View Poll Results: Best Wheel Size for a 2011 Ultra
Stock 17 Wheel
11
45.83%
18.35 Wheel Option
2
8.33%
19" Wheel as used on a Street Glide as the stock size
4
16.67%
21" Wheel Option stock or larger rear wheel
7
29.17%
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Does Wheel Size Matter
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From: Booming metropolis
To date, if you get Harleys 19 inch agitator the only tire you can use that has the appropriate load rating is the Dunlop that Harley Davidson has been set as the only provider and is expensive. If you stay with the stock rim you can find a much less expensive tire with appropriate ratings from other sources.
I wanted a 21 inch rim but could not find a tire that had a load rating for my bike. Some are close.
I wanted a 21 inch rim but could not find a tire that had a load rating for my bike. Some are close.
Last edited by hog95023; Jul 24, 2014 at 04:13 PM.
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Cruiser
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From: St Johns
To date, if you get Harleys 19 inch agitator the only tire you can use that has the appropriate load rating is the Dunlop that Harley Davidson has been set as the only provider and is expensive. If you stay with the stock rim you can find a much less expensive tire with appropriate ratings from other sources.
I wanted a 21 inch rim but could not find a tire that had a load rating for my bike. Some are close.
I wanted a 21 inch rim but could not find a tire that had a load rating for my bike. Some are close.
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Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Santa Cruz
Tire/wheel size is all about fashion. Handling is not/little effected with 16-17-18 stock wheel/ tire combos. 21 plus will "slow" handling. I run a 21 for the look and put up with a little " chopper floppyness". Our tourers handle so bad it makes little difference .
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 428
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From: Calgary Alberta Canada
I think that you have a very valid point here, it never even dawned on me what the prices would be for a 21" tire. I am all ready sick of the price tag on the Harley Stock tires being the Dunlop. I only got 9,000 on my first set which the front only had 2/32 left when I replaced them and now my 2nd set I have 7000 miles on them and have 4/32nd left of tread on both the front and rear. So I am getting close to the time for another set.
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