What tyres are the best to get

Use this info when you get a bigger bike (the don't make them small enough for the 250). Michelin Pilot Powers.

Great grip rain or shine, and high milage.

 

get a set of bridgestone bt45s. after 4 months there should still be plenty of thread on them, helping you to sell the bike

 

I asked the same question a while ago which can be found at.

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My chain of thought after this discussion was to stick to the arrowmax as I only needed the one tyre on the front. I just matched what was still on the rear. I don't think that for a little fizzer it really matters. I am only going to worry about tyres when I upgrade and the choice is a whole lot larger.

 

Just a note - you should be concerned with wet performance unless you just don't ride in the wet.. Even if you ride like a grandma in the wet if your tires can't grip then it is much easier to go down. So make sure you get something with decent wet performance, even if you are not pushing it in the wet.

 

You would be suprised at how well tires grip in the wet.

 

most do well I agree. I meant to just say that wet performance shouldn't be neglected all together if a person is going to ride in the wet.

 

I know and no need to apologize, I was just adding additional info. The MotoGP runs rain or shine.

 

I'm paranoid about wet weather grip.
I still ride in the rain constanly, but when the roads are wet the bike stays upright. It's not the rain the causes trouble, but with me riding in the city - the oil, petrol, diesel, & other nasty slippery stuff that i worry about.

 

here we go - it seems to come down to a choice between the bridgestone bt45 or the dunlop arrowmax - maybe if Raaqi wanders into this post he can offer some advice - he's definately a bridgestone fan, whereas i've found my arrowmaxes to be fine in all types of riding.
I just got a quote on a new rear tyre (its squared off a lot after 15000km of riding and down to the tread-wear indicators in the center) - arrowmaxes were around $20 dearer (i think $170 as opposed to $150) but i'll probabaly stick with the arrowmax as that's what i've got on the front and it will easily take me up to sell time.
Seems the bridgestones may get you a few more kms (good if you commute a lot), the arrowmaxes are a bit more sticky (good for weekend fangs and track days) - but either will probably do you fine.

 

the bridgestones have a harder compound in the middle so they dont wear down as quickly when commuting, but a softer compound on the sides so when you start flinging it around its got more grip!! the arrowmaxes may have this too, im not sure

 

Arrowmax's are single compound the entire way across, that's why many people criticise them of squaring off too quickly.
BT45's are dual compound; as Liamo said. Better for commuting.

At present i'm actually running a BT45 on the rear (partially as an experiment ) but it's a 140 as opposed to a 130, so it kinda defeats the purpose of the experiment. There's nothing wrong with it at all, it's a decent tyre... but for some reason it just seems to lack 'firmness' when cranked over a long way. I'm partially putting that down to the wider tread though... so don't read into it too much.

Next tyre i get will definitely be back to a 130 - and probably just match the Arrowmax front. At the moment i've got the rear preload on 7 and it still takes a decent amount of weight shifting to get the bike tipping in quickly. Certainly not anywhere near as twitchy as it was with the 130 rear @ preload mark 7.

 

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yeah but 2krs have a 120 rear. Looks like a front tyre from most bikes, but you only have to think about turning and... like magic.....
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i want a wider tyre on my fzr 250 just like the HONDA NSR tyre , is it possible?any advantages or disadvantages?
u konw it looks so cool.

 

Tires looking cool on a cage is ok, but cool doesn't cut it on a bike. Too many factors play too big a role in the handling. If you must get a wider rear tire, I would only recommend going up one (1) width while going down one (1) profile.

Example:
170/60 stock
180/55 one size up in width and one down in profile

Funny thing on the front though, I went with a skinnier tire than stock.

130/70 stock
120/70 went down in width and stayed the same in profile.

It is all about corner traction and stability. Wider is not always better. May look cool, but may cause handling headaches.

 

Disadvantages:- many... sluggish handling, clearance problems for the rear tyre & chain guard (and possible chain!).

Advantages:- may or may not look cool. IMHO it doesn't do anything for the looks of the bike, if you want a fat rear tyre just go buy an RGV or equivalent. They run 160 rears.

 

which tyre is factory installed on the following FZRs: 250 / 400 /600 /700 ?

wat is the maximum tyre size we can installed on them ?

 

why worry about what the factory installed? Since the time these bikes were in production tire quality has improved immensely, and you probably don't want to revert back to what they had in the early 90's.

As for tire sizes - have a look at <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.motorbikes.be">www.motorbikes.be</a><!-- w --> - you can search up on the models and find factory / normal rim sizes. Knowing what the largest size is that you can fit is not very useful as you can squeeze a really large tire onto a smaller rim, but this can cause problems. Normal rule: stick with what the factory says in terms of size, and if you really want larger don't go more than 1-2 sizes larger.

I don't know what the fascination is with larger tires really... racers they don't try to fit the largest tires onto their rim - they choose the size that gives them the best combination of handling and grip.

 

I'm pretty positive it's fallout from the 'fooly-sik' car world. It made it's way across onto many a few GSXR & R1 around 2001-2003... but since then thankfully manufacturers have gone back to 'normal' (read as functional) tyre sizes.