17 inch cast front with std spoked rear

ssray · Sep 24, 2018

Currently I have a r 11th cast front with the spoked rear,120/70 17 and 150/70 17 rear
I'm tryingto decide if I need the cast rear,looking at both tyres I seem to have a lot of tyre unused and am thinking I have a profile mismatch
The 170 rear would have a flatter profile and probably put more rubber on the road
Also it's still quite tippy even with a fair bit of preloaded
Any thoughts or just do it?

JJH · Sep 24, 2018

Was there something with it as standard? Are you going to be changing the back then change something else? And so on. I’ve nearly always found standard is best. JJH

ssray · Sep 24, 2018

Not changing, wanted a lower seat and as I crashed it thought i'd mess

Smug · Sep 24, 2018

No point in fitting a wide tyre to a narrow rim.

ian6760 · Sep 24, 2018

I've got a set off cast wheels off a RS (I think) with a 5.5 rear wheel with a 180 tyre and a 120 on the front.

With a 1cm chicken strip on the back I still have 2.5 - 3cm chicken strip on the front. So you'd have to push hard to use all of the front tyre.

With the 17 front the bike drops really quick into a corner compared to the 19 spoked wheel even with the correct rear.

I did have to grid the stop on the centre stand a bit as it was a bit precarious with the smaller front wheel.

ssray · Sep 24, 2018

Smug said:
No point in fitting a wide tyre to a narrow rim.

It will be a r1150 cast wheel

ssray · Sep 24, 2018

Thanks, just put an offer in on the matching rear

Paul Young · Sep 24, 2018

You’ll not regret it... the 120/180 or 190 combination is the dogs b*****ks for cornering... Reaching the edge of the rear is easy enough, but I only just touch the edge of the front :green gri

ssray · Sep 24, 2018

Paul Young said:
You’ll not regret it... the 120/180 or 190 combination is the dogs b*****ks for cornering... Reaching the edge of the rear is easy enough, but I only just touch the edge of the front

Thank you very much, better get the rear ordered then

17 inch cast front with std spoked rear

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