A puncture after 50 miles.

I've just spotted this post... heh..

Basically, that bike shop was spouting bollocks then. Don't want a
touring tyre on the FZR, that's Bandit country.

 

Thanks Loz. I was thinking more of 110/70-17 and 140/60-17?, going down
profile and up width on both ends. I did this on my Bandit, and it did
seem to affect the rate of turn a little I thought. Those GPR70s look nice.

I'll have a rummage on google, and see what pops out.

 

See the other post....

AFAIK the limiter is in the speedo and acts like a rev limiter when the
needle hits180kmh.

Of course the other limiter is the standard gearing. On std sprocket sizes
it was, I think, doing over 17000rpm at 180kmh in top, so it wouldn't go
much faster without a change in sprocket sizes. And if you do that then you
lose accelleration, which is crucial on the FZR, and so on and so forth...

Dave

 

I would've been a trifle miffed had I had to have coughed up for a new
tyre[1]. I've had a look and it is unrepairable. There's a 3/4 inch
split right in the centre and it's deep in the groove.

[1] I'm going to save the dance for the "seeing is believing"

 

I may change my first name to "Simon".

 

Smoking is good for you. Why? Because I decided that London traffic
would be good to scrub my tyres in due to the slow cornering and the
plethora of t-junctions and crossroads. I'd been riding for about half
an hour when I decided to take it out for a longer ride but before I did
I pulled over for a fag.

Tsssss.

That was a bit of luck then, about half a mile from home with just
enough air to get it back. If I'd not stopped for a fag gawd knows where
I would've been when I found out.

 

What am I talking about.. if I made the speedo read mph, then it would
be limited to 180mph.

I put the standard rear sprocket on there, it did drop the revs a few
hundred rpm. It seems to go ok still.

 

Pah, that's barely a scratch. Stick a tube in it & stop whinging.

 

It's a new tyre. With a guarantee. **** off

 

How RUDE!!!

 

Stop whinging.

 

What about if they've flat-spotted?

The rear on the Wing has a distinct flat bit.

Luckily it goes away when *fully* inflated.

Most disconcerting though, pogoing up and down at walking pace.

 

I must be ill - I read that as 'weekend state' for a moment and had
terrible images of you in a Rocky Horror style basque and suspenders.

Red and black just doesn't go with your colouring.

 

Matron says I'm getting better.

 

That can't be right - she's been saying it for years.

 

They're not tyres, they're fucking O-rings.

 

Muck says...

I don't think anyone makes a 140/60-17

 

"It's got a good beat to it"

 

<G>

Nice

 

After 10 miles on my new tyres I managed to drive through the remains
of two shattered windscreens that some one had left all over the road.
My only remark was "Shit."

However, they don't appear to be punctured. <crosses fingers> Well,
they weren't yesterday.