Need Serious Insight.

[Yogi37]

I have an 89 Kat 600....I have a 93 Gixxer swingarm on it with an 18" Gixxer rim running a 170 on it. I just picked up a set of gunmetal gixer wheels 6x17 rear and 3.5x17 front. I'm gonna strip and polish the super light wheels. I want to run the 180 on the rear, would that be the recommended size for that width? Someone told me I could even do a low pro 190 but I'm not sure about that..... I am truely looking for insight on which would be better for that size wheel

[thetable]

190 is the typical tire size for a 6" rim, but you should have no problems mounting anything from a 180-200. Now whether they will fit on the bike or not is a different question.

[GregS]

Why would you want, much less need, a tire that wide on a 600 Kat? You'll slow the steering to a crawl.

[Yogi37]

Why would you want, much less need, a tire that wide on a 600 Kat? You'll slow the steering to a crawl.

I have a gixxer arm on it already that will compliment the width, I'm not going to roll on a skinny kat rim and tire that has loads of space in there.....hahahah How fast do you corner in the city? Me personally, I'm in no hurry and I want my fighter to be set apart from other KatFighter bikes. Besides in my city I will have the ONLY Kat Fighter. Handling is not compromised like most people think....most of what I'm trying to do is personal preference besides she will be getting a new motor soon enough