having a friend mounting a car tire (205/50/zr17) for me and he does not think it will fit without removing final drive. going to have him mount a 205/55/17 or 205/60/17 instead since he thinks he may be able to make that fit. anyone else having difficult mounting issues getting a 205/50/17 to fit?
mounting a car tire ST1300
- Thread starter wild bill
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If your bike is a ST11300 and not the ST11100.
Search DarkSide , and pick a known tire that has been tried tested and works. There is no need to guess at it as there is lots of good info on this site.
BfGoodrich g-Force Comp 2 A/S plus all-season 205/50zr17/xl 93y - You can get WalMart to order it for you.
I did not need to remove the final drive although that's not really a big deal. You will need to let the air back out and soap of the tire to slip in.
On my older 1983 GoldWing, I remove the final drive to change the stock tire. It's only 3 nuts and much easier than not removing it. However, it's not needed on the ST1300.
Search DarkSide , and pick a known tire that has been tried tested and works. There is no need to guess at it as there is lots of good info on this site.
BfGoodrich g-Force Comp 2 A/S plus all-season 205/50zr17/xl 93y - You can get WalMart to order it for you.
I did not need to remove the final drive although that's not really a big deal. You will need to let the air back out and soap of the tire to slip in.
On my older 1983 GoldWing, I remove the final drive to change the stock tire. It's only 3 nuts and much easier than not removing it. However, it's not needed on the ST1300.
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thank you. just to make it a little easier i'll be putting a 205/55/17 on and will let him know to let the air out and slip it in soapy!
won't fit a 1100
It's for my st1300.
Your car tire will last you 30k miles or more. Don't forget to yank the wheel every 10k miles and paste the splines.
Just for giggles, you might read this:https://www.st-owners.com/forums/threads/vredestein-hypertrac-all-season-tire.184458/
that would be good to know