gonnacrash
New Member
tires, and a heck of a ride
First what tires do you guys recommend for spirited riding, bike currently has battle axes which did okay. But I would like something a little more performance oriented but will last more than 3k miles.
Now for the ride part.
Went on a ride with an r6 and a KTM 1190 today, we did over a 100 miles. Saw speeds of, well slightly over the limit, including a slight hill that the front of the bike came a foot off the ground at 85+ mph. That was just a little unusual coming from a ninja 500, the KTM was off the ground. I don't know how low I got in the turns but I think it was getting close enough that I think I want stickier tires. Doing this type riding the fz6 did just fine, now I did not push it near as hard as the ktm, but he knew the roads. The r6 guy only really pulled away from me once but he also was taking it easy
First what tires do you guys recommend for spirited riding, bike currently has battle axes which did okay. But I would like something a little more performance oriented but will last more than 3k miles.
Now for the ride part.
Went on a ride with an r6 and a KTM 1190 today, we did over a 100 miles. Saw speeds of, well slightly over the limit, including a slight hill that the front of the bike came a foot off the ground at 85+ mph. That was just a little unusual coming from a ninja 500, the KTM was off the ground. I don't know how low I got in the turns but I think it was getting close enough that I think I want stickier tires. Doing this type riding the fz6 did just fine, now I did not push it near as hard as the ktm, but he knew the roads. The r6 guy only really pulled away from me once but he also was taking it easy
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