Anyone run a 200 rear tire?
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TriumPhil
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If you must have a CT, the Bridgestone Potenza Grid (019, I believe) in a 205 works well and has good wet and cold weather grip characteristics: http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/potenza-g019-grid
From atomsplitter, awhile back:
"You can play the 'what-if' with going darkside. There will be a difference in your speedo and odo when you change from OEM. Any 190 to 205 - 16 will fit your rim, the Aspect Ratio determines the sidewall height. The lower the number the lower the percentage. Your stock tire is 70% as tall as it is wide. That means the sidewall (assume a 180 mm wide) is 126 mm tall. A 205 -50 is 102.5 mm tall, a 55 would make it 112.75 and a 60 is 123mm (nearly the same as the OEM). So a 205-60R16 would not change your ride height more than about 3mm. The handling change is not from the size of the bun, it's from the contact patch. The OEM tire has a small contact patch that when leaned over in a curve INCREASES. The DS tire contact patch is huge straight up and DECREASES the further you lean it over. Traction is a coefficient of contact patch and tire compound. If you go with a summer type DS tire the compound is much stickier and will hold corners without any problems while you're grinding your footboards off. I rode my Bridgestone Potenza Grid over the 'Dragon' twice and lost traction once on the front (a sphincter puckering moment) and never on the back." ""
From atomsplitter, awhile back:
"You can play the 'what-if' with going darkside. There will be a difference in your speedo and odo when you change from OEM. Any 190 to 205 - 16 will fit your rim, the Aspect Ratio determines the sidewall height. The lower the number the lower the percentage. Your stock tire is 70% as tall as it is wide. That means the sidewall (assume a 180 mm wide) is 126 mm tall. A 205 -50 is 102.5 mm tall, a 55 would make it 112.75 and a 60 is 123mm (nearly the same as the OEM). So a 205-60R16 would not change your ride height more than about 3mm. The handling change is not from the size of the bun, it's from the contact patch. The OEM tire has a small contact patch that when leaned over in a curve INCREASES. The DS tire contact patch is huge straight up and DECREASES the further you lean it over. Traction is a coefficient of contact patch and tire compound. If you go with a summer type DS tire the compound is much stickier and will hold corners without any problems while you're grinding your footboards off. I rode my Bridgestone Potenza Grid over the 'Dragon' twice and lost traction once on the front (a sphincter puckering moment) and never on the back." ""
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I dont know of any tire maker or motorcycle maker that recommends using a CAR TIRE on a motorcycle so you have to rely on whatever you here on the forums
So where was Triumph leading us going with a tire that was not engineered for this bike? To our deaths?
Another sure wreck avoided today, hit some loose gravel in a sharp corner, front tire slid quite a bit before the DS caught and help me stay upright and get control while applying throttle to get through it.
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DS has saved my but several times due to more traction when braking.
slidderhd
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The main reason I went to the dark side was breaking. I totaled my first r3t after having 3 days and in an emergency stop the rear locked as soon as I touched it. I've run a Bridgestone Potenza run flat and now a Goodyear triple tread. It does take getting use to when cornering because you have to keep pressure on the handlebars, but I've never lost traction while cornering and accelerating. I do feel the triple tread sidewall give when I'm leaned over and hit the throttle from a slow roll. The run flat never did that.
