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wedgiewolves

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Road pressures ?
« on: April 29, 2011, 10:47:35 AM »

Hi there not done many road miles last couple of years but doing euro trip July 10th and fitting some road tyres i dont think ill get away with pressures that i run in my Dunlop gp211 19psi rear 29 psi front  :lol: what sort of pressures are you road boys running ill be doing about 2500 miles on some diablo sport tyres in Spain/France.

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NinjaTim

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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 11:31:13 AM »

I also run Dunlop GP Racers, on the road I go for 36/36, I did email Dunlop and they recommended 36F 42R for the road which seems to be the standard pressure for all modern jap bikes.
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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 12:48:41 PM »

Dunlop and they recommended 36F 42R for the road which seems to be the standard pressure for all modern jap bikes.

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I have always run recommended pressures when on the road. Never had an issue in any weather and you will get longevity out of the tyres too  :icon_thumleft:
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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 02:20:13 PM »

36/36 for me :hello2:
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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 02:40:24 PM »

I thin k when touring is involved I'd go with the 36/42  standard settings. Until you get into europe, then drop em for the real fun to begin.. 30/30.
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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 08:43:03 PM »

I don't think anybody has asked a reasonable question - what are you taking?  it will make a big difference.  If your going light - ie tank bag only (yes you can survive), then I would most probably run my normal - 35/35 or like others 36/36.  However if your loading her up, throw overs, tail pack, tank bag, then run the standard 36/42 but see how she feels.

Running both a ZX10 and GTR1400, the GTR recommends 42/42 but even fully loaded it feels a tad hard, so adjust to suit your total load - run high, if you don't like it you can always let out a couple of pounds easily, but its a bit more of a pain to put it back in.  :-)

Hope that helps.

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Neil
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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 11:51:25 PM »

I ride with just me and my leathers, I run the standard 36/42 on the Corsa 3 that came with the bike from new and I love it, feels very planted.  More gains to be had out of the suspension and tyre choice rather than tyre pressure.
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Re: Road pressures ?
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2011, 08:39:58 AM »

Thanks everyone I will be going light cheers to all have a good bank holiday  :occasion14:
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