darksiding a sportsbike

looking for some advise on dark siding a sports bike, its a kawi zx9r that's been setup for straight line racing (7 over swing, 3" drop in rear, airshifter/auto shift) it pulls street duty on nice days but i never ride it like a sports bike (ie. I still have one inch of chicken strips on both sides of the tire) Im running a 6 inch rim in the back and thinking about a 205/55/17, any advise?

I don't know much about racing sport bikes but I don't believe I would do it, especially if you do ride it on the road. JMO, addd about 3 dollars and you can buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks!! I do enjoy my CT on the Wing and I use every inch of it.

beingblueeyes wrote:looking for some advise on dark siding a sports bike, its a kawi zx9r that's been setup for straight line racing (7 over swing, 3" drop in rear, airshifter/auto shift) it pulls street duty on nice days but i never ride it like a sports bike (ie. I still have one inch of chicken strips on both sides of the tire) Im running a 6 inch rim in the back and thinking about a 205/55/17, any advise?

We have a member on here that holds records running a car tire on a sport bike
https://mcdarksiders.forumotion.com/u147
There is the link to his profile, look at some of his earlier posts on how and why he did it.
Would I do it? Hells yeah. I enjoy taking my darkside wing to the strip just to play. You should see the change in looks that comes over the sprot bike crowd when I launch and eat their asses up .... until the 60 foot light, then they own me. But that launch is impressive.

See you out there
Smokey

Some FJR and St riders run ct's and live to tell about it. They even say how well the ct handles V mc tire. Most have not gone back to a mc tire that went to the darkside.
A 215/50-17 will give you more choices of tires and the shorter sidewall should wobble less if it does go into a wobble. I don't know if anyone here has gone as fast as your bike should go in a 1/4 mile, if you get a good launch I think you could hit a true 135+ mph at the end of the 1/4 mile. A 215/50 is a little shorter than a 205/55(98.5 V 100 mph) and a 215 is good on a 6" rim. I would go to a tire store and find a tire with the stiffest sidewall.

ROD

there are several V-strom riders that have gone to the darkside, on both 1000 and 65o cc models

went darkside for 6 miles (street) and then went back to mc tire . I will use the power of the dark side when drag racing

I guess it depends on the bike/rider - there is a vid on Utube of a Triumph Triple with a CT following some sportbikes doing a...fair...job, and
keeping up with them. He loved the tire. I thought it was a bit wide for sporting corners.