Fattest rear motorcycle tyre/tire the Valk will take?

[NevsMate]

Hi Guys n Gals,
Many apologies I have been a little quiet!
I have picked up a bug on maybe fitting bigger/fatter motorcycle tyres for my phat gurl.
What size would be the safest on the standard wheel?
I looked at the 240mm tyre conversion with a wider swingarm & wheel offered by the Guys at Valkparts.de, but the cost is about the same as I paid for the bike and don't really want to pay that much in this current insecure climate.
I'd appreciate your feed back, thanks.
NevsMate
 

[Warlock]

Hi Guys n Gals,
Many apologies I have been a little quiet!
I have picked up a bug on maybe fitting bigger/fatter motorcycle tyres for my phat gurl.
What size would be the safest on the standard wheel?
I looked at the 240mm tyre conversion with a wider swingarm & wheel offered by the Guys at Valkparts.de, but the cost is about the same as I paid for the bike and don't really want to pay that much in this current insecure climate.
I'd appreciate your feed back, thanks.
NevsMate
 

Motorcycle tire is a 200 and car tire 205.
David

[psckam]

A 200 will give about 3/4" more width than stock 180 (7.1" vs 7.9") With a 60 Aspect Ratio tire you decrease ride height by a .25" (.5" overall).

[NevsMate]

Hi Guys n Gals,
Many apologies I have been a little quiet!
I have picked up a bug on maybe fitting bigger/fatter motorcycle tyres for my phat gurl.
What size would be the safest on the standard wheel?
I looked at the 240mm tyre conversion with a wider swingarm & wheel offered by the Guys at Valkparts.de, but the cost is about the same as I paid for the bike and don't really want to pay that much in this current insecure climate.
I'd appreciate your feed back, thanks.
NevsMate
 

205 without doing any modifications

thanks for responding. that's a car tyre/tire... isn't it? I am enquiring about Motorcycle tyres/tires. cheers, NevsMate.

[NevsMate]

Hi Guys n Gals,
Many apologies I have been a little quiet!
I have picked up a bug on maybe fitting bigger/fatter motorcycle tyres for my phat gurl.
What size would be the safest on the standard wheel?
I looked at the 240mm tyre conversion with a wider swingarm & wheel offered by the Guys at Valkparts.de, but the cost is about the same as I paid for the bike and don't really want to pay that much in this current insecure climate.
I'd appreciate your feed back, thanks.
NevsMate
 

Motorcycle tire is a 200 and car tire 205.
David

Hi, thanks for responding, the bike tyre size is what I was looking for = 200, the CT/darkside is heavily frowned upon here in the UK so, I wouldn't go there! cheers, NevsMate

[NevsMate]

A 200 will give about 3/4" more width than stock 180 (7.1" vs 7.9") With a 60 Aspect Ratio tire you decrease ride height by a .25" (.5" overall).

Hi, thanks for responding... so, going for the 200 is only less than an inch wider! and it drops the bike height by 1/4", wow perhaps I could touch the ground fully with both feet then!    cheers, NevsMate.

[h13man]

Going to a 200 MC tire your rpm's are going increase but you will have a better acceleration. Not knowing the final drive gear ratio, the following is a comparison. https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc?tires=180-70r16-200-60r16

On a note, the 200 is cheaper than the 180.  https://www.americanmototire.com/

[Jess from VA]

Look carefully at tread depth between 180s and 200s.  I've read the 200s don't last as long (and may not handle as well) as a 180.  A 180 on the rear is not exactly skinny.

Course, I run 205 car tires and always will (after the nut cage mod).  They handle differently too, but I get 37K miles out of mine (so far).  They get better traction in all weather and they are tough as nails compared to any bike tire extant.  And they are cheaper, maybe by half or more.