I have an 06 Street Bob. I am in the process of putting new tires on my bike. I want to put wide white wall tires on. I had no problem finding a tire for the front. The rear has been a different story. The stock tire size is 160/70/17, I want to step up to the 180. The HD dealer that I use can not find a 180 wide white wall tire for a 17" rim. Is this possible? Can someone give me some advice. Thanks in advance for your help. This is my first post, I think this is a great website.
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That tire doesn't exist. In order to run a white wall you are going to have to change to a 16" wheel.

 

that'll be one expensive white wall

 

nope... no white wall... dont let them sell you the wide tire kit either!

 

+1 on not buying the wide tire kit. When I did my wheels I went with a 180 metz tire and the parts I needed to put on the wider tire cost about $20.

 

If I do go to a 16" wheel, will there be any other problems I have to deal with on the bike? Does anything need to be resized, shimed, machined, etc to change to a 16" wheel so I can put the wide white wall 180 on? Anyone know how much a new 16" wire wheel would run? Thanks for the input.