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Thread: GS1200ss Tyre Size...cos it doe's matter!

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    Quote Originally Posted by craigs288
    Checked the rim and tyre.

    The rim has got 17XNT 5.50 DOT on it, and the tyre is a 170/60ZR17 Dunlop Sportmax D207. Can anyone give their opinion of the quality of these tyres.

    Good to see there is 10mm on either edge where I haven't gone, yet. Mind you, I haven't scraped anything either.
    Suggests to me that tyre should be a 180. Confirm with a bike shop. The width of a tyre coupled to any given rim affects the profile of the tread, which in turn affects the bike's handling and turn-in rate
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    According to Metzeler the ideal rim width for a 170/60-17 is 4.5",
    for a 180/55-17 is 5.5".
    Suzuki probably fitted 170's for cost reasons, and possibly to speed up the steering.
    Speed doesn't kill people.
    Stupidity kills people.

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