Winter Project

[fixitsan]

well you get the usual pile of experts telling you that the bike will be slower and harder to turn than if it had a 160 on, however I don't hear R6 or Fazer owners, (or litre bike owners if you want to take it a step further) complaining that the bikes are hard to turn.  I know there is more at play that just tyre sizes in how a bike handles, however if you follow the analogy through we are almost getting to the point where we are saying the TDM will turn better than a bike with a bigger tyre. I doubt that very much.  the ducati daivel has something stupid like a 240 section rear, long wheel base and really lazy steering head angle, and that handles great. 

 

I am going to stick my neck out and say it will make sod all difference. That said I still have the original wheel if I want to go back. but I doubt I will.  

 

 

It will be interesting. I've read about how its more the combination of front/rear which brings all the pieces together.  I'm right up the edge of my 160 rear on the 900 but there's at least 5mm of untouched edge on my front (17" front, if that's relevant0, but that's quite common from what i've seen of other bikes too.