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brakes 79 750 and bigger rear tire

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Thanks for the reply CAFE. If you didn't find any handling issues I think I might go with the 80 profile then 'cause I actually am looking to keep the rear close to the same height as was with 17" wheel.
 
Big T said:
They use a lot wider wheel for those fat tires. Putting a "too large" tire on a narrow rim just messes up everything and you're worse off than if you had kept to the standard size
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No kidding, the wheel must match the rim, that's common sense, but saying you can't change it and make things handle better is just ignorance.
 
GSBuilder said:
No kidding, the wheel must match the rim, that's common sense, but saying you can't change it and make things handle better is just ignorance.
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And you don't think the fact that you have vastly improved the suspension, or that you are running radial tires, or that you have totally changed the steering geometry has as much to do with it as the fact that the tires are wider?
 
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tkent02 said:
And you don't think the fact that you have vastly improved the suspension, or that you are running radial tires, or that you have totally changed the steering geometry has as much to do with it as the fact that the tires are wider?
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No, I don't. I think it has far more to do with it than just the tire width, I don't think we're disagreeing that much, I'm just saying you absolutely CAN go wider, but you do need to think it through.
 
well, if anyone cares, my po put a 130/90 on my 78 750, he "modified" the torque link buy smashing it flat with a pair of vise-grips in the area of the tire. i wish he hadn't. when i change my tires, i am going to go down to a 120/90, or even a 120/80. and pick up a new, non-mangled torque link.

btw, tom, you got the springs?
 
Put a 120/90/ tire on it. Personally I think an 80 series is too wide for a GS rim!! but It's your bike.
if you have the 2.15 wide rim a 130/90 will fit too...
 
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