No where but up

[The Nutty Professor]

Well it's time for a new infusion of ideas. The old way we did things on the other unnamed site have got to change or we're going to always be the cheerleaders ugly friend. You know the one with "The great personality"banghead. When I started to notice fast wheels I was a Formula One fan and it's still there somewhere in the back of my head. I get all lightheaded over carbon fiber and Inconel stainless. Do we need F1 tech for what we love...no but my point is we are way behind the midget bikes that look down their nose at us. Branch out to other places and bring the fruits home (Wow when I get all Socrates I sound creepy don't Ihangloose). I started a few threads somewhere else and I'm going to move the info here as fast as I can if for nothing else then to generate new feedback. I want...nay need to know what I don't know.

OK enough of that let's get the party started.

Let's start simple any body found a good site for better road rubber. I've got a few places but maybe you guys and gals have found something I haven't:confused:

[Midbike Racer]

I can't find anything at Sava that would fit my front tire and my rear tire is bigger also.
Maybe I am missing it. I am not too famialiar with tire sizes.

Is it me or is the tires the same size on the cateye midbikes.
I see on a website that they look the same size.

[The Nutty Professor]

Your rear tire is probably a 145/50 10. The problem is it's chinese rubber which sucks for track days. The quality is non-existent. I'll post a thread on some decent rubber that may or may not fit but it will show you what's out there and what we need. I do know that there are slicks you can use which mean you have to move your front fender or take it off, but the up side is a lot better traction everywhere.thumbsup2

[The Nutty Professor]

Let's see if I get this right. 145 is how many millimeters wide the tire is. 50 is millimeters high or how high the sidewall of the tire is from the rim. 10 is the standard measure or 10 inch tire.

[The Nutty Professor]

Steering geometry actually. The bike steers easier with a narrow tire in the front. Having a narrow tire on the rear is OK but it doesn't give enough of a contact patch to use all HP from the back. I'll give you a better write up when I have more time.

[The Nutty Professor]

A large from tire or same size causes the bike to steer real slow and also if you're racing or riding fast it takes my effect to go from side to side. Scooter's have to same size tires because of the stability of same size tires, that stability is what makes turning hard. You have have one but you can't have both. That being said even a wide rear narrow front is not unstable it's just not as stable (Neutral and the same size front to back). Did that make any sense:confused:.

[The Nutty Professor]

No they are the same size and I bet it steers like a brick. But it should be steer easy for a youngster.

[Blitz$M.Inc.$]

glenn,
the tire numbers in size 145/50 R10 mean
145 is the width of the tire
50 is the aspect ratio of the width or 'percent' (physically 72mm aprox)
and the easy part 10 is the rim in inches

[The Nutty Professor]

Blitz vey glad you showed up on this one. You're the tire godbanana I thought what you said was what I was trying to say but....aahh what the hellhangloose Did I get the rest right?