Sava tyres

[Naz]

Hi all,

Anyone have any experience with Sava tyres? - http://www.savatech.eu/tyres/motorcycle-tyres/enduro.html

Any info./advice gratefully received.

Cheers

[Billy]

Why would you go for something unknown when there are so many good known brands out there..................

[Naz]

Because I have Michelin AC10 120/90/18 fitted and it is rubbing against the swing arm. Front AC10 is fine. Sava seem to do narrower, lower profile tyres which might cure the problem. I have looked but not found any like the Sava Rockrider at 110/80/18

[GDAS]

AC10 sizing is a bit weird, your 120 is the widest of the three widths they offer, and corresponds to 140 in other tyres.

Here's a comparison table I found:

AC10 Sizing...............Michelin MX size
80/100-21..............................90/90-21
100/100-18...........................120/90-18
110/100-18...........................130/80-18
120/90-18...........................140/80-18

I'd say you should be fine with the 100/100-18 (I run a 110/100-18 on my KTM 250). Demon Tweeks and M&P do good prices for them on ebay. Strangely M&P does the 110 cheaper than the 100....

[19col58]

This may help;
http://www.michelinmotorcycle.com/mxsiz ... sizing.jpg

[Naz]

Thanks everyone.

I rang Michelin today to see what advice they could give me and they confirmed exactly what GDAS says:

AC10 sizing is a bit weird, your 120 is the widest of the three widths they offer, and corresponds to 140 in other tyres...

...I'd say you should be fine with the 100/100-18

I now understand that the 80 or 90 in the tyre size is the percentage of the width. I did not know that. I also understand that the AC10 in particular has a peculiar sizing convention in that the 120 really equates to 140! Not entirely sure how this works but... bottom line is Michelin have told me if I buy an AC10 size 100/100/18 it should be OK.

Hopefully I'll get this sorted and go riding soon