07-04-2023, 05:59 AM
Yeah just to add my experience here
I read on the forum that people go for larger tire sizes. I concur on the 160 at the rear : that's the upgrade I was missing on the bike. Now it's the pegs that scrape and not the tire that is the lean angle limit anymore.
However I found that putting a 120/70-R18 on the front was a remarkably bad decision ; the tyre would get squeezed in the rim (which is too narrow) and change its profile. I got a smaller usable profile than with the 110 as a result. The bike would desunite itself during turns, first the front of the bike leaned in quicker and then the rear followed and gave a imprecise behavior. Too bad considering that it is, in my opinion, one of the strenghts of the CB : a brilliantly clear chassis. I wouldn't recommend it, and I think it is unsafe.
I run Dunlops Roadsmart IV. As of now : 110/80-18 front and 160/60-18 rear. Great setup, amazing tyres.
I read on the forum that people go for larger tire sizes. I concur on the 160 at the rear : that's the upgrade I was missing on the bike. Now it's the pegs that scrape and not the tire that is the lean angle limit anymore.
However I found that putting a 120/70-R18 on the front was a remarkably bad decision ; the tyre would get squeezed in the rim (which is too narrow) and change its profile. I got a smaller usable profile than with the 110 as a result. The bike would desunite itself during turns, first the front of the bike leaned in quicker and then the rear followed and gave a imprecise behavior. Too bad considering that it is, in my opinion, one of the strenghts of the CB : a brilliantly clear chassis. I wouldn't recommend it, and I think it is unsafe.
I run Dunlops Roadsmart IV. As of now : 110/80-18 front and 160/60-18 rear. Great setup, amazing tyres.