Tires 120/70 or 110/70?

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Tires 120/70 or 110/70?

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Hi,

As the titel says, last year i got 110/70 when I couldnt get 120/60 in time. But this year Ive got time :smt003
I hade a bit of trouble with the front end loosing grip out of some corners last year (yeah my suspension back is looked so just hade to losen the front to go with it).
So Im thinking 120/70 should get me more grip out of the courner, but Im not shore it'll fitt the bike :smt017

Standard ZXR400L -94, Bridgestone BT090. Standard class racing with DOT tiers. Really liked the 090's on the kawa :smt001

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Re: Tires 120/70 or 110/70?

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dude, what you racing on 090's for ?!
theres far, far, far better tyres than them. get yourself some 120/70 160/60 racetecs or supercorsa pros. you will never look back chopper
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jake wrote:dude, what you racing on 090's for ?!
theres far, far, far better tyres than them. get yourself some 120/70 160/60 racetecs or supercorsa pros. you will never look back chopper
I read that just now on the site aswell, but last year I read a lot of people really liking the bt090. Since it is made for SM and small sportbikes i figured ok.

Now Im not certin. Alto the 090's are good. racetecs might be the way to go then. Other's in my class racing on them.

So 120/70 will fitt :smt003

time to think. :smt017 biggrin
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jake wrote:dude, what you racing on 090's for ?!
theres far, far, far better tyres than them. get yourself some 120/70 160/60 racetecs or supercorsa pros. you will never look back chopper
Looked around on metzlers page but there dosnt seem to be 160/60 racetecs :smt017, btw, are the DOT? Im only allowed DOT tires. K3 is I think, but what about K0, K1 and K2? :smt001
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im not 100% on the racetecs.
I race with the supercorsa pros, and they are road legal, and have the dot mark you need.
Standard zxr front is 120/60, but the supercorsa pros come as 120/70. They are fine mate, no problems with them. Most people use the sc1 front and the sc2 rear (soft front, medium rear)
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Thanks a lot :smt001
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Dude, I presume it is a ZXR400 ???, Everyone races on 120/70 fronts as far as I'm aware. If you want to try some SuperCorsa Pro's I've got some part worns for sale in the parts section. £60 plus delivery. If you don't like them, then that's not a lot to lose, besides just sell them on :smt002
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Ballsout Racing wrote:Dude, I presume it is a ZXR400 ???, Everyone races on 120/70 fronts as far as I'm aware. If you want to try some SuperCorsa Pro's I've got some part worns for sale in the parts section. £60 plus delivery. If you don't like them, then that's not a lot to lose, besides just sell them on :smt002
zxr400 yeah.
Can you ship them to sweden cheap :smt002 Sounds like it's gona be 120/70, thought that was the case.
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Damn, hadn't noticed you were in Sweden. I doubt I could ship them there 'cheap'. I'll try and find out what it'll cost though, just in case it's feasable :smt017
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Ballsout Racing wrote:Damn, hadn't noticed you were in Sweden. I doubt I could ship them there 'cheap'. I'll try and find out what it'll cost though, just in case it's feasable :smt017
would be nice. alto go a price of £250 for a new set but think I can find a better deal. :smt001
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Delivery would be £40 to Sweden, so not really worth it :smt017 But let me know.

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Ballsout Racing wrote:Delivery would be £40 to Sweden, so not really worth it :smt017 But let me know.

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Seams a bit to much for scrubs but if it becomes intressing I'll let you know. Thanks anyway for checking :smt001
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Anyone tested Power race? The dealer I have good contact with nomally only deals with michelin and bridgestone :smt001
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Re: Tires 120/70 or 110/70?

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im not sure meself....
can he get the michelin supermoto cut slicks? ive heard good things about these on 400s, seen a few people use them to very good effect
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Gessing he could but that dosnt sound like a DOT tier which I need to stay with the rules
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