WHO IS RUNNING 200/55zr17 REAR TIRE?

[Bumblebee]

i mean just in terms of price, its a pretty expensive tire across every brand. a bigass 200/55 donut costs a nice chunk even when its just a dunlop, i'd hate to have to throw a pirelli on there every 1500 miles or whatever, ha.

i'd be concerned about traction control though, i've mentioned in the past that most bikes get your mph from the front wheel and i coulda sworn this one is like that. bikes that get their speed from the crank or whatever are surely the minority, lotsa ways for that to go wrong. plus traction control works based on *difference* in wheel speed (but all the programming in the ECU of any bike is always based on the tire it'll ship with and what size those happen to be) and the crank or sprocket or whatever wont get us that info.

You are correct, the gen 3's speedometer sensor is in the front wheel......unlike the other generations...

Probably for the exact reason you mentioned-traction control...

 

[phalse]

You are correct, the gen 3's speedometer sensor is in the front wheel......unlike the other generations...

Probably for the exact reason you mentioned-traction control...

ah. yeah its for this reason ive been looking closely at front tire diameters.

i'll probably get a Q5S rear and a Q5 front.