Chicken strips!

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steve-d
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Re: Chicken strips!

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120/60 is standard on R6's.
Milky
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Re: Chicken strips!

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steve-d wrote:120/60 is standard on R6's.
really? :? It had a 70 on it before and everyone seems to run 70's on the uk r6 forum. did u have a 60 on yours did you?
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Re: Chicken strips!

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TOM91 wrote:what profile tyres do you have? mine's the same. virtually no strips on the front and then nearly a good inch on the back even when ive be ragging it and KD etc. i have a smaller profile tyre on the front (120/60zr17) instead of a 12070zr17! makes the twitchy, white nuckle R6 steering experience even more intense! :twisted:

if you are talking about cornering agility you get a faster turn in speed from a higher profile tyre not a lower one!
obviously at the risk of high speed straight line stability 8)
old enough to know better,young enough not to care!
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