Motorcycle Tires 101 – Choosing the Right Motorcycle Tire

We will discuss Tire Size ( Metric, Alpha Numberic and Numeric), the difference between Bias and Radial tires, Load Ratings, Speed Ratings, Proper Tire Widths, Tube Tires vs. Tubeless Tires, Balance Dots and even Tire Pressures.

There is a lot of information here! If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will answer you ASAP.

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[anonymitytube]

You do deserve million views. Thank you!

[JDeezle]

This is long but great and informative and I like it 👍🏾

[gdb]

I had no idea there was so much knowledge that you need to know about tires thank you this video is awesome you explained it very well

[ZippoVarga]

Very informative across the realm of Motorcycles. Thanks for taking the time to walk through most of the in's and out's. Cheers! Zip~

[elvispresley]

Very informative - much appreciated. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

[ardoughman]

thumbs up on the but informative and well explained...now i will purchase a tubeless tire that will fit for my Tube type Rim ... my motorbike is only for on-road cruising a lot..

[coconutz]

dang that was a great presentation. i learned a lot. tenx!

[abdullahalajaji]

Excellent presentation, many thanks from Saudi Arabia.

[murrayguy]

Great info little lite on tread patterns. Ie dry/wet conditions, high mileage long wearing. 😎✌️

[EUCme]

Awesome video. Since sidewalls can be taller or shorter, how can you determine the tire's actual outer size/diameter?

[stephenhedge]

Excellent video. Perhaps the only thing you didnt mention was tyre compounds i.e. dual or triple compound & track tyres. Overall, very informative.

[go]

hi handsome. i enjoyed your video and detailed explanation of how to read a motorcycle tire, thanks.

[levishelley]

Almost ready to start riding my first street bike. I live on a nile of dirt roads then it's a paved. Was looking at options without going dirt bike tires.

[brianbrooking]

Great video, maybe consider making a series of one off videos to cover KTM, BMW, Honda African Twin adv bikes - as I found this an array of excellent information but I could not retain...

[GodRealm]

Thank you for the video sir. This really helps me a lot because i'm planning to upgrade my honda XR150L tires to motard and I don't know what size I need.

[elsonzcs]

Hi, u have mentioned about the width larger tire to smaller rim will pull the tire in and will reduce contact patch. My question is can I compensate aspect ratio by lowering it to get back my contact patch?

[stevekite]

Enjoyed the video Carl explained a lot after watching I’m leaning towards a bias-ply construction for my Suzuki Vl800 cruiser would you agree cheers Steve in Alicante Spain

[enriquezambrano]

I own a 2014 Honda CB1100 I am trying to lower the bike by changing the tires instead messing with the suspension.
The bike original tires are 110/80-18 front and 140/70-18 rear, I will replace them with 100/80-18 front lowering the bike 5/8" and the rear 140/60-18 lowering the rear 7/8" my bike has mags wheels.
I would like to know your opinion of these switching???
Thank you.

[crunchytheclown]

Thanks for the info, are you hearing much about dual compound wear patterns for people who dont commute? (cant keep afront tyre on my mt10) thanks again

[glow]

Great info. Do you think mixing tire brands is not a good idea but ok to use? ( eg. metzeler in front and Dunlop in back and both are same (V or H) rated.)