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Written by Mr Tidy   
Friday, 11 June 2004

Reprinted by Permission from Mr Tidy's Tech Tips

 TIRE CONVERSION TABLES:
 (Road Star OEM in bold-italics)
Thanks to Bob Cody

FRONT TIRES

REAR TIRES

Metric

Alpha

Inch

Metric

Alpha

Inch

80/90 MH90 2.50/2.75 110/90 MP85 4.50/4.75
90/90 MJ90 2.75/3.00 120/90 MR90 4.50/4.75
100/90 MM90 3.25/3.50 130/80
 
5.00/5.10
110/90 MN90 3.75/4.00 130/90 MT90 5.00/5.10
120/80
 
4.25/4.50 140/80
 
5.50/6.00
120/90 MR90 4.25/4.50 140/90 MU90 5.50/6.00
130/90 MT90 5.00/5.10 150/80 MV85 6.00/6.25

 

 

 
150/90 MV85 6.00/6.25

 

 

 
160/80
 
6.80/7.00

 

 

 
180/55
 
7.00/7.25

 

 

 
200/60
 
7.90/8.00

 

 

 
230/50
 
9.50

 

 

TIRE / RIM SIZE TABLES:

Size

Rim

OAW

OAD

120/80V16  2.75  4.7  23.8
130/90H16 3.00 5.0 25.4
130/90V16 3.00 5.2  25.0
500S16 3.00  5.2  26.4
MT90H16 3.00 5.3 25.3
130/90H16 3.00 5.4 25.8
140/90H16 3.50 5.8 25.6
140/80VB16 3.50 5.9 24.8
140/90H16 3.50 6.0 25.8
150/80V16 3.50 6.2 25.4
160/80H16 4.00 6.4 26.1
160/80H16 4.00 6.8 26.1
200/60VB16 5.50 7.9 25.9
120/80V18 2.75  4.8  25.9
120/90V18 2.75 4.8 26.4
120/90H18 2.75  4.8 26.4
130/80V18 3.00 5.2 26.3
130/70VB18 3.50 5.4  25.4
150/70VB18 4.00 5.9  26.2
140/70V18 4.00  6.1  25.7
170/60VB18 4.50 6.9 26.0
180/55VB18 5.50 7.0 26.3
230/50X15  7.0-8.0 9.5  25.3


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  Comments (7)
Written by MY-STAR-1, on 12-15-2007 14:58
HERE IS MY QUESTION .WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 130/90 AS OPPOSED TO A MT90? THE PRICE DIFFERENCE IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT MAKES ME KIND OF LEARY ABOUT GETTING A MT90.
tire size
Written by charliez, on 11-01-2007 21:18
That is a good question .I have been thinking the same.A little larger rear would look nice!Also how big a tire can you go with the stock rims?I have about 5 grand on mine & the tires (bridgestones) are looking a little worn.I think I will go with a different tire make next summer.
tires
Written by riggs65, on 07-04-2007 05:23
on average how long should tire last !
Tires Size
Written by LROD, on 07-02-2007 14:41
Apparently everyone is still running the stock size rear tire, which appears way too narrow for the RS.
Written by Lrod, on 05-25-2007 10:39
Anyone monitoring this site for help above?
Max rear tire size on stock RS
Written by LROD, on 05-17-2007 10:13
Has anyone addressed DesertPearl's question above?
Stock tire sizes
Written by DesertPearl9, on 06-08-2005 03:51
What is the largest tire sizes that will fit my stock RoadStar with little or no grinding? 
 
DesertPearl9

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