Road Tyre Pressures.

[Nelso]

So enough of this talk, when are we going for a ride?

Saturday at Eastern Creek.

[ducati_paul]

[Kermit]

Anywhere from 30-36 front and 34-42 rear depending on the temperature, how much the bike is loaded up, what type of riding and what tyres are fitted.

It's better to understand how pressure effects the tyre performance and get a feel for what the tyres are doing than ask others what they run. Some riders push the front harder than others so they need to run higher pressures so the tyre doesn't deform too much, while the rest need lower pressures to generate enough heat to make the tyre stick. Some tyres flex easier than others, some bikes and riders are heavier than others, some suspension is stiff while other bikes are soft etc, etc. There are too many variables to just ask a general 'what do you run?'. In saying that, I think 36/42 is too hard for a small person on a 600, riding on a public road, in the middle of winter. I'll second Gos and say to try 34/36 as a starting point to see how it feels and increase or decrease the pressure from there.

By the way; what tyres are on the bike and what static and rider sag are you running?

Have not set up sag, oem is set up for 70kg which is roughly me with gear on. In saying that i should have set up properly.

Running oem bridgestone s20, they have about 1k life left, its pretty good tyre alot better than the bt016s. Although i will be switching back to m5s, loved them on previous bike.

Ive tried 32/36 on the s20s; the front seems to slow to tip in. I'll probably try 34/36 next.

[Smiffy]

Yep. Saturday.

[Smiffy]

Hopefully start running the 10 on Sunday too

[Kermit]

Quick squirt through the park, 34 front feels a lot better.

So I'll keep 34/36 through winter.

[Lionel]

Good info, off to the suspension dude.

[Lionel]

Thanks guys, I got the sag etc amended today, the mechanic said they front fork was far to hard, it handles much better, it used to feel like I was riding over railway tracks when I was riding on an undulated surface.


The z1000 is happy again!

[Nelso]

Good result.