I figured the dealers would give us some guff about it, thankfully my bike has not seen a dealership in 30,000 miles.

 

http://darkside.nwff.info/?p=tires


I would like to know what to put on, as it will be installed by mid summer, and want to start looking now for the best tire to go on.


Most concerned is if any mods will need to be done. This is not my first ct on a bike, jus the first one on this bike.


Last bike I had to do a couple of mods to make fit well. I enjoyed it and was very impressed with results.


To the people who think this is crazy to do, please understand this is a personal choice and I feel that there are more benefits to go dark, not to say that there are some benefits to stay with a mc tire, just not sure what they could be...






Web site states this tire:
Harley DavidsonFatboy20090AggressiveGeneral Exclaim UHP205/55 17

 

Mine fit with no modifications. Been very happy with it so far.

 

I have recently fitted a CT onto my 2013 Fatboy without any mods required I would be interested to hear what sort of tyre pressures others have been running on their Harley CT fitments

 

I would be interested to hear what tyre pressures others are running on their Harley CT fitments

 

What tire did you go with? Have a 13 Lo about ready to need a new rear tire.

 

6.000 k's so far


This is the clearance


The standard rear tyre that came off was a 200, the closest I could get in a CT was a 205

I have used a Bridgestone Turanza tyre, 205/55/R17 and I have been running around 21psi which I have found to be about the sweet spot for pressures, the only thing that I have found is when carrying a pillion passenger and if you hit a dip or decent bump in the road, with the sidewall flex of the tyre with the lower pressure, it will scrape a little bit on the edge of the plastic inner guard, it doesn't do any damage its just a slight noise when it happens. So far I have clocked up about 6,000 k's on the CT and it doesn't even look as though it has even worn at all. Pics attached for reference.

 

Thanks!

As for the bottom bumping, might want to adjust the preload on your shocks. Worth a try, it stopped my bottoming out.