r and f
Posted: 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 
different for obvious reasons like say... how much rubber perhaps?
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:54 pm
rear & front m'dear.
different for obvious reasons like say... how much rubber perhaps?
different for obvious reasons like say... how much rubber perhaps?
Posted: 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.
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.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:24 pm
oh dear 
rather embaressing
rather embaressing
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:40 pm
Ya thinkZZRCHIKKY wrote:oh dear
rather embaressing
Posted: 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 ?
are u sure its not sumthing todo with speed rating ?
Posted: 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.
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.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:21 am
Ah the old H rated jobbies on the GPX do the trick.....
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:36 am
Cross plys cut with a bread knofe were good enuf at 200mph for Bert Munro !!!
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 12:35 pm
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:20 pm
ur such a dear mike 
Posted: 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).
Posted: 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
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 3:59 pm
love the chart mike
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:43 pm
10 seconds with google mate,mrmina wrote:love the chart mike