Hi Guy's

As tyres seem to change all the time and i have not ridden any thing small for years, I was wondering if you guy's had any recommendations on what to fit to get outright grip, I am not worried about tire life as my MC28SE is just going to be a Sunday morning plaything.

Are the standard tyre sizes the best or do you have any further recommendations?

Are there any tricks that I should know that may help the handling of the bike too?

Cheers in advance

Rob

I don't know about the MC28, but the MC21 loves the triples dropped down the forks a bit to steepen the steering angle. HRC say 14mm for the MC21, but it's a bit extreme on the road, and shags the front tyre in no time at all!

The MC18 also benefits from this, and from jacking the back up a little too. The MC28 geometry is slightly different to the MC21, but I expect it would still feel better with a more aggressive stance.

Personally never felt the need to fit larger than Honda recommended tyre sizes, and only ever ridden one NSR with over-sized tyres that actually handled well. (It was far from standard too, with HRC suspension and HRC wheels.)

For tyres... can't say! Each to their own! I love Pirelli, and use them or Dunlop... I can't stand Bridgestone, but others swear by them!
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Last edited by DifferentStrokes on Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:48 pm; edited 1 time in total

Andy's right about fork height, I had mine (in an mc28) droppped about 15mm, but when I had the rear shock and forks tweaked by k-tech that 15mm drop resulted in a bike that was far too twitchy (presumably as the rear shock was now running a bit higher), they're through about 5mm now.

As regard tyres, Dunlop Alpha10's for the road without doubt, they're currently £110 a pair in 110 and 150 sizes at M&P!

But for outright grip? All the fast fast F250 boys run Michelin Supermoto tyres, they're treaded but not road legal. You could struggle to get them hot enough on the road as well.
Another problem is they're only available in 120 and 160 sizes so you really want a 3.5" front wheel, ideally a Magtek intended for an RS or RC30/45, but the front wheel from any old Honda 400/600 from the mid/late 90's will fit.
However you are compromising handling for a slight grip increase you'll never need and there is no doubt the 110 front on a 3" rim does result in a sweeter handling bike. I know of at least one very very quick guy who's run a 3" rim on a 400 with success.

But if you fancy oversized tyres/rims and are chasing outright grip consider the Maxxis Goldspeed road legal inters, I've used the StreetSport version (on stock sized NSR rims) which are the hardest version of them and they're really good especially if the road is less than bone dry.
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Dunlop D209GP's I'd go for if you can find them, most shops will try and sell you the GP Racer instead but it's not in the same class. Like Fontyyy says, the Maxxis road legals are good also, and very cheap to boot.

Definitely stick to the standard sizes unless you have wider rims, as you'll mess up the profile, but you should know that from your TZ riding days...
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