Bandit Alley
MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 250 & 400 => Topic started by: suparobb on August 27, 2005, 11:07:44 PM
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im plannning on putting a new set of tires on my B4 since i hit the tread life indicator on my rear tire. i also wanted to upgrade the shock to a 90-95 GSXR 750 shock too. to improve handling.
the problem is that i wanna keep the ride height at oem specifications.
i want to put pilot powers in a 110/70 and a 150/60 or even a 160/60 if you think that will give a better ride since you have more of a contact patch.
do you think the gsxr shock will add a 10mm to the ride height to compensate the smaller profile of 150/60 pilot power compared to a 150/70 stock tire size? if not is there a way to compensate the ride height with a smaller profile tire?
any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
-robert
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get some sewing tape measure the circumfrence of the dstock tire on it put the new one on measure circumfrence again add that much ride height! :beers: Unless your a racer this is just masterbation! but to each his own! run a 150 ride more worry less! :beers:
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What Rob said!!!
The 150/70 rear tire should have a sidewall height of 0.7*150=105mm. The 150/60 will have a sidewall height of 90mm. When I put an '01 GSXR shock on my B4 it raised the rear end by about 30 mm. I think the 150/60 rear tire will be an almost perfect offset for the shock change. I had to change my dog bones to get the attitude to where I wanted it. Let us know how it works out.
BTW, if you buy an older GSXR shock, be sure and check the nitrogen pressure, there was a posting recently about how bad the shock is (doesn't work at all as reported) if the pressure is too low.
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What Rob said!!!
I'm Rob - he's Jay. I'm the hansome one, he's the one who knows what the hell he's talking about. :stickpoke:
Seriously... I have a Bandit 1200 shock on mine which definitely raised the tail (DAMN I wish I had remembered to take a before measurement.). I went to a 60-series tire to negate a little of that rise and b/c you have better tire options in that size. As I've posted here before, I'm thrilled with the results. I think it handles amazingly.
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I have the said formerly verklempt GSXR rear shock on my bike: No change in ride height.
I am contemplating Pilot Powers in 160/60 and 110/70 however considering my present tires are pretty poo-poo.
Rob, we'll have to ride when I get back now that the shock is right. Just have to make sure I have whatever damage handled on it before though (even longer story now...)!
-Randy
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Randy - you definitely need some new hoops! IIRC, you have a 150/60 on now. That 160/60 should raise the tail ~9mm - maybe a little more since you're putting it on a narrow rim.
I'm always up for a ride - even when my bike isn't! :sad: Lemme know (pm me here) when you want to go. Maybe we could even drag Cdyer out so you can hear that Super Chicken rumble.
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Sounds fine Rob.
I've bounced around the idea of tire sizes but may settle on the 150/60. Regardless, it'll have to wait for funds, the crash BS and when I get back home from the west coast.
Incidentally, the west coast does have us on twisty roads as opposed to us back home. We're in Napa for a couple of days for a race and the surface roads in the mountains are kind of ridiculous. Talk about knee draggin city!
If California has a saving grace, it was their road engineers were high/drunk when they laid the pavement down (in certain spots, we won't talk about the fwys). The rest of the state can eat my ass.
-Randy