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Post by xicano927 on Mar 12, 2007 22:13:58 GMT -5
Hello all , planning on new tires and shocks for the Sr , would appreciate any suggestions, was also wondering about spoked rims???
thanks
xicano927
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 12, 2007 22:55:44 GMT -5
Progressive Suspension, Ohlins, Works Performance, Ikon, Hagon... there are a bunch of manufacturers that make shocks that are excellent on the SR. As far as tires, I think a bunch of guys here are partial to the Bridgestone BT45's, and I hear Avon's (AM22 and AM23) are great as well.
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Post by xicano927 on Mar 14, 2007 0:35:08 GMT -5
I was wondering about spoked rims?? any suggestions, i have the stock mags.
thanks for the info.!
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Post by curtisp on Mar 19, 2007 20:01:40 GMT -5
The Dunlop GT501's are a great tire as well,
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Post by wotavidone on Mar 20, 2007 1:34:08 GMT -5
I have a dunlop K70, 4.00*18 4PR on the rear and a Chengshin 3.50*19 4PR on the front.
The Chengshin has identical tread pattern to the Dunlop. The Dunlop is an old timey retro tread pattern they market especially for older bikes.
I confess these tyres were bought mainly because the tread pattern suited my mental image of what my bike ought to look like.
And I am very happy with the result - they look "right" and man they are really big.
The sizes and ratings I chose are the ones in the owners manual, and the front tyre truly fills up the mudguard. I am happy to report that the big tyres did not result in speed wobbles in the front end, as predicted by most people I know.
I guess Yamaha knows better than all the armchair experts do!
The rear tyre rolls about a foot further per revolution than the old modern tyre I took off.
The best bit is I now get to the limit of my personal riding ability before I get to the limit of the tyres adhesion.
These tyres really improved the whole experience of punting this bike through the twisties.
Mick
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Post by StewRoss on Mar 20, 2007 3:47:06 GMT -5
Hi, Ah yes the old K70's they used to work well on the 450 Honda back in '71 and the tread pattern wasn't bad looking either as you say...I remember that on the front of the Honda 4 they used to cause speed wobbles above the ton...quite nasty  ...it took us a little while to work out what the problem was...once the front was gone it was back to normal again. Probably not a good tyre for a bike the weight of the Honda 750. The SR's came standard with Bridestone Mag Mopus tyres when new...bit of a retro style pattern on these as well...and from memory they looked wider too. I went to Pirelli Phantoms for my next set of tyres to improve the handling. They had a nice looking tread pattern too and they worked well for their day. They were used a lot in production racing at the time...possibly with a different and stickier compound. Now I still like the BT45's until something better comes along. They are great in the dry or wet and they hang on well through the twisties too. I think that they're lighter tyres than some of the opposition and they last reasonably...I have tried some of the Dunlops and the Michelins but I always come back to these. Compared to the BT's the aforementioned were positively scary in the wet... SR  |
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Post by wotavidone on Mar 20, 2007 4:58:47 GMT -5
Haven't done a lot of riding in the wet on my Chengshin/Dunlop setup.
I don't like to get my baby wet, and I'm paranoid about dropping her in the rain, on the rare occasions we get it.
I must say though, that given the grip I'm enjoying on dry roads and gravel, I'd be a bit surprised if they didn't hang on well enough in the wet, given my inbuilt wet road caution.
Obviously you have a penchant for fanging it in the rain?
Maybe its because after the 20 year old tyres I took off, anything feels good to me?
My XT has the original front tyre, a 26 year old trials universal thing. Now that is slippery. I joke not, the other day I slid the front wheel whilst trying to ride a straight line down a dirt track. It was one of those roads which is really a couple of wheel ruts worn in the earth. If the tyre was not right down the bottom of the rut, the front end just slid sideways down the rut till it reached the lowest point. Funny thing is, after a couple of k's I learned to just let it slide. After that it sort of steered itslef down the track. Until I tried to ride around a hole in the track.......................
Mick
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Post by StewRoss on Mar 20, 2007 5:38:11 GMT -5
Hi, Yes, I'm going off riding in the wet these days as well...too much cleaning. I used to do lots of wet riding, often on my to work and back. These days I try to avoid it. My experience has been that the BT's are good in the wet and don't really move around a lot at all. It's actually rained here for the last few days on and off...a rare ocurrence for sure. Like you in SA we really need it! SR |
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...it took us a little while to work out what the problem was...once the front was gone it was back to normal again. Probably not a good tyre for a bike the weight of the Honda 750.