tyres are a personal choice,a lot like beer!i use the bridgstone bt45 on the front and the bridgstone spitfire on the rear,not a cheap tyre ,not expensive either,but a good quality conventional tyre,a far cry from the square profile tyres of the day,i think they really suit these bikes,err,im getting older but can still push this old frame(the bikes) through known routes and leave big and small twins and novice riders on late jap stuff behind without taxing my reflexes,i run the standard skinny rear,they steer better that way,ive dropped the forks up to the handlebars,they turn a little quicker that way,i like to run a bit high air pressure at 36psi front and rear,20/60 motor oil in the forks,it all depends on your flavour.,all in all youll find we do more of say a left turn or a right turn in the life of the tyre,,our trucks at work are the same,,to get true wear,a proper rotation of the steer tyres should be to dismount the tyre and reverse it on the wheel,then mount it on the opposite side!that maintains the frictional conditions its been used to.we dont bother with that stuff though.
