Widest rear tire on '96 Super Glide
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Widest rear tire on '96 Super Glide
I hate to make a new thread about something like this, but I can't seem to find the answer. I've found plenty of threads about the widest rear tires you can put on several different models, but I'm relatively new to Harleys and I still don't know the differences in all the year models (like when certain things changed, etc.).
Anyway, I've got a '96 Superglide. I know someone with a new Sportster and noticed that their rear tire looked much wider than mine, so I looked at it, and was surprised to see that it was only a 150.
I looked at my tire and couldn't seem to find a number, but it did say MT90 on it (not sure exactly what the means).
I'm basically trying to figure out what size is on there now, and how wide I can go while staying with the stock rim and not having to do any modifications.
Anyway, I've got a '96 Superglide. I know someone with a new Sportster and noticed that their rear tire looked much wider than mine, so I looked at it, and was surprised to see that it was only a 150.
I looked at my tire and couldn't seem to find a number, but it did say MT90 on it (not sure exactly what the means).
I'm basically trying to figure out what size is on there now, and how wide I can go while staying with the stock rim and not having to do any modifications.
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Can't go much bigger. I asked the same thing about my Low Rider when I first got it. They said maybe 140...not enough to make a difference IMHO. Embrace the skinny tire my brother...good enough for the bobber crowd (and Indian Larry)..good enough for me.
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I gave the same bike and while I am embracing the skinny (a 140) I would love to get it out to 180. Can I stick a later model swingarm on it to enhance the beefiness - maybe with a skinnier belt?
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Wow, that sucks.
Is there basically no way to get the bike to handle a wider tire, or is it really really expensive? I don't even want anything crazy, would love to have a 180 but a 160 would be nice too compared to this skinny tire.
Is there basically no way to get the bike to handle a wider tire, or is it really really expensive? I don't even want anything crazy, would love to have a 180 but a 160 would be nice too compared to this skinny tire.
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Yea, I knew they were expensive, but you are saying that it is that expensive just for me to go to somewhere between 150-180 (what the newer bikes can do with no modification)?
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Like these others, I say embrace the skinny. Nothing wrong with it at all. In fact, the skinny tire has some advantages - faster turn-in, less rolling resistance/parasitic drag, less expensive to replace. Plus, it has a vintage look to it.
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It's not just a matter of getting a wide tire and putting it on. You need another fender, wheel then you have the issue of the swingarm. Now the primary's gotta line up with the tranny so that is an issue, etc etc... Bottom line..I heard a guy say once "If you have enough time and money you can make anything work" and he's right...but why? I think Heartland makes wide tire kits for softtails but as usual dyna are left out. Parts are couple thousand and labor probably as much, paint..well you get the picture.
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It's not just a matter of getting a wide tire and putting it on. You need another fender, wheel then you have the issue of the swingarm. Now the primary's gotta line up with the tranny so that is an issue, etc etc... Bottom line..I heard a guy say once "If you have enough time and money you can make anything work" and he's right...but why? I think Heartland makes wide tire kits for softtails but as usual dyna are left out. Parts are couple thousand and labor probably as much, paint..well you get the picture.
I knew that according to what I had read that it was very very expensive to go wider than a 180 on the newer bikes, but I didn't know that it would be just as expensive for me to even get any wider than a 140.