Non-standard profile tyres?

I have been running on stock tyres untill now, but lets face it, they are not very good! I was about to buy a set of 160/60 + 120/60 Dunlop Qualifiers for £60 (used for one track day before I get them). However I have been offered a lighty used Dunlop Qualifier 120/70 front for FREE. If I go for this front, should I also get a different back? (say a 160/55?) Or just get a 160/60 again for the back? What are the pros and cons of each option?

Doh... just done a search.

Guess I will either stick with the standard sizes OR get the 70 and drop the forks a little bit.

If you're just riding on the road you'd be crazy putting on these tyres. They'll never warm up properly and they'll likely give you less performance than the ones you've currently got on. If you want to upgrade to a better tyre, then a good sports touring tyre (Road Attack, Z6, BT 020) will give you all the performance you could wish for. And if you're that fast that you honestly need more, then a Pirelli Diablo would be hard to beat.

Don't believe all the hype, the real world is where it's at .


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I've got a friend on an r6 that has a qualifier rear and another friend on a tuono 1000 that has a set of these and they both love them on the road. Are you sure they are that bad?

They're not bad at all, but they're designed for the track, and there's no way you'll get them up to temperature (apart from extremely occasionally) by riding on the road, regardless that you may be a fast rider.


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[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by jonboy

They're not bad at all, but they're designed for the track, and there's no way you'll get them up to temperature (apart from extremely occasionally) by riding on the road, regardless that you may be a fast rider.


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If its the D208 Dunlop Qualifier that the R6 cup boy use. That is designed as a road tyre not a track tyre. A lady that works for dunlop was at Donnington and she was interviewed over the circuit PA and she spent ages going on how about how good a road tyre it is and that the name "Qualifier" is a bit misleading.

The Dunlop Qualifier is a road tyre not a track tyre. the name is misleading, but why change all the R & D that Suzuki have done to change the tyre sizes?

A wider fatter tyre only slows the turning down

Originally Posted by wheelnut

The Dunlop Qualifier is a road tyre not a track tyre. the name is misleading, but why change all the R & D that Suzuki have done to change the tyre sizes?

A wider fatter tyre only slows the turning down

To save money! I'm skint at the moment!

I'm going to go for the 120/70 front. The ONLY reason for this is because it's free. I'll drop the yorks down over the forks by ~12-15mm and hopefully this will cure any negative (slower) turn in effects. My only question now is, because I have a different front, do I need a different rear? I noticed alot of bikes that use a 70 front use a 55 rear - Should I go this route? Or should I get a 160/60 rear?

Stick with the 160/60 rear. The front will take a 120/70 no problem, but there have been serious incidents regarding the rear wheel and wrong tyre fitments.

And although the "qualifyer" might be considered a road tyre by the manufacturer, I still stand by my earlier point that you're unlikely to get it up to the temperature it was designed to work at on a public road (or at least only for a few moments). But hey, if it's free then it's not something to sniff at .


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