Night Train new wheels & tires sizes
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Night Train new wheels & tires sizes
Looking for some help here. Searched the forums and google extensively but don't have my answer yet.
I'm planning on getting new wheels and tires in the near future, both front and back. I want to go from the stock dunlops (200mm rear) to a metzler 210mm, and in the front to a bigger than stock front, probably a 120mm metzler.
From reading people's posts, the best thing to do would be to keep the stock geometry with the tires.
Which metzler front/rear combo would be the best to achieve the best tire geometry? And would a size other than 120 be better (I just want bigger than stock)?
Rear:
200/55/17 (stock) 651.8mm
210/40/18 metz 625.2mm
210/50/17 metz 641.8
The front I'm a little confused on.
Stock is MH90-21 54H. Is the 90 the width of the tire? 21 the rim diameter? But where is the aspect ratio?
For rims, in front I'm planning on getting a 21x3.5 or 21x3. Rear, hdwheels.com has 17" at 6-7" width, and 18" at 7-8" width. What's the difference, if any, with going with the lower end compared with the higher end?
Thanks in advanced for any help you can provide!
I'm planning on getting new wheels and tires in the near future, both front and back. I want to go from the stock dunlops (200mm rear) to a metzler 210mm, and in the front to a bigger than stock front, probably a 120mm metzler.
From reading people's posts, the best thing to do would be to keep the stock geometry with the tires.
Which metzler front/rear combo would be the best to achieve the best tire geometry? And would a size other than 120 be better (I just want bigger than stock)?
Rear:
200/55/17 (stock) 651.8mm
210/40/18 metz 625.2mm
210/50/17 metz 641.8
The front I'm a little confused on.
Stock is MH90-21 54H. Is the 90 the width of the tire? 21 the rim diameter? But where is the aspect ratio?
For rims, in front I'm planning on getting a 21x3.5 or 21x3. Rear, hdwheels.com has 17" at 6-7" width, and 18" at 7-8" width. What's the difference, if any, with going with the lower end compared with the higher end?
Thanks in advanced for any help you can provide!
Last edited by 6fthook; 06-05-2010 at 02:18 PM.
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6ftHook,
I recently faced the same challenge as you are. Didn’t like the narrow front tire on my Train. To keep the 21 inch up front, and increase the tire width to a 120 series, you’ll need a 3 inch wide rim. “Hog Pro” hooked me up with a bolt-on replacement rim which included the correct hub for my bike. I also ordered one of their brake rotors and had them mount and balance a tire prior to shipment.
The wider tire in the front improved stability and handling of the bike and I’m glade I made the switch. Google “Hog Pro” to retrieve the phone number and give Glenn a call.
I recently faced the same challenge as you are. Didn’t like the narrow front tire on my Train. To keep the 21 inch up front, and increase the tire width to a 120 series, you’ll need a 3 inch wide rim. “Hog Pro” hooked me up with a bolt-on replacement rim which included the correct hub for my bike. I also ordered one of their brake rotors and had them mount and balance a tire prior to shipment.
The wider tire in the front improved stability and handling of the bike and I’m glade I made the switch. Google “Hog Pro” to retrieve the phone number and give Glenn a call.
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Went with the same wheel set up for my 09 nigh train, 18x5.5 rim, tire/200/50/18 rear and 21x3.5rim,tire 120/70/21 front with metz 880, I got them in and went to put them on and the hubs were offset wrong, But From what I can tell it will look alot better. From the guy I purchased the wheels from everthing should be at the same heights.
Last edited by brooks79; 06-10-2010 at 10:01 PM.
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