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Tire Options for our CB1100
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mvk24 Offline
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RE: Tire Options for our CB1100
(03-05-2024 09:45 AM)The ferret Wrote:  
(02-25-2024 09:07 AM)mvk24 Wrote:  
(02-25-2024 08:33 AM)The ferret Wrote:  110 or 120 front

140 or 160 rear

Thank so much ferret, its been awhile since I've talked tires. You guys find any benefits to the larger front also?

No, no benefit really for me. Just a matter of availability at times.
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RE: Tire Options for our CB1100
(02-23-2024 05:58 PM)misterprofessionality Wrote:  Today I got myself a pair of Bridgestone T32 sport touring tires on the glowing recommendation of a forum member. They'll get slapped on tomorrow to replace my balding Avon tires. The compound on the sides of the tire feel appropriately grippy to the touch and the profile is a bit less rounded over than the Avons and Michelin tires I've used before. They're still 120/70 and 160/60 though. I may have a little bit less contact to work with at extreme lean angles but maybe just enough to satisfy the admittedly meager maximum lean of the bike. I don't see a lot of thin runnels for water displacement though, which reminds me of some Dunlop tires I've ridden on....it may be a bad set to ride in the wet.

More to come

(03-05-2024 08:10 AM)misterprofessionality Wrote:  
(02-23-2024 06:25 PM)peterbaron Wrote:  Can you provide tread depth, front and rear

Tread depth on the Bridgestone t32 sport touring tire comes to 6.3mm close to the center.

(03-05-2024 08:45 AM)peterbaron Wrote:  That’s a lot of rubber for a moto tire

https://www.motorcycledaily.com/2022/01/...ct-review/

I think, you will be very happy with this set Thumbs Up
Will consider them when my Angel GT and Z8 are gone.

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johnnyH Offline
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RE: Tire Options for our CB1100
I understand this is an old thread, however I have recently replaced my Bridgestone T30's for the new T32's, on my CB1100, I did look into the BT46 however they are a straight touring tyre, the T32 are a sport/touring tyre so I went with those and I feel they are a much better tyre, I have kept the standard tyre sizes, 110/80/18 and 140/70/18, I am very happy with Bridgestone and will continue to run them on my CB1100
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Tev62 Offline
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RE: Tire Options for our CB1100
You might like to play with the front preload on that change of tyre. I fitted T31's the predecessor and found the bike turns in much more sharply than the Dunlop's that were fitted, a little too much as it happens.

This allowed me to reclaim some of the compression stroke on the forks by adding some of front preload back and still retain great steering geometry. I don't know about the earlier models but my 2017MY EX blows through 41% of the compression stroke (on the front) with the preload set to the standard setting at Static SAG only (bike only). That is a lot compared to most bikes.

   
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RE: Tire Options for our CB1100
This explains why I liked the T32s then....I want as snappy a turn-in as I can get.
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