Darkside Tire Size (What do you think)?

[Six Guns]

I'm going to go darkside on my new to me Interstate and was wondering if I went with a 195/65/16 tire, would I have to remove the nutcage on the right rear fender? I found a Continental Vanco 2 tire in that size and thought I might try it instead of the 205/65/16 tire that I have on my Tourer. The tire might be narrow enough that I would not need to remove the nutcage. What do you think?     
     

[SANDMAN5]

Seems like I remember somebody using a 195-65, can't remember who. But why
not remove the nutcage anyway?

[Valkpilot]

I'm going to go darkside on my new to me Interstate and was wondering if I went with a 195/65/16 tire, would I have to remove the nutcage on the right rear fender? I found a Continental Vanco 2 tire in that size and thought I might try it instead of the 205/65/16 tire that I have on my Tourer. The tire might be narrow enough that I would not need to remove the nutcage. What do you think?    
      

Sixguns, the 195/65 is essentially the same size as the OEM tire in circumference and 0.6" greater in width.  While you may have to do the nutcage mod, I would doubt it.  You also should not see any difference in RPM with this tire.

I believe Disco is running this size, so he can chime in.

[Disco]

For the sake of continuity...

I chimed in with the following:

I am running the discontinued Continental Vanco in 195/65-16 with no nut cage mod.  I found the tire new on the VRCC Classifieds earlier this year and remembered that Patron said it was his favorite DS tire of all the ones he tried on his Valkyrie.  After the success I had with his DS recommendation on the 'wing, I gave it a try and like it.

The short answer is no, I have not found any other options in that size.  Weird to me that if you go to tirerack and search by size that there are no options.

Are there options I have not found???

and there is more on the Texas Board at http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,20049.0.html