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Upsizing Rear Tire to 190/55 (w/ pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="CA G-Man" data-source="post: 1229170" data-attributes="member: 36805"><p>Um... Auron: Did you miss Top_Speed1's post (#337)? Look up - waaaaay up... (okay only 4 posts up). <img src="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/winksmiley02.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>As for your link I think the author screwed up the diagram. What they’re showing as a 180/50 (the green line) looks a lot more “pinched” than what they’re showing as a 190/50 (the blue line) which clearly shouldn't be the case. I'm also dubious of any moto writer who would purport to dispel “the popular myth that the wider tire puts down a bigger footprint and gives more traction” by saying “we <u>felt</u> no improvement in that department from the properly sized tire.” I’ve heard of a “seat of the pants accelerometer” before but a “2-cheek contact patch caliper” seems to be pushing it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CA G-Man, post: 1229170, member: 36805"] Um... Auron: Did you miss Top_Speed1's post (#337)? Look up - waaaaay up... (okay only 4 posts up). [IMG]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/winksmiley02.gif[/IMG] As for your link I think the author screwed up the diagram. What they’re showing as a 180/50 (the green line) looks a lot more “pinched” than what they’re showing as a 190/50 (the blue line) which clearly shouldn't be the case. I'm also dubious of any moto writer who would purport to dispel “the popular myth that the wider tire puts down a bigger footprint and gives more traction” by saying “we [U]felt[/U] no improvement in that department from the properly sized tire.” I’ve heard of a “seat of the pants accelerometer” before but a “2-cheek contact patch caliper” seems to be pushing it! [/QUOTE]
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