carlson_mn
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so we should stock up on tires now??
Get me some low level behind the bench seats for the upcoming Vikes/49ers game and I will front your "Fatsider" set for you!!so we should stock up on tires now??
I needed an excuse to pick up another tire so thanks to topspeed I grabbed the last Shinko 10 190/55-17 off the rack at Chaparral Moto, $132.88 plus the govs taxation. Looks to be a really boss tire, and even the kid at the desk nodded knowingly and liked it.....won't need it til next Summer but hey.....I'm ready.Get me some low level behind the bench seats for the upcoming Vikes/49ers game and I will front your "Fatsider" set for you!!so we should stock up on tires now??
The World is Coming to an End as we Know it: SkooterG and RadioHowie agree on something!
NOT gonna happen....EVAH!The World is Coming to an End as we Know it: SkooterG and RadioHowie agree on something!
What possibly can be next? 'Zilla is going to learn how to spell?
He's already transitioning to these:Bust's going to give up sheep?
Hey Beemerdons, suck a fat one!The World is Coming to an End as we Know it: SkooterG and RadioHowie agree on something!
What possibly can be next? 'Zilla is going to learn how to spell? Bust's going to give up sheep?
Jason,The height of the new tire can be calculated from the Aspect Ratio.
Old tire: 180/55
New: 190/55ZR-17
The aspect ratio New tire "55" indicates that this tire size's sidewall height (from rim to tread) is 55% of its section width "190mm". Old tire was 55% of 180mm.
.55*190 = 104.5
.55*180 = 99
104.5-99 = 5.5mm increase in height from tread to rim. X2 for total increase is 11mm => 0.433071in.
So just shy of a 1/2in increase in overall (un-sprung?) height.
I still really like my "FatSider" 190/55 and they do turn-in quite well. Coming from old rubber is a huge difference (of course!) so you have to recall that memory of when you had the 180/55 as still virgin-ess. I know in theory a wider tire is more "lazy" entering turns but I am running 42-44lbs (as another 190/55 user suggested) and it wants to dive into the turns quite nicely....He was running a 190 rear...
He liked it - he's tall so the additional seat height was no big deal for him, and he mentioned something about better turn-in, but I don't understand **** like that.
I just had a PR2 190/50 put on mine this morning (they didn't have the 55 sidewall in stock and the 190/50 was on sale cheaper than I could find off the internet). But I was looking at the swing arm clearance and I think a 200 tire would fit as well. There is about a 1/4" clearance on both sides of the 190 tire. I'm tempted to try that next time.I think that I could of even done 200's and still maybe had a 'close to rub' clearance?. I'm sooo freeqn happy with the 190 but maybe with my next tire experiment I will try a 200, who knows, I'm just that crazy that I would try it .
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