A few people ask about sticking wider tyres on their bikes ... especially newbies, I hear things like...

"my mate said he was gonna stick some wider tyres on the bike before he sold it to me because he said it will handle better"


Do not fit wider tyres to existing stock rims ... anyone who says do doesn't know what they're talking about
they just want to sound like they do ..lol

It is just not a good idea, unless it is recommended by the motorcycle manufacturer, or you have changed the wheels.

If you put a wider tyre on the same rim often it deforms the natural profile of the tyre and can therefore cause adverse
handling problems.

Road bikes are given the rim and tyre size to suit their on road handling and characteristics and usually most bikes far out handle
their owners, so with this in mind do you really think that "on the road" a wider tyre is really going to make you ride faster and
handle better?

The truth is go too large and you will slow down your handling and steering responses.

The best thing you can do is buy qualtiy OEM sized tyres and learn how to ride better :-)

The best biking mod ever is to always just Upgrade the rider


Hope this helps

Stay safe out there!!



Jules

 

Another thing of interest to anyone that wonders why the handling and steering
response will slow, and if my memory serves correctly, is because the rotational mass
of a larger tire is exponentially greater than that of a smaller or lighter tyre,
so that hampers the bikes ability to change directions quickly.

 

So, to sum up ... put only good quality OEM tyres on your bike,

and learn how to "counter steer" correctly ... you will never need to go

faster on the road than what quality tyres and counter steering will allow,


if you do ...well...................

 

yeah, but on the plus side, i don't have to use my kickstand!

 

damn that looks cool, but does it ride like a stock sized wheel? Why would you want to do that? (not hating)

 

+1 Jules.

Of note... Many of us RC51 riders actually run a smaller tire from OEM. OEM is a 190/50. By going to a 180/55, you get that better handling & steering response you spoke of above. Plus, a side benefit is that its cheaper.

 

That's hysterical !! I love it... LOL.

But Jules is right...