r and f

ZZRCHIKKY · Post by **ZZRCHIKKY** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:08 pm

whats the diffrnece between r and f tyres ??? and why is one twise the price as the other

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:54 pm

rear & front m'dear.
different for obvious reasons like say... how much rubber perhaps?

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:02 pm

Rear is wider and designed to handle the power

Front is built to handle latteral (corner) grip.

Takes serious blelts and other structure to hold the rear together under power, and it wears out quicker so makes more business sense to be more expensive.

ZZRCHIKKY · Post by **ZZRCHIKKY** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:24 pm

oh dear

rather embaressing

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:40 pm

ZZRCHIKKY wrote:oh dear

rather embaressing

Ya think

ZZRCHIKKY · Post by **ZZRCHIKKY** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:18 am

it cant be , iv never seen a front tyer a foot wide before

are u sure its not sumthing todo with speed rating ?

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:39 am

If you are talking speed rating ZZR Chicky, then you might be onto something. I had a feeling you were talking about this, but as usual your description was about as ambiguous as a real estate agents!

I have never heard of an F speed rating. Not to say they don't / didn't exist. But I have heard of S, R, and Z and ZR. These are speed ratings in order from lowest to highest. Some pedant will be able to fill you in on the speeds for each. But these days even on a 250, I would look for at least an R rating.

HemiDuty · Post by **HemiDuty** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:21 am

Ah the old H rated jobbies on the GPX do the trick.....

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:36 am

Cross plys cut with a bread knofe were good enuf at 200mph for Bert Munro !!!

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:35 pm

speed rating system

ZZRCHIKKY · Post by **ZZRCHIKKY** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:20 pm

ur such a dear mike

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:48 pm

So if your tyre is rated 'f' is only upto 80kph - I'd change that one and go for an 'r' which is 170Kph (enough for a standard ZZR250).

ZZRCHIKKY · Post by **ZZRCHIKKY** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:55 pm

nah lol not for my bike , my dads spewzuki gsx1400 , he was just looking at the price and didnt know what was diffrent

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sat May 27, 2006 3:59 pm

love the chart mike

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:43 pm

mrmina wrote:love the chart mike

10 seconds with google mate,