mixing tires?
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Road Warrior
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mixing tires?
hey all,
was just wondering... i got a metz 120/70 for my front wheel, but will still be using the SE 180 for my rear.....is that okay?
...i mean, i know common wisdom is that you don't mix brands of tires, but am i heading into trouble if i do it for this season?
one of my winter mods for next year involves either lacing up a 180 for a metz 180 or simply putting a metz 170 on
any insight?
paul
was just wondering... i got a metz 120/70 for my front wheel, but will still be using the SE 180 for my rear.....is that okay?
...i mean, i know common wisdom is that you don't mix brands of tires, but am i heading into trouble if i do it for this season?
one of my winter mods for next year involves either lacing up a 180 for a metz 180 or simply putting a metz 170 on
any insight?
paul
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I'd like to see the logic behind not mixing tire brands on a motorcycle... Generally on a car you want tires to wear out evenly on all 4. On a car with wider tires on back or on a motorcycle you can't rotate them, so I see no reason it would cause a problem. My guess would be that school of thought was started by someone who'd rather sell you two tires than one.
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hey all,
was just wondering... i got a metz 120/70 for my front wheel, but will still be using the SE 180 for my rear.....is that okay?
...i mean, i know common wisdom is that you don't mix brands of tires, but am i heading into trouble if i do it for this season?
one of my winter mods for next year involves either lacing up a 180 for a metz 180 or simply putting a metz 170 on
any insight?
paul
was just wondering... i got a metz 120/70 for my front wheel, but will still be using the SE 180 for my rear.....is that okay?
...i mean, i know common wisdom is that you don't mix brands of tires, but am i heading into trouble if i do it for this season?
one of my winter mods for next year involves either lacing up a 180 for a metz 180 or simply putting a metz 170 on
any insight?
paul
are you putting the 120 on the stock dyna front rim?
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Road Warrior
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no, CRF.. it's going on a 21 X 3.25 that I laced to a stock WG hub
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....should be done by this weekend
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....should be done by this weekend
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