Square wheels?

**DarkLord** · 30th January 2009, 11:38

Cheers Gareth. I think probably about 39 or so should suit me. How's trying to sell the gixxer thou going?

**firefighter** · 30th January 2009, 11:44

Originally Posted by DarkLord

Heard it through one of the guys at Cycletreads actually. FF when you mentioned about the Conti tyres I didn't actually know you meant for a Hyo, so I may fit something different next time. I will have a look at Korider and see what peoples thoughts are...thanks for your help dude!

No worries dude, I reccommend korider- the site itself is'nt great but there's a heap of members who have done mods to their bikes- a ton of mods and a heap have been tried over and over and proved by plenty of members- only reason I did the things I did myself on my bike......worked out good too if I do say so myself lol....

**R6_kid:Me** · 30th January 2009, 11:50

Originally Posted by DarkLord

Cheers Gareth. I think probably about 39 or so should suit me. How's trying to sell the gixxer thou going?

Finally getting some interest in it, hopefully will be sold within the next week.

**James Deuce** · 30th January 2009, 13:37

This will sound counter intuitive, but running tyres at higher pressures makes them run cooler which in turn makes them wear faster. Over inflating them will exacerbate the wear rate as much as under inflating them. I always go through tyres quicker in winter.

**Morcs** · 30th January 2009, 13:56

Square tyres are the sign of a squid.

Either live with it, or go round corners. hard.

**DarkLord** · 30th January 2009, 14:01

I thought SQUID was Stupidly Quick Until I Die? So I have square wheels because of going Stupidly Quick?

**cs363** · 30th January 2009, 14:17

Originally Posted by R6_kid

BT45's are good tyres, i used them on my ZXR250 and they were sweet. They are a sports tyre though, so if you commute a lot then you'd want something harder. There is the battleaxe, and also the cyrox, and the cyrox is the more 250 tourer/commuter option - not as sticky though.

Otherwise check out Dunlop GPR alpha 10/15, again the 10 is the softer option - generally used by streetstock 250 riders. The 15 is a bit better suited to road riding, but again you'll need to be doing some open road cornering to keep them from squaring off.

Take the pressures down either way, 36 sounds right, maybe 38-40 if you're only commuting around town. 48 is way too high.

X2 I use BT45's on my CBX and they work well, 36 rear and 32 front from memory and the CBX is a tad heavier than a Hyo 250.....

**gatch** · 1st February 2009, 21:32

try pirelli sport demons man, should get a few k's out of them if you commute sedate, never had a problem with them on my scoot wet or dry, grips pretty sweet all the way to the edge and they smoke up nicely too..

**Jantar** · 1st February 2009, 22:04

Originally Posted by James Deuce

This will sound counter intuitive, but running tyres at higher pressures makes them run cooler which in turn makes them wear faster. Over inflating them will exacerbate the wear rate as much as under inflating them. I always go through tyres quicker in winter.

Jim2 has it correct. Overinflation will cause faster wear in the center, and hence squared off tyres.

**hayd3n** · 1st February 2009, 22:39

try lookin into dual compound tyres hard in the centre an soft on the sides so there

s grip when you need it for weekend fun

**DarkLord** · 3rd February 2009, 12:13

Tyres are looking a bit less square after a blat out to Waihi and back to Aucks via Whangamata over the weeked. I've lowered the pressure to about 38 or so and it seems good now.

**Ragingrob** · 3rd February 2009, 16:15

Originally Posted by DarkLord

Tyres are looking a bit less square after a blat out to Waihi and back to Aucks via Whangamata over the weeked. I've lowered the pressure to about 38 or so and it seems good now.

My rear's squared off over the uni semester, a good blast to the coromandel this weekend for me also should help out a bit... Although it probably wont increase the tread which is below standard already unfortunately

**DarkLord** · 3rd February 2009, 20:59

Originally Posted by Ragingrob

My rear's squared off over the uni semester, a good blast to the coromandel this weekend for me also should help out a bit... Although it probably wont increase the tread which is below standard already unfortunately

Oh dear...perhaps time for some new tyres altogether?