dunlop 208rr 180-55-17

stevers · Post by **stevers** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:22 pm

Has anyone tried this on the rear? ive fitted one, had to take the rear hugger off seems to hold strongly in a corner or am i asking for trouble??

regards

steve

Post by **Jamz** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:27 pm

You got a 180 on the standard rim???

I'd guess it should just make the rear turn in slower....

Gotta love tyre expreiments, eh???

Let us know how you get on with it!

Post by **Jamz** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:29 pm

Hope you don't take offence - but can you get your knee down, and has the wider tyre affected this at all?

Riding without knee-down antics may not show up any flaws so much...

stevers · Post by **stevers** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:31 pm

sure fitted a standard rim ok (was done by a garage) 100 quids i ride every day to work on it 1990 zxr400H2 even in the winter 80 miles a day so i wear out tyres quickly lol
just wanted to try some thing diff lol

regards

steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:40 pm

since im an old B@@@@trd at 42, ive had many bikes in my time , but my zxr400h2 is the best for knee down action and i have the sliders to prove it!! lol

once ive but a few miles in the tyre ( i do 70 per day) i will give it the crank over and let you know..if you dont here from me shortly then you know ive failed ha ha

regards

steve

Post by **Jamz** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:45 pm

lol you better post tomorrow or i'll be feeling guilty now!!!

Weather down this way is supposed to be sunny all week......

Post by **sloweracing** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:11 pm

Love Dunlops but now run super corsa pro top tyre

The Dunlop on the rear we ran at brands hatch last year utter rubbish might be good on the road but be carefull it does not turn in as quick and doesnt hold a line it tends to drift out of corners and you can get to the edge of the tyre does have good grip yes you can get youre knee down but no good on a race track on a fast lap

Just be carefull that when you are cornering that your not drifting on the road even most of the top riders last year tried them but they even changed very quickly

Pirelli supercorsa pro top tyre try these if you get a chance

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:42 am

was that a dunlop 180-55-17 you tried?

Post by **sloweracing** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:50 pm

I have just been told by the misses it was a 170 dunlop 208gp sold it now thank god

Does that mean the 180 is wider on the rim if so certainly wont hold a good line on track

Post by **Jamz** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:12 pm

Thats what i was thinking.

A wider profile generally means a slower turn-in, so if you've got the front turning in normally and the rear wanting to go straight.... don't think i'd fancy understeer on a bike.

Or is that wrong???

I'd imagine it'd understeer because the rear would drive the front wide, but reading it back it sounds like it might oversteer....

Nah - sure i'm right the first time....

Lets face it though - wider tyres on bikes LOOK damn cool!!!

Would it make any real difference to your average road rider???

stevers · Post by **stevers** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:43 pm

well the 180 worked NOT.......
very unstable in a straight line.......because the rim is narrow the tyre has less rubber on the road me thinks so im changing the tyre back to a 160-60-17
i dont recommend it

ps for sale 1 new 180-50-17 dunlop 208rr

haha

Post by **sloweracing** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:26 am

Took me 5 months to sell my 170 have a look to see if any of the 600 use that size tyre and tyr to sell to them or EBAY it good luck

Try a Pirelli Supercorsa pro soft front medium rear wont find better grip and i'm a Dunlop man

stevers · Post by **stevers** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:00 am

im going to keep it..... ive been thinging about getting a zx7r and they eat tyres so i will have a spare.........

SimonH · Post by **SimonH** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:19 pm

stevers....how much do u want for the tyre? my 207's are looking a bit worse for ware!