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Super Corsa companion

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:48 pm
by Emzed
I have aquired a Super Corsa soft compound tyre for the front of my NC23 for trackday use

Can anyone suggest a suitable rear companion in 18" size ?

Or am I stuck with Bridgestone 090's ?

Em 8-)

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:20 am
by Emzed
Well I must say I thought I might have had at least one reply :o

Has anybody got "any" suggestions at all :(

Em 8-)

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:07 am
by Drunkn Munky
Only advice I'd give is sell the supercorsa and fit a set of matching tyres, BT090's. Sorry :grin:

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:06 am
by CMSMJ1
Drunkn Munky wrote:Only advice I'd give is sell the supercorsa and fit a set of matching tyres, BT090's. Sorry :grin:

This ^^

Or get a 17 inch rear to match.


I doubt that many people would want to try and comment on mismatched tyres due to the safety issues.

Matched tyres for the win!

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:06 am
by silver1956
I used 090's last year for trackdays and they were fine, not bad in the wet too. Not much choice if you keep the 18" wheel.
Dave

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:50 pm
by steve92
I used a bt090 rear and a supercorsa front on my nc 30 race bike with no problems at all.

Although i picked up a rvf wheel for £80 so i'll be on a supercorsa rear too this year. :smile:

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:04 am
by Emzed
Thanks for the input peeps :smile:

This is all I wanted, just some thoughts based on your knowledge and experience ;)

I'll probably try out the super corsa front with the 090 on the rear :smile:

And look to buy a 17" wheel for the rear :idea:

Although I suspect that will open up a whole new "can o worms" regarding fitting of the wheel and altering the rear suspension to take account of altered ride hieght :?

But at least I now have a "starting" point :grin:

Em 8-)

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:48 pm
by Emzed
I have now aquired a 17" rear wheel from a Gull Arm :smile:

And a 17" Super Corsa 160/60 tyre ;)

Are there any "issues" I should look out for when fitting it to the NC23 :?:

Like alignment, caliper spacing and ride hieght :?:

Any help or suggestions from those whove done this already would be greatly appreciated :grin:

Em 8-)

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:09 am
by Emzed
The only "issue" I have found with the wheel swap is that the NC23 rear sprocket and cush drive dont appear to be the same :?

The cush drive from the NC23 doesn't fit as closely to the NC29 wheel as it's supplied carrier & sprocket (which I can only assume is original) :?

Also the NC29 sprocket is a 520 whereas the NC23 is 525 :?

Whilst I can forsee no serious troubles, running a narrower sprocket on the rear, should I be looking to replace the gearbox sprocket and fitting a 520 chain :?:

Any help or comments from those who have done the 17" conversion would be greatly appreciated :grin:

:rocks:

Re: Super Corsa companion

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:28 pm
by Yakama
Emzed wrote:The only "issue" I have found with the wheel swap is that the NC23 rear sprocket and cush drive dont appear to be the same :?

The cush drive from the NC23 doesn't fit as closely to the NC29 wheel as it's supplied carrier & sprocket (which I can only assume is original) :?

Also the NC29 sprocket is a 520 whereas the NC23 is 525 :?

Whilst I can forsee no serious troubles, running a narrower sprocket on the rear, should I be looking to replace the gearbox sprocket and fitting a 520 chain :?:

Any help or comments from those who have done the 17" conversion would be greatly appreciated :grin:

:rocks:

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