Tyre prices and clutches

[Visitor Q]

Hi all, i have decided my tyres are knackered. They have tread, but the rubber is quite corroded (well atleast it dont seem up to much in my VHO) and the back does tend to shuffle about a hell of a lot. And the front locks under pretty much any braking.

Just wondering if anyone knows (and i have searched the web but cant seem to find any non american etc) the price of tyres for front and back either metzeler me-1's or Pirelli Diablos or dunlop d-102's of profiles;

Front tyre 110/70-17
Rear tyre 140/70-17

There is also talk of slightly changing the profile of the rear tyre as it alledgedly changes its handling characteristics, has anyone got any imput on whether i should stick with that size or maybe go to 80?

Also to save time (i know this /should/ go in workshop but hey, im a rebel ) what is the general signs of a fooked clutch? Mine if you dump it seems to respond a little afterwards, not instantly. Also gears sometimes snick in and sometimes you have to boot it alot. Also it occasionally just decides it wants to be in neutral which its only started doing in the last week or so. I have changed the oil, filter, and some oil hoses, so it should be ok for that.

Thanks in advance for any help, sorry for being cheeky, i promise to answer the next 'how to derestrict a 50cc' post if you like

Regards

Richard
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[Visitor Q]

*cough*
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bridgestone bt 92's should fit i think, i like em anyways, look on the bridge stone website, key in your bike and itll tell you whart tyres fit!

Andy

[Visitor Q]

I have spent the past hour looking for tyres, and ones that i have found that would fit are pirelli sports demons (altho im nto certain they arent tubless, of they are that would annoy me alot), but has anyone got any feeback on them?

Bearing in mind my bikes probably only kicking out about 25 bhp (alledgedly 33 but we all know they lie) and they are designed to work best from 130-150 ish i think, 130 + anyway and my bikes top end is pretty much level ton.

Regards richard

Ps they are 135 a pair
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

Dunlop GPR70SP's and GPR80's are available from most places in those sizes. You could go Bridgestone BT-090 front, and put a BT90 on the rear if you can find one.

The BT90 is very sticky but was discontinued a couple years back, I was still able to get them for the RGV from biggish tyre places though. Thinking about it you could probably get an 090 rear for that too.

[Visitor Q]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Think those sizes are used in a fair few older sports 125s, such as the Aprilia Futura. As such I think there are quite a few tyres to fit.

What size rims does the Goose have?

All the best

Keith
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[Visitor Q]

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Its weird you're having problems with the Dunlops. I've never had any problems with wheelspin or lack of grip on 60-odd bhp 400.

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[iCraig]

Why not shod it in some nice Bridgestone Battlax BT45's?

Cost about £160 Max for the pair, and they'd last longer (I got 11,000 Miles from a pair!) , have decent grip in the wet and dry and generally a decent tyre IMO.

[Leggy_Girl]

erm for my zx6 i pay £150 for a set of 010's, and last time i bought one i payed £50 for a set of ebc clutch plates
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