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#227104 VinceJE (User) The bike is my wife's... I'm just the chauffeur. Fresh Boarder Posts: 64 Rear tire size 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago   Can point me to a thread or tell me what the largest rear tire size I can go with without fear of rubbing or modifying the fender? I've doene some searching and haven't found anything specific. I'm looking to accomplish 2 things if possible... a) go with a fatter rear tire for looks. b) Increase the OD to negate some of the speedo overage. (A little elevation might help with the floorboard dragging in the turns as well.) THANKS!!!   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/09/23 18:32 By VinceJE.   _______________________________________ 2007 Midnight Star Silverado 3in. HKs with straight baffles, Barons BAK, Ported intake Barons Extended PMS, Metzeler 880s, Mustang seats Breakaway throttle lock ProOne tach, Kuryakyn Lizard Lights, IMC MIT-100 Intercom & Midland CB Garmin Zumo 660 GPS Spring, TX   The administrator has disabled public write access. #227107 smhowse (Moderator) I'm NOT afraid of going fast but, crashing sucks Moderator Posts: 2642 Re:Rear tire size 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago   The biggest you can go with no mods is 160 (stock is 150) Your rim will not allow a larger tire to "look" fatter because it will squeeze the tire. The 160 has been known to "fix" the speedo error. Steven   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #227133 VinceJE (User) The bike is my wife's... I'm just the chauffeur. Fresh Boarder Posts: 64 Re:Rear tire size 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago   smhowse wrote: The biggest you can go with no mods is 160 (stock is 150) Your rim will not allow a larger tire to "look" fatter because it will squeeze the tire. The 160 has been known to "fix" the speedo error. Steven A buddy of mine has a hice meaty fat tire on his 2006 V-star with stock cast rim & no fender mods. He said it was a 200 series tire.   Logged     _______________________________________ 2007 Midnight Star Silverado 3in. HKs with straight baffles, Barons BAK, Ported intake Barons Extended PMS, Metzeler 880s, Mustang seats Breakaway throttle lock ProOne tach, Kuryakyn Lizard Lights, IMC MIT-100 Intercom & Midland CB Garmin Zumo 660 GPS Spring, TX   The administrator has disabled public write access. #227170 jorgez28 (User) EVERYONE FALLS OFF ONCE ! Fresh Boarder Posts: 98 Re:Rear tire size 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago   160 is the biggest is should meet your needs   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #227190 Erbman02 (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 436 Re:Rear tire size 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago   VinceJE wrote: smhowse wrote: The biggest you can go with no mods is 160 (stock is 150) Your rim will not allow a larger tire to "look" fatter because it will squeeze the tire. The 160 has been known to "fix" the speedo error. Steven A buddy of mine has a hice meaty fat tire on his 2006 V-star with stock cast rim & no fender mods. He said it was a 200 series tire. There's your answer, your friends is a V-star and not a Road Star. I believe his rim is wider than ours too.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #235255 VinceJE (User) The bike is my wife's... I'm just the chauffeur. Fresh Boarder Posts: 64 Re:Rear tire size 2 Weeks, 2 Days ago   Well... I got a new tire yesterday. I got the larger 160-80-16 and that seems to have accomplished my functional goals... The speed-o is almost dead on per the Garmin Zumo 660 and the ride height is higher, but not too much. The floorboards don;t drag nearly as easy. The guy at the shop tried to talk me out of going with the bigger tire becuase he said it would mess with the handling. If it did, I don't notice it. I am so glad the speed-o is corrected. I found it annoying that it was reading 65 when the actual speed is 60. This was also throwing off my odometer for sure, so my mileage calcs should be more accurate now.   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/11/04 10:07 By VinceJE.   _______________________________________ 2007 Midnight Star Silverado 3in. HKs with straight baffles, Barons BAK, Ported intake Barons Extended PMS, Metzeler 880s, Mustang seats Breakaway throttle lock ProOne tach, Kuryakyn Lizard Lights, IMC MIT-100 Intercom & Midland CB Garmin Zumo 660 GPS Spring, TX   The administrator has disabled public write access. #235262 BigBoyinMS (User) Just ME... and MYSELF Gold Boarder Posts: 932 Re:Rear tire size 2 Weeks, 2 Days ago   Erbman02 wrote: There's your answer, your friends is a V-star and not a Road Star. I believe his rim is wider than ours too.[/quote] Don't that chap ya? My wifes VStar 650 comes stock with a 170 and we Roadie riders get a 150.   Logged     2006 Midnight   The administrator has disabled public write access. #235375 Big Dawg (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 248 Re:Rear tire size 2 Weeks, 2 Days ago   BigBoyinMS wrote: Don't that chap ya? My wifes VStar 650 comes stock with a 170 and we Roadie riders get a 150. Yeah, BigBoy, but we get a RoadStar! Worth it for me!!! BD   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #235476 SMSgt (User) No, I don't ride a Harley, why do you ask? Junior Boarder Posts: 177 Re:Rear tire size 2 Weeks, 2 Days ago   I suppose you could always trade your Road Star in for a V Star and get your bigger tire that way. I'll sitck with a Roadie.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #235492 VinceJE (User) The bike is my wife's... I'm just the chauffeur. Fresh Boarder Posts: 64 Re:Rear tire size 2 Weeks, 1 Day ago   Me too. I think their tire is size is larger because their rim is 15" instead of 16" like ours. I'll take the thinner tire with the 600more cc's any day. I feel like I'm on a scooter every time I ride a V*.   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/11/05 06:22 By VinceJE.   _______________________________________ 2007 Midnight Star Silverado 3in. HKs with straight baffles, Barons BAK, Ported intake Barons Extended PMS, Metzeler 880s, Mustang seats Breakaway throttle lock ProOne tach, Kuryakyn Lizard Lights, IMC MIT-100 Intercom & Midland CB Garmin Zumo 660 GPS Spring, TX   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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