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what's the best tyre for my bike? dvd In conjunction with Bike Tyre Store, we're offering all customers the opportunity to download what's the best tyre for my bike? absolutely free. This is an mp4 format rip of the original DVD featuring motorcycling journalist Chris Moss (Mossy). (43MB, estimated download time for 512Kbps broadband is 21 minutes).

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Top Speeds
Speed symbol J K L M N P Q R S T U H V Z W Y
Speed (km/h) 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 240 >240 270 300
Speed (mph) 62 68 75 81 87 93 99 106 112 118 124 130 149 >150 168 186
Load Index (LI)
LI lbs KG LI lbs KG LI lbs KG LI lbs KG LI lbs KG
19 112.7 77.5 36 181.7 125.0 53 299.4 206.0 70 487.0 335.0 87 792.2 545.0
20 116.3 80.0 37 186.1 128.0 54 308.2 212.0 71 501.5 345.0 88 814.0 560.0
21 119.9 82.5 38 191.9 132.0 55 316.9 218.0 72 516.0 355.0 89 843.1 580.0
22 123.6 85.0 39 197.7 136.0 56 325.6 224.0 73 530.6 365.0 90 872.2 600.0
23 127.2 87.5 40 203.5 140.0 57 334.3 230.0 74 545.1 375.0 91 894.0 615.0
24 130.8 90.0 41 210.8 145.0 58 343.0 236.0 75 562.5 387.0 92 915.8 630.0
25 134.5 92.0 42 218.0 150.0 59 353.2 243.0 76 581.4 400.0 93 944.8 650.0
26 138.1 95.0 43 225.3 155.0 60 363.4 250.0 77 598.9 412.0 94 973.9 670.0
27 141.7 97.5 44 232.6 160.0 61 373.6 257.0 78 617.8 425.0 95 1003.0 690.0
28 145.4 100.0 45 239.8 165.0 62 385.2 265.0 79 635.2 437.0 96 1032.1 710.0
29 149.7 103.0 46 247.1 170.0 63 395.4 272.0 80 654.1 450.0 97 1061.1 730.0
30 154.1 106.0 47 254.4 175.0 64 407.0 280.0 81 671.6 462.0 98 1090.2 750.0
31 158.4 109.0 48 261.6 180.0 65 421.5 290.0 82 690.5 475.0 99 1126.5 775.0
32 162.8 112.0 49 268.9 185.0 66 436.1 300.0 83 707.9 487.0 100 1162.9 800.0
33 167.2 115.0 50 276.2 190.0 67 446.3 307.0 84 726.8 500.0 - - -
34 171.5 118.0 51 283.5 195.0 68 457.9 315.0 85 748.6 510.0 - - -
35 175.9 121.0 52 290.7 200.0 69 472.4 325.0 86 770.4 530.0 - - -
Conversion chart – motorcycle tyre sizes (approximation)
Metric Inch Alpha
80/902.75, (3.00)(MH 90)
90/903.00, (3.25), (3.60)MH 90
100/903.25, (3.50), 3.60MJ 90
110/903.50, (3.75), 4.10ML 90
120/904.00, 4.25, 4.25/85, 4.60MN 90, MP 90
130/904.50, 5.00, 5.10MT 90
140/905.50MU 90

Please note: Values given in brackets are theoretically possible, but not recommended.

American Alpha-Indication
AlphaSize AlphaSize
H3.15 inch R4.50 inch
J3.50 inch S4.75 inch
L3.65 inch T5.10 inch
M3.75 inch U5.60 inch
N4.10 inch V5.90 inch
P4.25 inch



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