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Castor Troy said:
Yes. 190/55. Adjust your TC. Ride happy. Mo moneyz in your pockets. Good day.
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Adjust Traction control down or up? or is this subjective and based on feel. I'm changing to Bridgestone s20's next week and aspect ratio is 50. my understanding is traction control at the same settins would intervene more?
 
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Sir, I am no professor on this issue, please refer the TC question to the "Truth about tires" thread.
 
E350 said:
Adjust Traction control down or up? or is this subjective and based on feel. I'm changing to Bridgestone s20's next week and aspect ratio is 50. my understanding is traction control at the same settins would intervene more?
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If you're strictly a street rider, the TC issue wont matter. It will matter when you're at a 45 degree lean angle mid apex at 75% throttle.
 
Put tyres on...ride it..if TC is cutting in too easy, turn it down...I went from 4 to 2 and it was fine with the 190... That's with michelins!:D
 
Im a die hard Michenlin pilot power 2ct guy. Would there be any issue with these on the Duke in a 190? I'm not a track guy and I love the traction and the wear they offer on my gixer 1000 and busa.
 
I'm running some 125/80/17 and 200/55/17 dunlop USA slicks on the Pani Sunday @ Road Atlanta. I will let you know how it goes my TC map is stock. I normally run TC on 2, but I'll play with 1 and see how it differs
 
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Dunlop's Sportmax Q3 will be available in a few weeks and they will be available in the correct sized at price which should be a lot less per set than the Pirelli OEM tires.
 
fprboss said:
Dunlop's Sportmax Q3 will be available in a few weeks and they will be available in the correct sized at price which should be a lot less per set than the Pirelli OEM tires.
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I also want to know where you got that info. The Q2's worked great for me on other bikes, and I was looking forward to the Q3, until I saw the Dunlop page for the Q3 that doesn't list a 200/55: Dunlop Motorcycle Tires - Q3
 
quack1199 said:
Has anyone used the Dunlop Q2 rather than the Pirelli's?
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A riding buddy of mine recently installed a set and was very pleased with the results. He prefers how it makes the bike turn in and also feels more confident with them. YMMV.
 
There is a cool add in the July 2013 issue of Motorcyclist. The add stresses the carbon fibre in the new design of the Q3...

Oh, this same Magazine issue has a full test of the 1199 R.
 
Darken said:
I'm running some 125/80/17 and 200/55/17 dunlop USA slicks on the Pani Sunday @ Road Atlanta. I will let you know how it goes my TC map is stock. I normally run TC on 2, but I'll play with 1 and see how it differs
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I appreciate that :)
 
I ran the Dunlop USA Slicks at Road Atlanta and they felt very good. I was using TC 2 and never had a problem with it, tires would slide if I forced them to, but gripped amazing otherwise. The bike was coming up out of every corner and felt very stable and controlled leaned over. I will continue to run these tires, I just have to do some more tweaks to my wheelie control I'm adding to the Ducati. It's almost a needed item at this point to run wide open and gain more speed.
 

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