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I've searched high and low on numerous tyre threads, (and sorry to possibly rehash old "wounds"...), but I've currently got a Pilot Road 2 190/50 which has done almost 9k kms of fast touring/scratch on New Zealand roads and am looking at changing it out sooner rather than later. Now my Aprilia Tuono/Falco and RSV s whenever they've had 190/50 tyres on have somewhat slowed the steering down. Looking at thw Busa manuals, and my bike is an 02 model, says a 190/50 is recommended. However the 190/55 tyre wasn't around back then. I'm matching the rear to a near newish this last NZ Pilot Power Pure front, (which by the way is an excellent tyre). I will go with the Road 2 2CT again, as it offers a good mileage as well as pretty good grip wet or dry.
Will going to a 190/55 tyre be a good thing to do, considering I like the 180/55 or 190/55 on my Aprilias?
On another note, I also researched the gearing options, and as I couldn't get access to the forum, whilst in NZ, I ended up throwing an 18F 38R, set of sprockets and a new chain at the bike just before I parked the bike up in my friends shed till next year. Unfortunately haven't found much info on this combo here in the forum after lots of seaching. It's the only combo the dealer had available in the limited time I had to service and clean the bike before coming back to Australia. Didn't even get a chance to ride it with this gearing so have no clue how it will go. Thoughts.
A couple of picks of the latest NZ trip. Got to ride an 09 blade, a gixxer thou, a KTM SM-T, the latest Ducati 1198s Multistrada, a 1050 Tiger amongst sessions on my Busa. We covered almost 5k Kms in 8 days on some of the best roads you can have a bike on in the world. We all have radar detectors, and Baehr intercomms so it's a balls out blast for the trip. Got the Busa to 300kph indicated (GPS 275kph on a couple of straight roads)
Couple of pics below of the trip and some scenery for those that might be jealous!
Will going to a 190/55 tyre be a good thing to do, considering I like the 180/55 or 190/55 on my Aprilias?
On another note, I also researched the gearing options, and as I couldn't get access to the forum, whilst in NZ, I ended up throwing an 18F 38R, set of sprockets and a new chain at the bike just before I parked the bike up in my friends shed till next year. Unfortunately haven't found much info on this combo here in the forum after lots of seaching. It's the only combo the dealer had available in the limited time I had to service and clean the bike before coming back to Australia. Didn't even get a chance to ride it with this gearing so have no clue how it will go. Thoughts.
A couple of picks of the latest NZ trip. Got to ride an 09 blade, a gixxer thou, a KTM SM-T, the latest Ducati 1198s Multistrada, a 1050 Tiger amongst sessions on my Busa. We covered almost 5k Kms in 8 days on some of the best roads you can have a bike on in the world. We all have radar detectors, and Baehr intercomms so it's a balls out blast for the trip. Got the Busa to 300kph indicated (GPS 275kph on a couple of straight roads)
Couple of pics below of the trip and some scenery for those that might be jealous!