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Old 02-26-2012, 04:58 PM   #11
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Welcome to the forum. I ride a yzf-600 as well, I have a 170 bridgestone bt-016 on the rear and a stock size matching tire on the front, and have no complaints. If youre interested in a bike specific forum as well, PM me. I dont post there but Ive been reading it since I started riding and its great for anything you could want to know about the yzf. As far as general riding and bikes, this forum has a lot cooler people on it.
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Old 02-26-2012, 06:08 PM   #12
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thank u jojo. i actually have 180/55's on my back. stock i think is 160. guy i bought it from said that those are the tire sizes from the r6.
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Old 02-26-2012, 07:34 PM   #13
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thank u jojo. i actually have 180/55's on my back. stock i think is 160. guy i bought it from said that those are the tire sizes from the r6.
Yes and yes. The stock for the yzf600 is a 160. A lot of people put 180s on them but I didnt want to change the handling characteristics that much so I split the difference at 170.
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Old 02-27-2012, 01:40 AM   #14
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with this being my first bike, i dont know what kind of change it woulda been from 160-180
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Old 02-27-2012, 08:10 AM   #15
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with this being my first bike, i dont know what kind of change it woulda been from 160-180
There's a question of how that affects the seating of the bead by running wider tires on a narrower rim... Normally, if you go with a wider tire, the handling becomes dull and the bike fights you more turning in... However, the profile is altered when you put a wider tire on a narrower rim, so it can actually quicken the turning... Take all this with a grain of salt, I don't have any personal experience here... just what I've read.

That said, the engineers put a 160 on there for a reason... I'd probably just get a 160 and be done with it.
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Old 02-27-2012, 09:14 AM   #16
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psycho, i love ur animation!
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Old 05-01-2012, 06:37 AM   #17
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Dunlop are good tires.
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