arie_i
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posted July 31, 2004 09:38 AM
Diablo Corsa rear with D218 front
I have just had a flat rear today and I intend to fit a new Diablo Corsa.
I know that it is generaly not recommended to have different make on rear and front, but still - how will thia combination work?
  
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a
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posted July 31, 2004 09:52 AM
bad. Other way around maybe but this will be uselesss
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted July 31, 2004 06:16 PM
just buy a set of M-1's and be done with it......can get them for about the same price as the Diablo corsa
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kz2zx
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posted July 31, 2004 06:18 PM
My advice is to ditch the 218 front. It's a harder compound, and it work-hardens after a while, IMO.
I think what will happen is you'll start getting weird feeling from the front, and not liking the handling.
I put a 208ZR on the rear while I had the 218 front, and ditched the 218 a week later.
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mexico74
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posted August 01, 2004 12:05 PM
I did this with a 208 on the front and a Super Corsa on the rear on a zx9. No problems at all.
BUT it is generaly accepted that it is NOT good practice to have stickier rear than front. For me, I have had many rear slides and no front slides - so a stickier rear would seem to make sense - and you aint ever gonna loose the front on the gas! But, its your choice.
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FP 10R
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posted August 01, 2004 02:44 PM
arie,
depends on how you ride where you ride ad how many km's you have front 218 already. The 10r is not a bike to be triffled with so I would make sure of the best rubber and a matched set is generally the excepted/safest way to go. I have a new set of Bridgstone 012ss tyres fitted to both my bikes with amazing performance feel and confidence, previously Diablo Corsa's on both. It come's back to how you ride and where if tyre consumption is your main concern you bought the wrong bike.........
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pussycontrol
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posted August 01, 2004 06:54 PM
 Edited By: pussycontrol on 1 Aug 2004 19:56
quote:
I have just had a flat rear today and I intend to fit a new Diablo Corsa.
I know that it is generaly not recommended to have different make on rear and front, but still - how will thia combination work?
I did this. I wore the rear out @ 1500 miles (no, I don't do burnouts, all my non-track miles are all twisties riding at the full lengths of my riding ability and a lot of chip seal roads, so this mileage is not uncommon for me).
Against my better judgement I decided to put off the front tire (there really was NO justification I could conjure up to waste the rubber). I slapped on a Diablo Corsa on the back and was surprised that they jived pretty well. I am happy with it, despite the D218 front. I can tell they're not working as a system, though, especially on the track (not so much on the roads).
I go get the front and rear replaced next weekend, so I'll have matching rubber. I'll report back then. But no, you won't kill yourself or your performance mismatching tires. If you're not racing, you probably won't care.
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