Going with a new set of wheels on my Road King. I want to keep the whitewall look but I'm having a hard time finding tires for the front.
The wheel will be a DNA 21"x3.5 Fat Daddy 52 spoke. I seem to find alot of the 120/70-21 but that seems to narrow for a 3.5" rim. Am I missing somehting or is the selection really that limited for Wide White Walls.

 

That is the proper size for a 21x3.5" rim.

 

Shoot sorry I ment to say I could not find many in the size 120/70-21 for White Walls.

 

Vee rubber is the only one right now since Tab @ rb tires is not doing them if you want a 120/70-21 in skinny whitewall

 

This is known as stretching the tire. Some people take a 90/21 tire which is designed for a 21x2.15 rim and stretch it onto a 21x3 or 21x3.5 rim so that they can put a white wall on it as Avon and Metzeler only make the WWW in a 90/21 size. As stated above Vee rubber does make a 120/70/21 tire which is the proper size for a 3-3.5" rim but the quality of the white wall and tire is questionable.

I rode my bike with a 21x3 rim with a 90/21 for a while as others I know have done. Some people have bent their rims which I did not but as a retailer of wheels we have to advise against this sort of a setup. Another thing is you need to run a tube if you stretch the tire as the bead is very thin due to the tire being stretched past it's limits. If anyone else has experience with this please post up so others can learn about this please.

 

Thanks for the info. I heard the same thing about stretching the tire to match the wheel. I know some have done this successfully but not my cup of tea. I guess i'll keep searching or rething the white walls all together.

 

That's why I went black.