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From: Dean H on 17 Jun 2010 08:15 friggin' Michelin tire sizes, new metric sizing, old metric sizing... everybody is on a different page. PITMFA 2001 GasGas xc300 there sure are a lot more choices for folks with 19"wheels. 120/90-18 michelin s12 would be the easy answer. Depending on which conversion chart you use, perhaps this IRC M5B in a 140/80-18 would be just fine. That is not a cheap tire but looks nice and dennis kirk has a nice price. Has anybody used one of these? matching front either way... I want fresh sneakers for Stimilon. decisions, decisions... I'd run Cheng Shin if they'd sponsor me LOL
From: Wudsracer on 18 Jun 2010 11:49 Dean, If you use a michelin S-12, get the 140/80-18, but don't expect to be breaking loose the rear wheel very much. (In "Dunlop-speak" this would be a 120/100-18. Dunlop uses "new Metric" sizing. Michelin uses "old Metric" sizing. Pirelli may use either, depending on how old the tire design/mold is.) If you want to go cheap; in deep sand, the old cheap Kenda K760 Trackmaster2 works very well. >On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:15:39 -0700 (PDT), Dean H <dfhyman(a)optonline.net> wrote: >friggin' Michelin tire sizes, new metric sizing, old metric sizing... >everybody is on a different page. PITMFA > >2001 GasGas xc300 >there sure are a lot more choices for folks with 19"wheels. > >120/90-18 michelin s12 would be the easy answer. > >Depending on which conversion chart you use, perhaps this IRC M5B in a >140/80-18 would be just fine. That is not a cheap tire but looks nice >and dennis kirk has a nice price. Has anybody used one of these? > >matching front either way... >I want fresh sneakers for Stimilon. > >decisions, decisions... >I'd run Cheng Shin if they'd sponsor me LOL
From: Dean H on 18 Jun 2010 12:53 Wudsracer <babba...(a)Lucy.com> wrote: > Dean, > If you use a michelin S-12, get the 140/80-18, but don't expect to > be breaking loose the rear wheel very much. Thanks Jim, will do. My riding style does not depend a lot on wheelspin. Well, I have been known to say "spare the clutch, let the tire do the slipping". Last year I was experiencing copious wheelspin with the 120/90-18 s12. >(In "Dunlop-speak" this > would be a 120/100-18. Dunlop uses "new Metric" sizing. Michelin uses > "old Metric" sizing. Pirelli may use either, depending on how old the > tire design/mold is.) Michelin is now also split using two systems S12xc, M12xc and Desert use "non-standard" markings, the others use "Michelin Markings". This could really make a Monty Python skit. OK, so... my GG Manual del usuario (Service Manual) specifies: Front 80/100 x21 Rear 120/90 x18 is that new metric, old metric, Michelin marking, or "non-standard" Michelin marking? LOL This thing is as clear as mud: http://www.michelinmotorcycle.com/mxsizing.html is the 140/80-18 oversized? (that's OK for Southwick, I think) A simple prefix on the sizes could be an easy fix. They wouldn't even have to change the old tire molds, just add the prefixes to the catalogs. <grumbles...> Thanks again! You da man. -Dean
From: WW on 18 Jun 2010 16:37 "Dean H" <dfhyman(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:84efd8c8-53fa-47d5-8e18-cc31b1930227(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > friggin' Michelin tire sizes, new metric sizing, old metric sizing... > everybody is on a different page. PITMFA > > 2001 GasGas xc300 > there sure are a lot more choices for folks with 19"wheels. > > 120/90-18 michelin s12 would be the easy answer. > > Depending on which conversion chart you use, perhaps this IRC M5B in a > 140/80-18 would be just fine. That is not a cheap tire but looks nice > and dennis kirk has a nice price. Has anybody used one of these? > > matching front either way... > I want fresh sneakers for Stimilon. > > decisions, decisions... > I'd run Cheng Shin if they'd sponsor me LOL > I know very little about metric tires. My Yamaha TW 200 has a 130/30/18 front tire ( Bridgstone) but side wall printing says use on front wheel only.???? ww
From: Dean H on 19 Jun 2010 06:51
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