Ninja 250 tyres?

[YAMASAKI]

they dont offer much in the way of rear tyre lean....mine is always sliding on the edge and they are incapable of letting me get the peg down. absolute puss. front end grip isnt very good either. spend the little bit extra and get the sport demon or bt090

I've never liked dunlops, bad experiences. same goes for bridgestones(. would rather have the IRCs any day. I've never had any problem with grip, and I don't have any chicken strips. They warm up really nicely on the track and hold there heat better than my mates continental road attacks.

[ducatilover]

I've never liked dunlops, bad experiences. same goes for bridgestones(. would rather have the IRCs any day. I've never had any problem with grip, and I don't have any chicken strips. They warm up really nicely on the track and hold there heat better than my mates continental road attacks.

wow, i find the irc rxo1 lacking in grip, lean and feedback

[racefactory]

It's a fact that the Bridgestone bt090 is the most grippy tyre you can put on this bike.

[dave_a]

I used to scrape the shit out of the footpegs on my ninja, tyres never saw me wrong pushing it VERY hard, had the rear kick out once but tyres where cold and to much throttle

[ducatilover]

It's a fact that the Bridgestone bt090 is the most grippy tyre you can put on this bike.

but the bt090 costs a fair amount more than its competitors, and i almost got a set today but my bank account said otherwise

[YAMASAKI]

Just out of interest, what size rears are on the new ninjas? i saw one today and it looked VERY narrow... I know they're more of a sports/tourer now but it really did look way too narrow. I had a 140 on the back of the ZXR.

[R6_kid:Me]

After seeing the OEM tyres on the new Ninja 250R's i was a bit worried, especially for the people who are building confidence in their ability to ride 'fast' but not knowing that the tyres their bike has are decidely average.

If you intend to do any mods or upgrades, replacing the tyres would be the very first step. I would suggest sticking to Bridgestone/Pirelli/Dunlop as they are all known to make good tyres for 250's, especially Bridgestone and Dunlop.

Better tyres well improve the road handling of your bike, and will also provide superior grip for cornering and stopping. You shouldnt need to question why IRC and Kenda don't have 250GP bikes running their tyres.

[Meanie]

Put new Sport demons on Monies Ninja 250r before we sold it, she did 12000 ks on the standard batalax that the bike came on with no probs
We sold it to extasy eyes, she may be able to tell you how they handle, they were certainly good value for money without buying cheap

[dave_a]

After seeing the OEM tyres on the new Ninja 250R's i was a bit worried, especially for the people who are building confidence in their ability to ride 'fast' but not knowing that the tyres their bike has are decidely average.

If you intend to do any mods or upgrades, replacing the tyres would be the very first step. I would suggest sticking to Bridgestone/Pirelli/Dunlop as they are all known to make good tyres for 250's, especially Bridgestone and Dunlop.

Better tyres well improve the road handling of your bike, and will also provide superior grip for cornering and stopping. You shouldnt need to question why IRC and Kenda don't have 250GP bikes running their tyres.

This doesnt sound like its coming from experience, Do you have any proof or have you even ridden one of them

[steelestring]

dunlops..... gpr-a10 sticky sticky

Sport deamons take a bit longer to to warm up, on a casual pootle around the twisties they act almost like the compound is designed for a heavier bike!!??

IRCs give off a great "rooster tail" of water trail in the wet but thats about it.

[GinjaNinja]

Ive got the Road Winners on my Ninja - i've done 5000kms on them so far and they are fine. That includes leaning way over on them.
They only time they have not gripped as they should was when we had 35 degrees here the other day and i rode over some melted tar.
The old man had Dunlops on his Versys and they were scuffed to buggery at 5k. The ninja 250 was originally going to ship with Bridgestones but they changed just before release. The 08's had Dunlops and now the 09's have RW's. Oh well.

[ducatilover]

you should come see my set of road winners i took off the spada. they are ripped form braking and peeling at the rear from giving it death out of corners, all over the edge too. im not a fan of the nylon based IRC "rubber"....
but i have just fitted a set of sport demons now and they are pretty decent, still not too confident on extreme lean angle but they grip great and seem to warm up good too. they cost me $239 rear and $191 front. including gst

[gatch]

cost me $239 rear and $191 front. including gst

jesus really ? last sport demon i bought retail and had fitted $180 for the rear, the front was 170 i think

[ducatilover]

what sizes did you get? i got a 140/80 rear [not what i really wanted] and 110/70 front i think

[gatch]

stock sizes for both 140/70-17 rear, 100/70-17 front

the last 2 rears i got for cheap cause i know a dude in the industry, $180 fitted, and the one before that was $150 and a box o beers for fitting , mad !