What tyre pressures should I be running?
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34 Front / 36 Rear for Mich Pilot Powers. Don't run them at 36F / 42R, they much prefer the lower pressures. Been running my 2CT's at 34/36 for years.
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Where do you get these pressures from? The Michelin Website does not state any tyre pressures and just refer you to your manual...
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34 front 36 rear whatever tyre I'm using :thumbup
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33F/36R on my 02 mille and 2010 V4, hard bikes/suspension need lower presures
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IMO its down to personal preference mate (within reason!), how your suspension is set up can matter, as well as what tyres you're using and what you're using them for. I recently fitted some metzeler racetecs to my 'R' and jeeeeees i nerly fell off the inside edge of the first corner i went round. super fast tip in so i dropped the front pressure by about 3 psi from the recommended 36, and just left 42 in the rear. front felt an awful lot better being a bit softer as the profile wasnt as triangular resulting and a slightly slower but a lot more stable tip in point. Just have a feel on the road with the standard pressures (nice and easy) ... and if one end feels a bit hard and un-responsive just drop psi by one or 2 and try again.
