KatRiders,
I've been riding on Pirelli Diablos on my 1993 Katana 600 for a few hundred miles and am really wondering whether or not the tire pressure I'm using is correct. They're 120/60F and 150/60R, as recommended by the guys on this site, and I run 33 psi up front and 36 psi in the rear (as per the manual). They're really sticky, it seems, and the handling is a lot different than the Barracudas that were on before (better, I believe).
I can ride at the same pace my riding buddies do and yet they can't believe how big the "chicken strips" are. While I have about an inch of non-used rubber, they're toying with the edges of their tires. Don't get me wrong: I don't care how big the strips are and neither do my buddies. I just want to know if something's wrong.
When I look at my old Barracudas and then at the Pirellis, the curvature of the tire is much more pronounced on the Pirellis. Like, it seems that the reason there's so much of a strip is because the tire is angled so much that I could never use all of it unless I was leaned over at like 80 degrees. Is that ok? Should I just not be concerned? Should I change my tire pressure? I'm hoping that a pressure change will improve the handling of the bike, since it sometimes feels 'off'.
I appreciate your time.
I've been riding on Pirelli Diablos on my 1993 Katana 600 for a few hundred miles and am really wondering whether or not the tire pressure I'm using is correct. They're 120/60F and 150/60R, as recommended by the guys on this site, and I run 33 psi up front and 36 psi in the rear (as per the manual). They're really sticky, it seems, and the handling is a lot different than the Barracudas that were on before (better, I believe).
I can ride at the same pace my riding buddies do and yet they can't believe how big the "chicken strips" are. While I have about an inch of non-used rubber, they're toying with the edges of their tires. Don't get me wrong: I don't care how big the strips are and neither do my buddies. I just want to know if something's wrong.
When I look at my old Barracudas and then at the Pirellis, the curvature of the tire is much more pronounced on the Pirellis. Like, it seems that the reason there's so much of a strip is because the tire is angled so much that I could never use all of it unless I was leaned over at like 80 degrees. Is that ok? Should I just not be concerned? Should I change my tire pressure? I'm hoping that a pressure change will improve the handling of the bike, since it sometimes feels 'off'.
I appreciate your time.
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