I have owned my iron for a couple months now and when my brother pulled up in his bike I noticed how skinny my rear tire is. I think I remember reading somewhere that the sportsters dont ride well with a wide tire, is this true?

 

200 rear tire on mine and i think it rides just fine. handles great and smooth over bumps.....i like the look way better than stock...just my opinion i guess

 

what is the size of the stock rear? You got a pic of your 200?

 

lets see if this works.....

 

yup it did.....thats a pic just after i chopped the rear fender...took about 8 inches off of it. i converted the blinkers to blink, running and brake lights plus the plate frame on the swingarm has a running light and is a brake light. to me this is how the bike should have looked but everyone has their own look that they like. i also spent like 6 hours grinding and smoothing the swingarm because whoever made it....whatever company made it just didnt care about the final look...welds were kinda gross and way too sloppy and it had some small dents and imperfections that i was able to get rid of. did all of that and powdercoated it black again and it matches the frame perfectly. it is more visible with the exhaust i put on so maybe the longer exhaust hid the imperfections more....i dunno because i bought the bike this way. all in all i would say if you order a kit make sure you take the time to clean up the swingarm welds and stuff before having it powdercoated. i am bery pleased with the results...only cost me some grinding disks because i coat simple stuff like that myself. the 200 tire rides excellent...i cant compare it to a stock bike but this is lowered also and i am very happy with the ride.

 

you can go up 1 size with out mods...

 

Gotta say you can't beat a fat tire for looks, but when I changed the tires on my 48 for matching MT90-16's front & rear (equivilent to 130's) I noticed that my bike definately handled a LOT better than with the stock 150 rear!

 

had a 160 Metzler on mine once - just fine, no prob & no mod.

 

looks great! i want to do a 200 tire also look really nice. i was wondering if you had a stock wheel or did you have to buy a new wheel also doing the wider tire. thanks

 

170 rear tire no mods whatsoever... Same ride, I can't tell the difference.

Here you go