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Tyres

Post by ibby4585 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:36 pm

After a nice sticky set of road tyres for my 3tj

120-60-17
160-60-17

Where are people getting them and what are you all using?

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Re: Tyres

Post by cagiva996 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:10 pm

been using dunlop qualifiers on mine 154 quid off e bay and you can use a 120/70 instead of 120/60 on the front with no problems some here some good looking scrubs at the top of the page too 75 quid.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Motorcycle-Pa ... lop&_frs=1

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Post by ibby4585 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:21 pm

Cheers. ;-)

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Re: Tyres

Post by Evilchicken0 » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:22 pm

I use supercorsas

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Post by thunderace » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:35 am

Ditch the 60 front for a 70 and fit Supercorsas :peace:
Conventional wisdom says to know your limits. To know your limits you need to find them first. Finding your limits generally involves getting in over your head and hoping you live long enough to benefit from the experience. That's the fun part.

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Re: Tyres

Post by Hogdigerdy Dog » Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:25 pm

in with cagiva996 dunlop qualifiers all the way,
had a set of new dunlop boots on it when i got it, and as the saying goes "if it aint broke don't fix it"
was really surprised how good they are in the wet too, got carved up in torrential rain on a roundabout and thought this is it i'm off, had to really lean it over to clear a mutha of a curb and all i got (apart from full pants ) was a little twitch from the bike and that was probably me tightening up on the bars
although longevity is not their strong point ;)

and yes go for the 70 front profile if you can get em

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Post by ibby4585 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:26 pm

Sold on the Dunlop Qualifiers but a bit sceptical about the 70 front. I had a 70 front on one of my nc30's and it felt shocking! Maybe it was just the type of tyres I don't know.

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Re: Tyres

Post by Hogdigerdy Dog » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:38 pm

i prefer the 70s, it seems to steer a bit quicker,
but the 60s are just as good (had 2 )
i spose it's down to personal preference,
if i'd a had a dodgy experience with the 70 profile i'd probably steer (no pun intended) clear,
it's all down to confidence in what you got ;)

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Post by Evilchicken0 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:57 pm

ibby4585 wrote:Sold on the Dunlop Qualifiers but a bit sceptical about the 70 front. I had a 70 front on one of my nc30's and it felt shocking! Maybe it was just the type of tyres I don't know.
yeah, but you've got a good handling bike now :grin:

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Re: Tyres

Post by thunderace » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:36 pm

Evilchicken0 wrote:
ibby4585 wrote:Sold on the Dunlop Qualifiers but a bit sceptical about the 70 front. I had a 70 front on one of my nc30's and it felt shocking! Maybe it was just the type of tyres I don't know.
yeah, but you've got a good handling bike now :grin:

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