Rear tires - 180s?

[Jonathon Jay]

I put wide tires on a car wheel not designed for it once and it ballooned the sidewall out funny. 

I also know that on cars changing sizes throws the speedo off.

Are any of these the case?

 

I would like to go wider with my new tires, perhaps I can change the aspect ratio so overall diameter stays the same.

Regards- 

J

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> From: pselsberry at comcast.net
> To: philbike20 at hotmail.com; gpzlist at micapeak.com
> Subject: Re: Rear tires - 180s?
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:29:29 -0400
> 
> Phil,
> 
> Not much different at all.
> I put a 180/55 BT-014 on and didn't get what I would call alot more side 
> grip.
> Mostly just a bigger contact patch maybe.
> Handling didn't suffer - some have said that it would slow the handling down 
> but I didn't notice it.
> About 5,000 miles on mine so far - and no problems.
> 
> Paul in MD
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philip Hamm" <philbike20 at hotmail.com>
> To: <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:53 PM
> Subject: Rear tires - 180s?
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry I know this has been done to death. What are the implications of 
> putting a 180 size tire on the rear instead of the 170 that came stock on 
> the bike?
> 
> -Phil
> 
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