OK Luis. First off, I'm not here in your thread to bash. I'm only injecting my opinion on facts that I'm aware of.
If I were to be upgrading to lighter wheels, then I might check into wider wheels, because there might be a greater possibility of offsetting the additional unsprung carcass weight of a bigger tire. But on an old GSXR wheel, or a standard Busa wheel, it would hardly be an upgrade.....just something to satisfy someone's small penis complex.
And as far as contact patch goes, there is such a thing as "too much". Unlike GP racers, the general public does not constantly monitor tire pressure as a means of governing heat in their tires. The average rider also does not have sponsors paying for their tires, and consequently tend to buy tires that last longer (read harder compound) than even a DOT race tire. Combine that with spreading out the weight from which traction is partially derived from, over too large an area, and you start to lose traction exponetially. Ask any drag racer about too much tire, and what it does to traction.
As I said, If I were to be spending the money on a set of Marchenesi's or BST carbons, then I'd also be investigating more of the important figures and calculating the benefit of a wider tire. But otherwise, it's additional unsprung weight of the tire and wheel, and thus NOT a performance upgrade at all. Merely additional cost for handling loss.
But it looks so sic dude! :nutkick:
If I were to be upgrading to lighter wheels, then I might check into wider wheels, because there might be a greater possibility of offsetting the additional unsprung carcass weight of a bigger tire. But on an old GSXR wheel, or a standard Busa wheel, it would hardly be an upgrade.....just something to satisfy someone's small penis complex.
And as far as contact patch goes, there is such a thing as "too much". Unlike GP racers, the general public does not constantly monitor tire pressure as a means of governing heat in their tires. The average rider also does not have sponsors paying for their tires, and consequently tend to buy tires that last longer (read harder compound) than even a DOT race tire. Combine that with spreading out the weight from which traction is partially derived from, over too large an area, and you start to lose traction exponetially. Ask any drag racer about too much tire, and what it does to traction.
As I said, If I were to be spending the money on a set of Marchenesi's or BST carbons, then I'd also be investigating more of the important figures and calculating the benefit of a wider tire. But otherwise, it's additional unsprung weight of the tire and wheel, and thus NOT a performance upgrade at all. Merely additional cost for handling loss.
But it looks so sic dude! :nutkick:
