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Tyre Pressures - Confused!!

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Lock

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Just wanted to check what tyre pressures i should be running on the Tuono Facotry (190 rear, 120 front)

So manual states only 2.5 and 2.8 bar. Great i thought, but when i saw the little sticker on the bike it states that pressure for two up riding and 2.3, 2.5 for single.

Whos right and who's wrong! I'm no fast maverick, so what the best for road riding. The 2.5,2.8 (36/41psi) is the same as i ran my CBR600rr on and that seemed OK.

Also another quick question! THe rear tyre has nearly had it at 2500miles !!! Is it best to just replace the rear with another supercorsa pro (front seems fine) or to bit the bullet and change both to a Pirelli Diablo Corsa III?

Cheers
 
Dealers advice

No where your coming from bud...:rolleyesI just rang the guys in the work shop at DK motorcycles and they told me to run them at 38psi front and 42psi rear for a single rider.

No doubt you will get several differant replys but thats what iv'e stuck to and that suites me fine.:yes

By the way mines a Tuono R 2008 but I can't see the tyre pressures being any different..:thumbup
 
Hi lock.
I've got the same setup as you regarding tyres. My supplier told me that there was was no problem changing the rear only to the Corsa III. I did and everything seems fine, he said as long as they were both Pirellis it would be ok.
Aldo.
 
I run 2.3/2.5 and the bike feels so much better than it did on the harder pressures.
 
I go with the sticker on the bike, which says 2.3 (33 psi) front, 2.5 (36 psi) rear for single rider. I agree with Stoney that the bike has much better feel using 33/36.

Just my opinion, but 42 psi on the rear is too high for general blasting about.
 
the 36/42 psi pressure recommendation appears in 95% of all motorcycle handbooks
it's bollocks....think about it...
a Yam fjr 1300 (230kg?)....same psi's as say...a honda cbr600 (190kg's?) lmfao
it's all product liabilty, all tyres will work fine at 36/42 psi...BUT it's not optimum...to achive that, you have to try a little trial and error

my best results so far have been with 31-32/35-36 psi
 
Ok ...you guy's seem to think 32/36 is an average so I think I will give it a go.:thumbup

By the way...The standered tyres I have fitted are Metzeler's so I dont no if your baseing the pressures on a differant make of tyre:crazy.

Pretty sure that should not make to much differance though...What do you think:rolleyes
 
A proper Prilla techy told me 33/36 for general razzin. Works por moi.
pirelli dragon corsas by the way.
 
I could be wrong

Tifa said:
the 36/42 psi pressure recommendation appears in 95% of all motorcycle handbooks
it's bollocks....think about it...
a Yam fjr 1300 (230kg?)....same psi's as say...a honda cbr600 (190kg's?) lmfao
it's all product liabilty, all tyres will work fine at 36/42 psi...BUT it's not optimum...to achive that, you have to try a little trial and error

my best results so far have been with 31-32/35-36 psi
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But...I don't think the bike has anything to do with what pressure you run. My mountain bike is just a few kgs and I run 65psi I know of some that run 100psi.

The tyre it's self will have the optimum running pressure set by the manufacturer after extensive research and will allow the tyre to work in all conditions giving good grip wet or dry and maximum tyre life. Pressure's are quoted cold.

BTW tifa, good to see you on here, how's it going?

windy:cheers
 
I used to run 36 & 42 on all my bikes, but as has been said a bit of trial & error, and I use 32 front 36 back and its much better, more planted.
 
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