I've been practicing with the stock knobbies and I have trouble keeping my side to side balance. Front to rear is ok but it seems like i'm working really hard on side to side and I can't go straight for anything I always kind go side to side. Also I can stoppie but not endo, tire usually locks up if i brake any harder. I know street tires would help with the endos but how about the side to side balance? Do they really make that much a difference?

Jon

 

night and day difference. within an hour on street tires you should be riding em straight if youre already decent. besides the big bars, the street tires helped the most when i was learnin whoolies

 

Well i have rear brake down fine I learned on a 400ex and can wheelie that thing for days. I have yet to loop the 50 and i've had to save myself plenty of times with the rear brake. So hopefully these tires will help with the side to side then i'll be set. Does the qualilty of tires really matter that much on these little fiddys? I've seen some from cheng sin for like $10 a piece then there are the pirellis that are like $25 a pop, are the more expensive ones that much better for what we use them for?

Jon

 

i would think not... i got some pirellis <sp> im waiting on getting.. they were 18 a pop but ill be doing a lot of "racing" on them.. just for stuntin get the cheapest you can.. if your gonna be doing some parking lot racing or something then get a bit better...

 

i got the cheng shins and have no complaints about them

 

Alot of people seem to swear by those $10 Cheng Shins.

 

...alot...

 

I thought a stoppie was an endo, like they're the same thing

 

you roll an endo out...a stoppie is getting the rear up and coming to a stop.