No question about it, the 200mm rear is more for looks than actual carrying capacity, and in some situations it canactually become something of a liability, like in heavy rain. Fatter tires hydroplane a lot easier than skinny ones do.
IMHO fatter tires on Harley Softail bikes,240mm and up,may look cool but they have some serious liabilities and may even be a bit unsafe for playing hard in thetwisty's. The stock suspension geometry just isn't up to the challenge of controllingwheel and tire combinations that big and heavy. If you want a big rear tire andplay that kind of game you would be better off with a VRod, or at least a Dyna.

 

lol, my wifes shovel has a 130 rear tire, which is the same as the front on that new dyna. anyways, I gotta 05 and I love it. stock rear tire, I bought a two up seat for when my wife and I do ride together. that and I changed out the bars. anyhow sounds like a good price to me

 

Thanks for the feed back guys! I won't have to worry about the seat too much as I will MOST likely be riding alone well, at least with the wife beside me instead of behind me.

 

so you are going to put a side car on it?

DUH. never mind. she is going to have her own bike. my bad. it is too early