Thread: 140 80 17 tires
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Old August 8th, 2016, 03:36 PM   #117
ZeroGravity360
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Name: Amanda
Location: Bloomington, IN
Join Date: May 2016

Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250

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Originally Posted by Whiskey View Post
130/70/17 is the stock size, you failed to find anything referring to that?
The user manual that comes with the bike lists it, the label on the swingarm lists it.

You know what the numbers mean right?

130 width of the tyre in mm
70 hight as a percentage of width
17 diamater of rim

you went up a size in both width and height, you took away 21mm (~4/5 in) of clearance.

At least now anyone else thiniking the same will have some evidence of why not to & you've saved them a few quid
I meant when I was searching to size up. sorry for the confusion
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