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I'm in the Dark! Been wanting to do this for several years.
Well, I went for a 50 mile ride on curves and hills, and found that It wasn't much different in handling. I did notice that I would set up for a corner a little differently. Might be me just getting use to it.
I'm planning on wearing this tire out now. Time will tell.
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That 200 looks huge but nice combo with the warrior wheel for sure. I have a 175 on my stock cast wheel and it's fits perfect. No grinding of anything. What tire did you go with? I went with the run flat winter tire so it's a little softer material and stiffer on the sidewall. I probably don't have even a thousand miles on it but it's perfectIt feels the same around roundabouts out here but since we have mostly straight flat area in Indiana is hard to tell handling. It's very stable and I did the double dark side so I have a rear 130 tire mounted up front reversed. Should be good for 25 to 30,000 mi I imagine.LET'S RIDE
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My 175 Dunlop Winter Sport tire fit perfect on rim and perfect within frame ..no mods to anything at all plenty of clearance. I run 35-37 psi and feels fine and love not having to change rear tires every 6k miles maybe 5x as long hopefully...175-60-16 is the exact size 86 load rating (whole lot more than 60ish series on most rear cruiser tires) and run flat makes sidewall stuff so no deflection when leaning over (doesn't get a squishy feel some people report when putting on a shitty cheap $50 off brand car tire that has weak sidewall).LET'S RIDE
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I rode the 175/75-16s back when you could get them. Had to do a little grinding to keep it from rubbing - I ride mostly 2 up. It was a truck/van tire and had very stiff side walls. I liked it a lot. No problem in curves and didn’t feel squishy. The 1” less side wall evidently does away with the grinding! After this C2 wears out I will try the 60. Thanks for the info.
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I have a XVS1300 Star mag wheel I'm going to check out how it fits on our RS. I like the 4.5" rim width compared to the stock 3.5" width.
Has any one tried this rim on a Road Star?
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It will be interesting to see how it works. How much mods are needed. Roadstar cast wheels are getting harder to find and more expensive especially if they need shipped. If the 1300 wheel is possible with minor mods those are cheaper. I hadn’t even thought of the 950 that could be interesting also.
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My son Michael rode it to Starfest last year and complained that it didn't have enough power. So I decided to install the 108ci pistons & jugs setting on the shelf, along with ported heads and home made 2 into 1 exhaust. Kept me busy for a couple of days in the winter, and glad I did it. Man-O-Man, it did come alive! I'm needing to lean it down one step, then I'm thinking I'll have it dialed in.
Yes Mike, you might see it at Starfest this year. Haven't fully decided yet, needing to blow out cobwebs on my other bikes.
I hope your doing good and getting better each day.
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