Hi guys and gals and fellow bike lovers (old GIXER)

**old GIXER** · 5th July 2008, 13:23

im new to this so go easy on me ha ha i ride a mint 1990 GSXR 1100 an i love her ,she needs new tyres any advice on this would be great ,Also it has a 5.5 rim an have been told i should run a 180 as i only have a 170 60 17 on the rear,I found this site just surfing an its great

**Warr** · 5th July 2008, 13:36

Welcome aboard then. Your bike doesn't sound that old to me !!

**old GIXER** · 5th July 2008, 13:46

sounds like our bikes are just run in

**fridayflash** · 5th July 2008, 13:46

welcome! kool wheels gixx,id love a tidy k,l,or m model myself

have fun on kb,the more you explore the more interesting it gets

**old GIXER** · 5th July 2008, 13:56

thans for the welcome,it sonnds like our bikes are just run in

**Trudes** · 5th July 2008, 20:03

Hi there, welcome to the mad house of KB!

**UKI BOYS** · 11th July 2008, 21:03

Howzit me new on this site to I have a Gixxer 11 as well mine is a 94 my last 2 sets of tires have been dunlop d221 sportmax i ride all weather and all roads(I live down a 4k gravel road)at varying ranges of speed and my dunlops have kept me confident in my tire choice.I have a 180 on the rear as well and it gives me confidents when leaning over.as for longevity i will quote a mate who first saw my bike when i brought. " hell do you have shares in a tire shop".I get about 6k out of a rear and my last one cost $320.Try and keep the burn outs to a mininum and they may last longer.GO THE GIXXERS

**MSTRS:Me** · 12th July 2008, 10:45

I got back into biking with one of these...I tried a couple of tyre types and lastly ran 120-70/180-55 Z6 Metzlers. Gave me over 10k on the rear and still going when I sold her. I would suggest that you give serious thought to Pilot Road 2. These will give you a good amount of all-over grip and last well. On my current bike, I'm running these and had no whoopsy moments and with around 11k down they are looking good, and likely to go as long as 20k.
Beat that.

**gmh** · 12th July 2008, 11:02

Hi, welcome to the site, thats a sweet bike to have there, hope you have many good rides on it. Cannot offer much on the tires, but i think that the bridgestone battalax is a pretty good one for all general conditions.

**Swoop** · 20th July 2008, 19:15

Welcome aboard mate! Great to see gixxers that are not "new" and have a few miles under their belt.

**shadyhorse** · 3rd August 2008, 13:15

all good ive got a 1981 gsx250L mint condition have just finished doin it up it was a bit of a death trap when i first got it but mint condition now

**SILVER SUZI** · 6th August 2008, 14:58

Hey Hey, welcome abord. I'm on an 89 750GSX F. Running Battalax front & rear and they do me really well although I don't push that hard. Done plenty of trips to Whangamata and back, both wet and dry and never had any problems.

**AlBundy** · 7th August 2008, 15:30

Welcome.

5.5" rim is good for a 180...

Had the '90 GSXR750... Was a nice bike back then... They actually had character. Not like the sheep squadron of today...