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Motorcycle tyre shape

Motorcycle tyre shape

30.03.2018
Racing   Sport   Touring  

The handling of a motorcycle tire is influenced not only by its width, but also by its tire contour.

Large center radius and flat shoulder parts make unwieldy, but bring bearing surface when driving straight ahead and thus mileage (touring tires). Sports tires, on the other hand, have a more pointed contour, which considerably increases the handling.

Motorcycle tyre shape
Motorcycle tyre shape

Even with the tire width, attention should not only be paid to the numbers on the flank, because if you measure it, the tires often turn out very differently. Thus, a 180 / he can only be insignificantly narrower than a 190 / and thus will be in the handling hardly a difference to remember, yes it can even improve if one of a 180 / he touring converts to a 190 / er sports tire. The joy of better handling but tarnished the lower mileage.

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