Help i need new tires and inner tubes

I don't know about reusing old tubes. My last rear flat had nothing to do with puncture. My inner tube came apart at the seam.
You might like risk taking riding cheap tires but when you have to stop in a hurry cheap rubber compounds just don't hook up with the ground quite so well. I would buy a good quality tire. Metzlers make a great tire, Avon's too, there are many good tires on the market. Rain riding I have heard so many people swear the metzler lazer is the absolute best tire.
You get what you pay for and I wouldn't cut corners with lesser rubbers. Use them once if the years exceed the miles just like....

i got both front and rear from jpcycles delivered to my door for $97. they are the chen-sing barracudas. nice tread pattern and theyve been on my bike for two years with no problems.
www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=4...23-9241-C9C4C6A9C396

is there any issue with changing aspect ratio? I have a 130/90-16 on my rear right now and i wanna change it to 130/70-16 i know aspect ratio is height/width x100. So i know its gonna be a shorter walled tire.:S input?

Makarth wrote:

is there any issue with changing aspect ratio? I have a 130/90-16 on my rear right now and i wanna change it to 130/70-16 i know aspect ratio is height/width x100. So i know its gonna be a shorter walled tire.:S input?

130/70-16 is a strange size. Seems to be made for front fit on newer bikes going by Dennis Kirk who listed all that size as front. If you do change to the size going by the tire size calculators on the net, you'll be changing the circumference over 8% smaller. You're going to raise engine rpms by 8% so at least 400-500rpms more at the same speed at highway speeds than you were running before. I suppose you could change gears to compensate if you really wanted, but a 130/90 is really too short already in my opinion. 130/70 would look really strange to me.

cool thanks for the info, i'll keep the RPM thing in mind although to be truthful i stay away from highways as much as possible so if this is gonna give me a little more bottom end then that would be awesome for turns.

sully73 wrote:

i got both front and rear from jpcycles delivered to my door for $97. they are the chen-sing barracudas. nice tread pattern and theyve been on my bike for two years with no problems.
www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=4...23-9241-C9C4C6A9C396

Do the listed prices include delivery? I couldn't find that.