Walt,
On both of my R1's I go through 2 rear tires to 1 front tire. That
is street driving for you here in Columbus. Yes you can safely do
this. The best advice I can give is to stay with the Stock sizes that
came on the bike. They were engineered with those front and rear sizes
for a reason!!!
R1
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:51:25 GMT, "Irving Washington"
>Forgive me but I am a little paranoid (little HA!!) I can interchange the
>back tire without changing the front?
>> YOUR BIKE DOES NOT USE RADIAL TIRES...
>> the number you mentioned are a mix of the old inch specific size and the
>> newer metric size 130/80 17 breaks down as follows 130 mms wide profile is
>> 80 of width (the distance from the rim to the tread) for a 17" wheel the
>> 510 is 5.1 inches wide on a 17 inch wheel the "s" is a designation for
>> standard profile. Also the 130 mm is 5.11 inches so as you can see they
>> are the same tire. if it was a radial the size would be 130/80 R 17
>>
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>back tire without changing the front?
>> YOUR BIKE DOES NOT USE RADIAL TIRES...
>> the number you mentioned are a mix of the old inch specific size and the
>> newer metric size 130/80 17 breaks down as follows 130 mms wide profile is
>> 80 of width (the distance from the rim to the tread) for a 17" wheel the
>> 510 is 5.1 inches wide on a 17 inch wheel the "s" is a designation for
>> standard profile. Also the 130 mm is 5.11 inches so as you can see they
>> are the same tire. if it was a radial the size would be 130/80 R 17
>>