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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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Has anyone tried installing the 120/70/21 on their softails yet? Just wondering out loud if it will fit without modifications.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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I think 90/90 is about the biggest you want to go one the stock rims. Bigger than that and I believe you need a wider rim size, among other things.
 
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I may be wrong but I think the 90/90 is as big a tire you can put on the stock 21 inch wheel. I think anything bigger you will need a wider wheel.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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Any fender clearance problems with the 90/90 ?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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I've got a 120/70x21 on my Train. I installed it on a 3.5" wide wheel tho. The fender doesn't fit over it. I have a Fat Boy fender laying around so I checked it out for coverage. It'll fit by elongating the mount holes but I didn't like the way it looked on there. I run without a front fender.
 
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Any fender clearance problems with the 90/90 ?
Itwill be a close fit but it should clear OK.
Metzler calls the 90/90 a "Stage 1" upgrade in that it is the largest tire size they make thatwill fit a stock rim and fender without any modifications needed.
 
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90/90 fits well on a stock fender.with stock width wheel. 120 on a 3.5 inch wheel will fit with a little tweeking of the mounting tabs. Looks to small to me with the skinny fender. Here's a shot of one.

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I've been wanting a 120/70/21 on my bike here lately,but keep getting told it will not fit with stock fender and wheel,but hell,I'm hard headed..gonna try it anyway.
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Been running a 90/90 on my 21 inch front for a few years. Started with metzler then went to Avon and now back to Metzler. No fender clearance issues
 
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I've been wanting a 120/70/21 on my bike here lately,but keep getting told it will not fit with stock fender and wheel,but hell,I'm hard headed..gonna try it anyway.
https://www.hdforums.com/m_737511/tm.htm
Ya might want to reconsider that one. Running atire on a rim that's too narrow for it, to put it bluntly,will make for a very "interesting" ride. It will do not so nice things to the tire's internal structure as well as let the tire move from side to side under load.
These are things to be avoided not embraced.
 
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