fz600 - does a 140 rear tire have enough clearance

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fz600 - does a 140 rear tire have enough clearance

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re fz600 - anyone ever try to fit a 140 rear tire to their otherwise stock bike? is there enough clearance?
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Re: fz600 - does a 140 rear tire have enough clearance

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as in chain/brake arm? Tons.
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Re: fz600 - does a 140 rear tire have enough clearance

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delvryboy wrote:as in chain/brake arm? Tons.
not too second guess you, but with a stock swinger? i'm thinking of changing out the rear wheel to a 3.5" gsx katana 600 wheel. guy on WERA said the wheel only requires skimming the sprocket carrier face to align chain. with the fzr400 fr end and a katana rear wheel i could run 110/17 front and 140/17 rear wheels with sticky btrs003's mounted. any thoughts on this?

EDIT the fellow on WERA got back to me and stated he ran michelin slicks in 120 and 150 (in 1990's)with enough clearance running a stock swinger and 600 katana gsx rear rim. hmmm...do i take the plunge and locate a katana rim? v
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Re: fz600 - does a 140 rear tire have enough clearance

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I think delvryboy read it as an "FZR", not "FZ".

Has anyone tried putting an FZR400 swingarm on the FZ models?
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Re: fz600 - does a 140 rear tire have enough clearance

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ragedigital wrote:I think delvryboy read it as an "FZR", not "FZ".

Has anyone tried putting an FZR400 swingarm on the FZ models?
I totally did. My bad.
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