At 23:30 09/04/01, you wrote:
>Keep an eye on rim to road clearance if trying a 120/60
>section tyre , it will probably quite close when cornering.
Well now, here's a funny thing - just as this thread comes up about tyre sizes, what
should happen but I find a woodscrew sticking into my 120/70 Metzeler front, causing
it to deflate at about 1psi per minute, and the only vaguely suitable tyre that the
nearest bikeshop has in stock is a 120/60 Continental ContiForce. To make life
slightly easier, I have a spare front rim so I have left the Metz on a wheel and will
probably get it repaired.
I've been curious about Conti tyres for a while, their car tyres and pushbike tyres
are very good, so I suspected that they motorcycle tyres just suffer from an image
problem (they don't get involved in racing). "ContiForce
· for sports and sport touring bikes
· light and responsive steering with excellent feedback when cornering hard
· superb grip in wet conditions
· very fast warm-up time
· extremely stable under severe braking " - that's what their blurb says, so it
must be true, right?? Sounds like my specification for the perfect tyre . .
There's less tread on the new Conti than after 4,500 miles on the Metz. Tyre is made
is Korea. Conti's last ad campaign in the UK for car tyres went "Continental Tyres -
German engineering where you need it most on a car". Hmmm.
Wonder which list member was so desperate to find out how a 120/60 would perform that
they put that screw through my tyre? I've narrowed it down to 8 suspects.
I've only done 1/2 mile on it so far. Fuller report to follow some day.
David Thurgate http://www.uranus.co.uk/M_cycles.htm
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Kawasaki ZX750-A1 in Tony Foale FFE frame
Current status: Dismantled ;-(
Yamaha GTS1000a in Yamaha FFE frame
Current status: In everyday use :-)
