Anyone running a 160 or 180 front tire? Need tires, and leaning really hard that direction.
I see Glenndyne has a 160? I saw a video from google about that, but can't find a sight or kit. And of course Native Custom's 180 kit,,,,, which I love the looks of.....

 

There's a thread over on the touring side talking about this... Hopefully have the 180 on mine by February if all goes well.

 

I would be happy to find a 130/90B/19. No one makes it. That would be fat enough for me. I hate the look of the 60B profile.

 

I got mine from Native Custom Baggers.

 

Nice to see some tires on the front and not those silly bicycle tires some have been sticking on.

 

That looks really good.

 

Looks good... Does it handle better?

 

I was thinkin' the same thing.
Like a 26 inch front wheel, yeah ok(not).

I even had a 16 inch on my former bike a FXSTC and stock on it was a 21.

 

Same for me. How does it handle? I like the look but it would have to be more than just appearance to make the change.

 

Paul at Native says they handle great, think about it, I think our skinny tire is put on from HD for looks, (to replicate the taller tires many like) Older and even the new Ultras have nearer the same size tires front and rear,, and I think the older ones, had the same size for sure, I may be wrong. I've got a few miles under my belt, and I can imagine they handle better, and can't think of ONE reason they would handle worse anyway,,, More meat on the ground is always a good thing,,, the front is recommended to be mounted backwards, I asked Paul why. He said the rear is built for drive pressure, (belt design) the front does most of our stopping, so it fits the force design. I asked about rain and water channeling away, he said he's ridding in very hard rains and never had an issue. Think about that also,, our contact patch going straight is narrow. even in the corner it's fairly narrow, unlike a car, we don't have a 8" or more section touching all the time. So our tread doesn't have to channel a lot of water out, and if you hit deep enough water to cause hydro plane,, the tread isn't going to help anyway. (I've hit that before,,,)