slower the turn in.

Which bike was this on?

Originally Posted by Berlin

Interesting. The general concensus of opinion is the reverse of this. The wider the tyre the slower the turn in.

Which bike was this on?

i realise what i am saying is the reverse but i had an extremely indepth convo with my boss (a motocycle mechanic for the past 30 years) about tyres and what effects changing the size of your tyre will make to handling. i understand may not have given the best explanation but i do know what i am going on about (i am not the best person at decribing things)

it was on my old yamaha yzf-r 125 i know its olny a lil engine but the general effects of changing the tyre size dont change between bikes

to be honest my tyres were pretty evenly warn but i do realise changing they tyre does make quite a difference to turn in responce