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Buellish
| Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 02:38 pm: |
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The guy who has my old Yellow Jacket Pearl S2 had no experience with modern motorcycles when he became a Buell owner and he has ridden it very little since he's had it.I found out today that he was in the local HD shop a couple of years ago when they were having a tire sale and he picked up a pair of Dunlop's for later use. The problem is they sold him a 160/60-17 for the rear and told him it would work fine.Now correct me if I'm wrong,but doesn't a 160 take a 4.5" rim width? And has anyone ever mounted a 160 and run it on a 5" rim? |
Sifo
| Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 03:10 pm: |
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Should be fine. http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/Motorcycle_ Rim_Width_Tire_Size_Chart.pdf |
Buellish
| Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 03:26 pm: |
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Thanks Tom,that's a handy thing to have,bookmarked! |
Zac4mac
| Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 09:42 pm: |
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Too bad they essentially stopped at 170 wide. XB and later have 180 then 190 for the rear. I believe, good possibility of being wrong, 1125s were 5.5 with a 180/55ZR17 and the EBRs are 6 in. hub-less, running a 190/55ZR17. Z |
Pwnzor
| Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 06:54 am: |
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My concern would be with the age of the tires rather than the size... |
Skntpig
| Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 03:34 pm: |
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I have ran a 160 on a 5.5" PM tuber wheel. The stock size was 170. IIRC the stock size for a 5" tuber wheel was 160. The 160 handled just fine at peg and kickstand dragging lean angles. |
Buellish
| Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 04:09 pm: |
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I've owned eight tubers with 5" rims and all took a 170/60-17. |
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