has anyone who has an R ever felt the need to buy a set of road sized wheels?
tell me about your 1190
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Grizzly ktm
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Why would you want to change wheel size? I really don't notice the 21" front wheel. For me it handles great, turns in at just about the right speed and gives you the option of that better off road capability. My last bike was a 2014 ZZR 1400 rocket ship and I feel the 1190r turns in quicker and is easier to handle. On a track day I found the sports bikes with normal road sized wheels were slower in tight corners which held me up. Admittedly they were generally faster on the straights but only by a very small margin depending on track. For me I would say stick with what you have.
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Nope, not at all.
I really don't notice the big front wheel (or have become used to it?). Grip doesn't seem to be an issue either.
Andres
I'm tempted with another set of the same sized wheels, so I can have one for dirt tyres and one for road tyres, but the only reason I'd consider the non R wheels is if I fancied doing some track days on it. The rubber available in these sizes would overheat in an instant in track. It's ideal for the road tho.
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I've taken mine on a track day (Oulton Park last summer) and the stock tyres were fine. Plenty enough grip for me.
Well yeah, it does rather depend on how much stick you give them, but in general, they aren't up to a fast group pace.
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Milkmaid knows how to give tyres some stick, trust me
Giles did a track day in France this summer too and I know he doesn't hang about either (mind you he did come off
).Andres
Never said otherwise.
If they were good enough for hard track use however, you'd see more people using road attacks (on which trail attacks are based) on track. You don't, because whilst they are a great tyres and adequate for running adequate lap times, they simply aren't up to fast track use. They'll take you so far, then they WILL start spinning and sliding and overheat. Generally in a very controlled manner though.
Simple fact of the matter is that given enough talent a rider would find the limit of R sized rubber some time before the limit of the sportier rubber available to the other sizes. Whether that's a problem for the average track dayer is a different matter.
If they were good enough for hard track use however, you'd see more people using road attacks (on which trail attacks are based) on track. You don't, because whilst they are a great tyres and adequate for running adequate lap times, they simply aren't up to fast track use. They'll take you so far, then they WILL start spinning and sliding and overheat. Generally in a very controlled manner though.
Simple fact of the matter is that given enough talent a rider would find the limit of R sized rubber some time before the limit of the sportier rubber available to the other sizes. Whether that's a problem for the average track dayer is a different matter.
MilkMaid
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Average? Average? I've never been so insulted!
Milkmaid knows how to give tyres some stick, trust me
Giles did a track day in France this summer too and I know he doesn't hang about either (mind you he did come off
Andres
And I lost the rear not the front ... !!
the scene on my drive yesterday morning
then in the afternoon
then in the afternoon
Congrats on your new toy!
You need to sort those leaves out though...
(we get hammered by 3 mature oak trees every autumn, it's a right bloody mare)
You need to sort those leaves out though...
(we get hammered by 3 mature oak trees every autumn, it's a right bloody mare)
leaves are indeed a mare - bike is awesome!
it was more the back end of the old one that bothered me. when i've done more than 60 miles on the R, i'll post up what i think are the main differences between the models. right now i'd say "rather more than i thought". it's quite a different bike
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