| Author | Message | ||
     Lowroad |
I kinda think it will. Any experiences? | ||
| Carbonlightning |
Yea no problem. o always have run 180's on my X1 | ||
| Lowroad |
thanks a lot! | ||
| Blackandchrome |
I've heard it depends on the wheel. Stockers can go up to 170. PMs can go up to 180 | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I ran a 180 scorpion sync on my cast rear wheel. Right now running a 170 Strada but when it wears out I'll be looking only for 180 rears from now on. It gives a more stable feeling than the 170. Only if I was spending lots of time on the track would I consider the flickable feeling of the 170 worthwhile. | ||
| Carbonlightning |
I have stocks rims in Nuclear Blue. 180 Tire no problems and i still have my stock hugger on. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
"PMs can go up to 180" I believe PM's are 6" wide as opposed to the 5.5" cast wheels. They should be able to take up to a 190 rear. I've heard of quite a few people running a 190 on their 6" wide stock XB wheels. | ||
| Tattoodnscrewd |
Blackandchrome has it right ... 180 on PM's .. 170 on the cast ... those are the sizes that are 'meant to be' on said wheels ... That said - many will run 180 on the cast without problem ... not so sure that the difference is really noticeable between the two ... (I have a 170 on the S1 and a 180 on the M2 - and I just switched recently to the 180 on the M2 when I bought new tires - only difference I noticed was more road feedback with the Road Attacks than the Pilots ) | ||
| Tdman77 |
Read this article. You won't gain any width, the tire will be squeezed to the size of the rim and bow on top. A 180 put on a 5" rim won't be any wider than a 170 tire. You won't gain the "wide tire look" and you loose performance. It's just not worth it. http://www.sportrider.com/tech/tires/146_0206_tire _size/index.html | ||
| Tattoodnscrewd |
+1 Tdman | ||
| Littlebuggles |
except that some tires (Scorpion Syncs) are not available in the 170 width, so if you want to run those tires on a cast rim you'll have to run the 180 anyway. | ||
| Jramsey |
+ 1 Littlebuggles The advantage of the 180 is the larger selection of available tires. PM rears are stamped 5.5 x 17. | ||
| Loki |
I will say this though. A 180 on a 4.5" wheel is a very bad idea. Talk about being sluggish in the corners. One thing to watch for. Those tires designed with a multi-radius or multi-tread compounds. Being shod onto a to narrow or to wide of wheel. Performance and longevity will become a wallet factor. My only drawback to the stock 170 size is this. Most shops do not stock them. That and all the good tire deals are for a 180 and 120 combo. | ||
| Lowroad |
Thanks all. I'll stick with the factory engineered 170. I was just thinking economics after I looked at that pirelli diablo deal at cyclegear. My 170 rear tie is brand new with less that 500 miles on it anyway.  | ||
| Mbsween |
Lowroad, I run 170s on the street and 180s on the track. The reason for the 180 is , as stated above, you can get them way more readily than the 170s in race type compounds. That said, I can tell you there is essentially no difference, just make sure you're running the correct air pressure, that will have way more of an effect on tire performance. |
