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Message started by shiphteey on 08/12/10 at 19:48:11

Title: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by shiphteey on 08/12/10 at 19:48:11

I've heard people fitting a 150 on. I've got a 140 tire on it now. Whats the widest you can go without clearance issues on a 650?

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by Oldfeller on 08/13/10 at 19:32:34

Clearance issues exist with the bolt heads on the inside of the fender when you go to the larger tires. You hit a big bump, compress the shocks and run the big tire up into the wheel wheel and you tear a big chunk out of your brand new tire -- a difficult path to follow to understand this issue.

You will have to remove and replace some of the wide headed bolts with round heads or flat heads.

Sorry, it goes with the wide tire turf. Really bigger tires requires more replacement than moderately larger tires.

http://suzukisavage.com/images/uploaded/bolts.jpg

This pic comes from a discussion thread about putting really big tires into your fender well. This particular tire was a 165 which is only a smidgen larger than your proposed 160 tire.

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Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by dasch on 08/14/10 at 04:36:36

I did and still do, but with a custom made fender. Somebody here has 150/90 on stock wheel/fender.

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by Charon on 08/14/10 at 05:43:49

Since the speedometer/odometer run off the transmission, installing a bigger tire will make the speedometer and odometer read lower. You will want to find out how much error exists BEFORE you earn any "performance awards" from the folks in blue.

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by Educatedredneck on 08/19/10 at 23:36:38

I run a 150 - 80 tire had to replace most of the fender bolts with pan head allen bolts. I have no issues at the moment with my set-up.

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by groupus on 08/21/10 at 17:23:22

i have a 150/90 dunlop 404. didn't work with the side rails on the stock fender, but i went and made a custom bobber fender anyway. no other clearance issues on the 150, but the 90 made it tall and it rubbed on the front of the swing arm. had to stiffen the shocks all the way too because the bolt heads chewed up my tread. it is not a fun feeling when a bolt meets the tire on a big bump :-/

i hear that a 160 needs spacers to keep it away from the belt and such.

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by BuckHMCC on 08/21/10 at 18:05:23

Mount a bicycle computer with its pickup on the front wheel. Calibrate it to whatever the size of that wheel/tire combo happens to be. You're on the money for speed, and you don't have to look down at that stupid tank-mounted speedometer. Doesn't matter what you do to the rear tire.

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by verslagen1 on 08/21/10 at 18:56:46

557E77647978160 wrote:

many of the GS bikes run a similar front tire. and they all have front wheel drive speedo's. It would be very easy to mount one on the savage.

Title: Re: Anyone ever ran a 160 tire?
Post by dasch on 08/22/10 at 04:31:58

5C4B5E4B564C49390 wrote:

well... 160/60 I had required no spacers. 160/80 needed 4mm of shims to run.