Hey all

Thanks for the replies, im gonna be tyre hunting soon for a front rim. If its hard to find the 16" tyre then i'll be forced to change my front to a 17".

 

if your hunting for a good deal on 16" tyre, try Paciffic Powersports (949-552-2046) good range and good prices, including Pireli Diablos to suit! gota set arriving soon for mine. Cant find many good tyres here in Venezuela so i have to hunt worldwide and shipping becomes a factor for me

 

Thanks sas1810, I will definately keep that in mind. There are some good tyre places here in S.A but if they cost more than tyre plus shipping from Pacific Powersports, then they will get my sale.

 

Yeah, but nothing else is the same. The rim hub is narrower, the rotors and rotor mounting are completely different. Like Spirit said, It isn't worth the trouble. It would be simpler to use the F3 wheel, and swap out the gauges and wiring harness, and wire in the fuel pump circuit.

Mine came with the 17" conversion done, so I have no comparison from the 16" wheel.

+1 on the tire selection being better.

 

I had not changed mine but I'm really sure there won't be difference for normal or aggresive street riding.

Like what some others had said, its not going to be an easy conversionsince it will involves a lot of other parts as well.

Oh yes, there are still quite numbers of tyres for 16 too.

 

I had thought about the conversion for the tire selection but I realized that I have no complaints with my Bridgestones and if the Honda engineers thought 16 was best who am I to question them.

 

Well said stynkmonkey!! Couldnt have said it better.

Yeah they are the same people who engineered this awesome machine, who am I to say that a 17" tyre is better? Im sure they looked at everything when they designed this bike, including the 16" front tyre. He He!!