Why do you all deviate from what Honda say and what Dunlop say the pressures should be, surely they have tested the tyres to find the pressures they state.
Honda's recommendations for pressures and suspension setup are generalised based on averaged rider weight, road conditions and optimum wear rates, along with any number of other criteria their statisticians deliver based on global averages. Just on here we've got from the wafer thin and dinky Ashblade through the likes of my lardy arse right up to some McGuinness like giants for whom Honda and Dunlop's numbers will give an average riding experience to match an average setup. Tweaking the geometry, which includes tyre type and pressures is the hone that tunes the bike into the weapon it can be. I've not had the suspension set up on my Blade but its on my list. I did my Ducati and I thought it handled well before but it was a different bike afterwards. The guy I bought it from looked like my X-ray dripping wet and tuning it for himself meant hat I was fighting it unnecessarily around the bends.
yes plus they rate the bike as never going faster than 70 on smooth roads. when I got the bike the last owner had the pressures at the rated 36f 42r and you could definitely tell,sketchy as hell.
The one time I went to manufacturer recommended pressures I lost the back end at 20 mph going around a car sticking out into the bus lane, on a cold road, cold tyres, not wet but cold but the hard tyre is my verdict. I will never run at 36f 42r again. Ever. Not Even 2 up. Not ever again. Plus at those pressures the bike is twitchy as fuck... Of course it is is a personal choice. My choice is 33 or 34f 36r for road riding. But must be checked often cuz when you run lower pressures the tendency is to lose pressure over the days and weeks, so the possibility is higher to actually be more underinflated than desired...
If my thumb can sink into the tyre it is too soft for me. If it can't it is too hard. I can estimate tyre pressure with my thumb to within 2 psi... At lower pressures the handlebars will be sluggish to turn when the bike is at a standstill. The bike will be harder to ride, you would have to maintain countersteering pressure on the bars to keep lean angle... When you brake the tendency for the bike to stand up is greater I find also... Just my observations over the years...
