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  • jetmechmarty
    Master of XSology
    • Nov 2003
    • 7769
    • Coldwater, Mississippi

    #31
    Originally posted by Nubian
    Ok, so a wider tire (110) provides better straight line stability? I do my fair amount of lane splitting (low speed) and there is usually a line/groove between lanes from when the blacktop was laid. I have to be very careful when navigating these

    I don't know that the 110 front is more stable. That might have more to do with the year tire/wheel. If your only concern is getting through turns, you want the smallest tires that fit. Having the front and rear tire the same size is optimum. This is if your only concern is the turns.
    Marty (in Mississippi)
    XS1100SG
    XS650SK
    XS650SH
    XS650G
    XS6502F
    XS650E

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    • Nubian
      XStremely XSive
      • Apr 2011
      • 467
      • The Big East

      #32
      Originally posted by jetmechmarty
      I don't know that the 110 front is more stable. That might have more to do with the year tire/wheel. If your only concern is getting through turns, you want the smallest tires that fit. Having the front and rear tire the same size is optimum. This is if your only concern is the turns.
      Gotcha, having more patch on the ground for braking much more important
      BAMN!

      '81 XS1100H "Brutus"

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