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Not seen the way I ride, have you? Tyre stress hasn't got all that much to do with ccs or bhp!!
Very sedately according to you, 50-80kmh didn't you say. the stress of tyres comes from the oil on the roads and that focin 33bhp restrictor
I was talking about cornering angles. On the dodgy tyres I currently have, a little = splat (well, loss of grip).
Elsewhere, it's how fast you brake / accelerate.
Which on the FZS 600, are pretty crap to be honest - out of curiousity what's the maximum lean angle like on the ZX in comparison? Know on my FZS the footpegs are now the limiting factor, its one of the reasons I'm going back to a sports bike, as i imagine they'd be a serious hindrance on track rather than the occasional annoyance on the roads!
Will agree with you on the braking/accelerating front, but you've got a relatively light bike, with quite old brakes, and i'm willing to bet that they're not in particularly amazing working condition either, so you're not putting a massive amount of stress on the front tyre through braking.
With 33hp accelerating on a straight won't trouble most sports touring tyres now (although if yours are that old they will be a bit shit), even in the wet. Obviously at high lean angles in the wet then even on a 600 whacking the throttle fully open will often lead to a slide, but if you've not got the throttle control to control 33hp, then god knows what's gonna happen on a bigger bike!
For what it's worth, my riding style is a bit confused at the moment - was on bigger bikes for a couple of years which you do have to ride differently - you can't accelerate whilst leant over as easily, so it's often better instead of hanging around in the corner leant over to try and straighten the bike up, and then accelerate hard once the bikes upright. Been back on a 6 for a few months now which is changing that a bit as you can accelerate more once you're leant over, but I'm trying not to change that too much as it won't be helping me in a few weeks when I get back on a bigger bike!