PRE 98 TIRE Thread

[Anonymous]

There are too many tire threads. Can everyone who has tried different than stockand please post up and your reccomendations. (stock rims only..obviously a 98+ rear wheel is wider)

Pre 98 600
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width of tire / depth of tire / rim size

Stock Rear 3.5": 140 / 80 / 17
Stock Front 3.0": 110 / 80 / 17

Diablos Rear: 150 / 60 / 17
Diablos Front: 120 / 60 / 17

Diablos Strada Rear:
Diablos Strada Front:

Pre 98 750
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Stock Rear 3.5": 150 / 70 / 17
Stock Front 3.0": 110 / 80 / 17

M1 Sportechs Rear: 160 / 60 / 17
M1 Sportechs Front: 120 / 60 / 17

Battleaxe Rear: 160 / 70 / 17
Battleaxe Front:

Online Dealers
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americanmototire.com
ronayers.com
denniskirk.com
cyclegear.com


I will update this top post to reflect your responses

[duff daddy]

wow, joe getten serious now ey?

[Anonymous]

I'll kill you, and your little Lou too.

[HS2020]

I am currently running Metz M1 Sporttechs.
110/70/17
150/60/17

I plan on going back to the 120/60/17 and the 160/60/17 I like the handling alot better when I had that set up.

[md86]

Well , the stock pre98 750 tires are 150/70 and 110/80 , but I don't remember offhand the rim widths .

[kwebbel]

rimwidths are the same.

Pre-98 750
tyres 110/80-17 (loadindex 57H) and 150/70 (loadindex 69H)

/edit
btw the front rim is just 2,5" stock..., a wider tyre than stock will deform on such a narrow rim.

[Anonymous]

Bumpers...can someone please verify the rim width measurements as there seems to be some differing opinions

[Anonymous]

the front rim on a pr98 kat is 3.0 it say so right on one of the spokes and the rear is 3.5 says so on the spoke

[kwebbel]

Strange I measured the old rim it's definately 2,5".

according to some tyrebrands it's allso 2,5"

http://www.avonmotorcycle.com/us/en/Fitments.asp

[Anonymous]

Bumpers...can someone please verify the rim width measurements as there seems to be some differing opinions

[duff daddy]

joe this isnt consolidated

[Anonymous]

frick on a stick

[SweetLou]

I'll kill you, and your little Lou too.

Strong words for a small man.

[HS2020]

rimwidths are the same.

Pre-98 750
tyres 110/80-17 (loadindex 57H) and 150/70 (loadindex 69H)

/edit
btw the front rim is just 2,5" stock..., a wider tyre than stock will deform on such a narrow rim.

Is this converted to our measurements here in the States Kwebbel? I do know that on my pre 98 750 the front rim is a 3.0 and the rear is a 3.5 Now did they put a different size rim on the older models that are over seas? They did weird things back then with bikes, so could it be possible. I will see if I can track some more information down on this side of the pond.

[kwebbel]

Must be, I checked out another 4 pre-98 kats (3 600's and a 750) all had 2,5" rims...
Strangely enough every tyremanufacturer I can find states the same...