Contact patch,

[Charlesbusa]

hmmmm, stolen from motogp.com


















For a motogp bike;
"100square cm is the total contact patch area for the front and rear tyres: equivalent to a pair of credit cards."

And that's a motogp specific race tire. You can bet its smaller for our street tires.

 

[Sloto200]

i could have slept better tonight not knowing that...

 

[psycobusa]

its gotta be less than that for the front....my front tire is only 2 credit cards wide
rear is prolly only 3-3.5....

 

[chrisjp]

ohhh ya...lick that stamp and make it stick.....

 

[cmc8]

but its the sticky spot. at least thats what i keep telling myself in the corners

 

[Charlesbusa]

its gotta be less than that for the front....my front tire is only 2 credit cards wide
rear is prolly only 3-3.5....

That was combined area between both tires. And on super duper performance tires

 

[Commuta_Busa]

thank god we can lean these over in corners!

 

[stkr00]

Thanks

Now I've got something else to think about on the track tomorrow

 

[psycobusa]

its gotta be less than that for the front....my front tire is only 2 credit cards wide
rear is prolly only 3-3.5....

That was combined area between both tires.  And on super duper performance tires  

hell, that is small then

 

[onerabidshark]

I new it wasn't much but that is small thanx for the info

 

[DaCol.]

Actually I remember reading that when we're in a lean, we only have a patch on both tires about the size of a 1/2 Dollar

. You remember those don't ya

 Now drag that knee and

, your doing it on less than Rossi does

 

[TruWrecks]

Try ink printing your tires. I did that on the factory BT's when I had mine. 1.3x3 was the the approx size of the front (down the center). The back was slightly 2 times wider with the same length.

 

[Busa_05]

 i could have slept better tonight not knowing that...  

 

 

+1

 

[motogp08]

 i could have slept better tonight not knowing that...  

 

 

Gee, wish i could sleep at all!!