Mixing Front and Back

[Tone165]

I was told the front needs to be a softer compound than the back, because if you are going to slip, you want it to be the back.

Have you aligned the wheels recently?
"sometimes crime does pay"<i></i>

Just a point that was given to me recently...

If front lets go...low-side! When it comes to stepping off, lowside is preferred method.

If rear lets go..hi-side! Do not try this at home!

I would imagine that tyre manfrs would know this and take into account when matching fr/rear sets.

A friend of mine is running a Pilot Power 2CT up front and P/Road 2CT down back, so far its all good, he is hoping to improve fr/rear wear ratio which atm is around 1to 1.5. He gets about 7k per rear.

[arthur dunga]

I'm running two different profiles on the tyreabusa,because of a flat, 55 front & 50 rear ,both corsa's .Feels like the chopper out of easy rider & handles the same.The front want's to tip in & the back is resisting,Cannot wait to ditch the 50 & get back to running the 55's.Mixing different profiles is not good.5mm makes a big difference on the bike, chicks probably wouldn't notice.

[Gaz57]

Tone,
I'm running the same as you're mate No trouble and great combo.
Gaz

[Louwai]

I commute every day
Am running Metzler M3 front & Michy Road Pilot rear.
Comming up on 12K klm on this combo & no complaints so far.

[Rev004]

Ressac

I had s simular problem with my GSXR1100 a few years ago and going through a shit load of money I found that these things are very sensitive. I end up putting the bike on a jig to make sure the front & rear wheels were alligned and true, to our amazement the whole bike was out by 2-3mm doesn't seem like much but boy oh boy did it make a big difference. All we had to do was loosen off the main frame bolts and when we did this there was a very loud cracking sound from the bike. When the bloody japs put things together everything is done up very tight and taut which is a good thing but sometimes just having the bike fall of the side stand is enough to chuck things out of allignment(normally need something a little more serious than that though ). To make the bike better handling After that as I still had a minor issue with the wollowing at speed I put in a Ohlins rear shock, ohlins fork springs and revalved the front as well. This made a huge impact on the bike and would have to agree with Spamanglenn you will not regret putting in an Ohlins. I have always ran a matched set of tyres but different coumpounds normally soft on the front. Just some more feedback to go over.

[Mercenary]

My friend of mine tried the front diablo,the rear diablo corsa.Not bad.He was suggesting to me the front 2 ct,the rear pilot road 2.What do you people think?A good combination or not?

[BUSGO]

I have been running a combo of Bridgestone BT015F front and Michellin Pilot Road 2CT on the rear for a few thousand ks now and I've gotta say that they appear to be a perfect match.
I would have normally gone for a BT015R but settled for the Road 2ct as the only option.
It was a good one and the bike feels just the same as with the OEM BT015.

[motoplast]

Mmmm, an interesting debate, one I think will never be settled!.
Mix & match, this goes with that etc, what to do? Ok, Imo mixing tyres, providing they are both radials and not a crossply/radial should not make one iota of a difference, if the bike suffers in it's handling, after fitting 2 new mismatched tyres then it is a tyre problem, not a mismatched problem. Some mismatched combo's work very well. Personally I like a soft front and a medium to hard rear. If the front let's go then, unless u are Mick Doohan, the chances of recovery are slim, the rear, on the other hand is normally progressive in it's slip (Unless u are hard on the wick) rolling off the throttle is normally all that is required (Do Not shut off the throttle! Pan/possible High sides). I have had a good run on the Gen11 with a Metzeler race on the front and a Michelin 2ct pilot Road on the rear. I like Bridgestones, on my Gen1 F: 002's or 016's R:016's. I have never liked Michelins on the front, I didn't seem to get the feedback and their wear pattern is normally lumpy, Rears, no prob's. Dunlops I wouldn't piss on and unless they are hot they offer no grip. I have ran Pirellis, no prob's and will fit a new set of Corsa's when I get my BST Carbon Fibre wheels (Fingers crossed before Tathra!). All my tyres run at F:32-34psi R:36-38psi.

Cheers,
Tex & Bundy