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Good question. I'd like a beefier front tire on my 09 UC too. There's also a 140/75-17 mounted on the Fat Boy.
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A 150/80 is likely to be an inch larger in diameter than a 130/80. Rim width seems fine.
The only thing I would add, after years of experience squeezing wider rear tyres into older dressers, is they can vary quite a bit from the nominal width. With Avon Cobras, for example, the wider tyre is 9/10ths wider, but that may not be the precise difference. I suggest you check you can push a thick finger either side of your stock tyre, to be sure a wider one will go in!
The only thing I would add, after years of experience squeezing wider rear tyres into older dressers, is they can vary quite a bit from the nominal width. With Avon Cobras, for example, the wider tyre is 9/10ths wider, but that may not be the precise difference. I suggest you check you can push a thick finger either side of your stock tyre, to be sure a wider one will go in!
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