Hey all,

I'm looking to buy new tires and the stock sizes for the 96 F3 are a 120/60 front and a 160/60 rear. I've been hearing you could go up to a 170/60 on the rear if you wanted. I don't know too much about tires, so what do the numbers really mean? And what are the best sizes for my bike? Thanks!

~ Steve

 

u can go as far as 180 rear would not reconmend any higher.........190 will fit but too risky

 

Hi,
I’m curios about the 180 rear tires cause they are much more common around here then 160s. I was looking at the back mudguard and its quote close to the tyre. Do you think a 180 will fit in there? Will I have to widen the rim?

 

160\60\17 is a p-metric format.

The first number (160) is the width of the tire in Millimeters.
The second number (60) is the aspect ratio of the sidewall. Meaning the sidewall is 60% as tall as the tire is wide. 120 * 60% = 96 mm
The third number (17) is the rim size in inches.

Putting a wider tire on a rim for which is was not designed will decrease cornering performance since the tire will be stretched. Also, for every 10mm wider you go on the rear you'll raise the rear end by 6mm. Your speedo will also decrease accuracy by about 3% for every 10mm.

I went with the 170 on the rear because I do mostly highway riding here in Texas. It's mostly straight roads and NO hills.

 

how can that be the speed is mesurde from the fornt right?, be cause when i put the the center stand up and leave it in gear the speedo doesn't move.