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05-03-2021, 04:43 PM | #16 |
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Kent
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My 600ss has a 120/70 front and a 160/60 rear. Steers wonderful.
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05-03-2021, 05:03 PM | #17 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Forest Of Dean
Bike: S2r
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At the end of the day if it fits, suits your style of riding and doesn't spit you off on the first corner then it's a good size combination.
Yes Duke the 748, even with the slightly sneered at Showa race shocks, handles amazingly well. Feels just as planted at twice the national limit errr that's a just a guess honest !!
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05-03-2021, 05:55 PM | #18 |
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
Bike: M900sie
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What a smashing thread swerve.. You've got me wanting to try a 748, but I straddled a 916 once and I definitely have the wrong sized arms, legs and testicles!
Great news with the tyre, I discovered that Pirelli do the Angel ST in 160/60 size and they are discounted at the moment. Happy days.
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07-03-2021, 06:30 PM | #19 |
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Out of pure curiosity this afternoon, I measured the heights of my new 120/70 and an old 120/60 on the SS, both on rims.
Measuring from the edge of the rim to a straight edge across the top of the tyre, the difference is indeed 12mm (near as dammit). I was slightly surprised even though the maths says that would be the case. I've put a 170 on the back of the Monster this time, having only fitted 180s previously. I must say it does look right and I'm very much looking forward to trying the new pair out. Having taken on board the comments on this thread, I might well even put a 120/70 on the front of the 750SS when I commission it for riding. According to the glyphs on the sidewalls of the current pair, they originate in the Mesolithic period!
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07-03-2021, 09:38 PM | #20 |
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Sutton In Ashfield
Bike: Multiple Monsters
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I think 120/70 is the way to go. I think I had a 120/60 front on my 748 and it felt like the front was tucking at times, it wasn't but it just felt like it and I didn't like it. I think it's a steeper profile which I could not get along with. Some like it but I have a 120/70 on there now and it feels loads better.
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