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Ok sorry to jack your thread. But iv been wanting different tires also but I'm have trouble finding the Front :-100/90-18, Rear :-130/70-18. What other sizes will fit our stock wheels with out modifications to the bike.
So are you saying "It's about the rider"? (joke about another thread)
I get the reference What I'm getting at is when racing, closed track conditions allow very small adjustments to make noticeable changes.Street riding (even fast street work) is so far away from the racing edge all of those little adjustments don't make a huge difference. For me it's adjust the rear shocks for comfort and when I mix it with friends on a mountain pass I move my weight left, right, forward and back depending on the corner. When we stop for coffee or a beer we talk about how well or badly we went through a certain corner, not how much money we invested into the thingamajig.
The only things I know about them is that they are horrendously expensive and as a race tyre they will not last long on the road and unless you have good quality suspension you will thrown through a hedge long before you ran out of grip.what do you want them for? Grip? there are plenty of other tyres out there with plenty of grip. Looks? that's up to to you, the GT is a slow turning bike and those tyre sizes will slow it down even more. Bigger is not always better.When I replace my tyres it will be with the Conti Road Attack3 in OE sizes.
Bigger was an improvement for me; was using all the tread on OEM tyres and now I have a few mm margin. I think 140/70 and 110/80 are spot on for our rims.
There’s no reference to racing compounds on the Continental website, and they actually refer to them as street tyres. I got the feeling that they were for older bikes that wanted bigger tyres for classic racing, and made specifically for older narrow rims. Also, my quoted sizes keep the relative front/rear aspects similar to OEM which I would think is more important per steering/ handling than simply tyre size. And, yes, I just don’t like skinny tyres😁
https://www.continental-tires.com/motorcycle/tires/motorcycle-tires/classic-classic-racing/contiroadattack3cr
So, the downloadable brochure makes a point of which of the tyres in that range need tyre warmers. It says the CR is street legal and no mention of warmers. Makes it seem like you're good to go. prolly best to run it by the tyre shop to make sure, I guess.
Welcome back. I was covid had got you.
This is what I installed and you can see more details on my build thread. Bridgestone BT46 110/80 and 140/70