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wider tires

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:29 am
by Cognac
sorry....this question has prob been asked before.....what is the widest tires I can get (front and back) without doing and mods or cutting...I have 89 FZR600

Re: wider tires

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:13 am
by blensen
You can get a 120 front and if you're lucky a 150 rear. The 150 on the 89 is really pushing it though.

Re: wider tires

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:22 pm
by shigs
Can you do a 150 on a 94 600?

Re: wider tires

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:27 pm
by thatkid
I wouldn't go bigger than a 140 on an 89 rim. 130 is stock. Stick to 110/140. Now, you can swap a 90+ rim on there with no mods and run a 150 and a few 160 tires if they still make them. All you need is a 90+ rim and the spacers.

Re: wider tires

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:17 am
by 89FIZZER
I just finished putting on a 150/70-18 avon roadrider on my 89 Fizzer.... so I know it fits... hint ... take the caliper off to mount it to make it clear easier though.

Re: wider tires

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:55 pm
by apsolus
What's wrong with old school madmax style? :tard2:

Re: wider tires

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:00 am
by thatkid
Wasn't the point that the 89 rear rim is 1/2" thinner than the 90+ rims. Can't remember off the top of my head but I think the 89 rim is 3.5" and the 90+ is 4" or something similar.

I think that was TK's point, I.E. will a 150 tire sit right on a thinner rim (the shape surface area contact) Jumping 2 sizes could be a bad idea.

my2cents

Re: wider tires

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:32 am
by gogofizzpow
Yep, take their word for it, just remember you shoot yourself in the foot when you put a wide tire on a thin rim, yeah you can brag you got a wide tire... Cough cough 180.. Cough cough... Hehe, but when you do that to any bike, you create a roll on the edges of the road section of the tire and create a peak in the center, so your actually hurting what handling you may have had, sooo yeah, 89 equals 140 , 90's equal 150...