2011 street glide car tire

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Jul 7, 2011 | 10:23 AM

#11

jjnoble

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sath

Not to hijack the post but why run a car tire? The only advantange I see is saving a few bucks. It's got to effect how the bike turns and sticks to the road. I'm not trying to be a smart a$$ just trying to understand. 14k on my rear tire hoping to get 20.

There is another thread on the forum someplace (do a search) with about a million inputs from both sides, check it out.

Here is one: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...ire-today.html

Last edited by jjnoble; Jul 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM.

Jul 7, 2011 | 07:27 PM

#12

JakeInMa

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Originally Posted by TooEasy

The 195/60-16 car tire is just about perfect, same diameter as the OEM bike tire and very easy to install.

You beat me to it Roberto!

For anyone trying to compare tire sizes between motorcycles and car tires, you can use this conversion chart so you can get something as close to stock as possible:

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireMath.dos

Last edited by JakeInMa; Jul 7, 2011 at 07:29 PM.