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How u all going I have always run 180.55 on my zx12 zx14 with no probs on a 6 inch rim my mech and a few others have said there is no probs with this what do all u experts recon?

Only time I ever chucked a 180 on a 6in rim I rode right off the edge of the tyre.
Lucky I was awesome enough to catch it.
Exhaust, brake pedal showed the evidence

Go a 190.

Cheers fellas

Wattie wrote:Lucky I was awesome enough to catch it.

Oh yes you are,

Wish i was awesome

Wattie wrote:I rode right off the edge of the tyre.
Lucky I was awesome enough to catch it.

Hahaha Gold.....Quote of the year..

anything is possible on the KFC diet

keep the opinions coming :kuda:surely there must be someone else who runs a 180.55 on a zx14 maybe its just a albury thing

There is nothing wrong with it but the tyre will just be flatter. If your comfortable with it then its all good

cheers blurr thanks for the input i will put a 190.55 on next

why do you run the 180?

My mechanic and a few local albury riders I've talked to said there is no probs running a 180.55 on a 6 inch rim on the road they said if u were doing a track day at phillip island use a 190.55 and if u do track day at winton use a 180.55 and I've never had a problem with this size on all my zx12 and my 14 + the bike steers fast through the local mountains with the 180 i will put a 190.55 on next c how that goes+u can't get a 190.55 pilot power only 190.50 and i wanted a 55 cheers.

The 55 bit is only the sidewall height. And it's a percentage of the width.

By going the 190 the tyre "balloons" more giving better edge grip.
The 180 stretches out a becomes flatter as Blurr said

The guys who put 180's on for winton are pulling their pee pees. IMO

In other words the 190/55 has more "lean" angel than a 180/55.If you want to lay the bike write down go a 190/55 as the 180 will run out!!.If your an "extremest" go a 200/55 ,but on a 14 i think you will scrape the ground way before getting the full use out of the tyres.

I run a 190/55 on the zx6 tracky with a skinnier rim. So get constant grief from so called mates But I know its never
gonna run out. FX600 run 200's now

Running a 180 on a rim designed for a 190 will be easier to get the edges scrubbed in. Depends what you want but Id be running the 190 knowing thats what the rim is designed for and having plenty of margin for further lean angle