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If you used a tire on the rear from say, a Corvette, you could do away with the side stand, and cornering would be about the same. Very convenient.

i have a yamaha 650

and the manual says 120 90 18

could i put a 130 90 18?

and what would be the difference?

its just a little wider!!

I noticed the smilie, but I run a 130-80-18 on my xj900 in place of the 120-90-18 called for in the manual. Also use 80 series in front, and it doesn't make it handle strangely at all, and looks a little better. Those 90's are SKINNY looking.

ZooTech wrote:

ejshotgun wrote:I think it's Cool, but I'm wondering how it corners.

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

The rear tire on my bike is positively dinky compared to that hog. its a 130/90-16

nike_soccer wrote:I dont mean to hijack the topic...but:

V4underme, is that your bike in your avatar? what kind is it?

yeah, that's my bike. It's a 1999 Kawasaki ZRX 1100. (inline 4, the v4 in my name came from the Honda Magna I had a while back).

oldnslo wrote:If you used a tire on the rear from say, a Corvette, you could do away with the side stand, and cornering would be about the same. Very convenient.

Genius... I was wondering how I was gonna fit a center stand to the bike

Why?
Just because you can. Alot of people say that harley owners do things to their bikes to make them stand out. I say everybody does things to their bikes to make them stand out, whether it be a harley or not. Why not, it's the American way. If nobody customized bikes then all of our bikes would look the same. Personally I think that tire is stretching the limit into craziness, but if that is what the owner wants then more power to him. And I'm quite sure it will sell too. I wouldn't want a tire that wide just because I'm too much of a cheap skate to want to pay for a new one, I wonder what that would cost?

oldnslo wrote:If you used a tire on the rear from say, a Corvette, you could do away with the side stand, and cornering would be about the same. Very convenient.

Going for the drag bike look, eh?
Ever watch sport bike drag racing? The size of that rear tire is crazy. They have to crank the bars all the way to the tank in one direction and slide a knee just to turn into the pits at 10 mph.