I want to put a bigger raer tire on my 883 sportest 93... like a BIG rear tire i want a 200 on the back would it be afordible or is it better to save and get a soft tail?[8D]

 

Fatboy...

 

Whatever floats your boat...

 

I don't know about a 200, I rode a Victory with a 240? It handled terrible, I guess terrible would be too strong a word, steering was very high effort I didn't like it at all.You would probably be better off buying some sportbike rims and going with something like a 180 rear and a 120 front that's what most modern sportbikes are running these days including the Buells.

 

One more thing I'm pretty sure putting a bigger wheel/tire on an 883 will slow you down quite a bit.

 

Why would a wider but not taller rear tire slow the bike? The distance travelled per revolution would not change. Just curious.

 

Your engine would be doing more work turning a bigger/heavier wheel and tire.I've experianced this twice with running oversized rear tires on lightweight street and dual purpose bikes.I'm guessing going from the Sportsters stock 140? to a 200 would create this same effect.

 

Basic physics, actually. It's called inertia...

 

I think I use to know a girl by that name....

Anyway... I think the only problem is getting the mass rolling... and really don't think that would be any kind of real problem....

However.... there is a lot more to it than the bigger tire... wheel.... wide tire kit.... transmission shaft extension or at least an offset pulley, side cover, rear fender, will the exhaust clear... shock tree widening.... probably more....

Charlie D.

 

I think I knew her too! Talk about the immovable object meeting the irresistable force - LOL!