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Originally Posted by wingerdor  If you don't get the right WIDTH tire for the rim, you will be asking for trouble. You will change the profile of the tire. This in frighteningly common. Often in class we see riders that are leaning their bikes to the point of scraping and they still have wide chicken strips because the tires are bent in to fit in the rims and you would literally crash before using up the tires. Not to mention the decreased contact patch. The rim is stamped with it's width. Contact the tire manufacturer and determine the matching tire for that specific rim width. Different year bikes of the same model can have different width rims! |
Relax, going up one size isn't gonna kill the kid. I race on a 150 rear tire on a rim that was designed for a 130... big deal. As long as there's no rubbing.
But again... there's no point in it unless you can't find a quality 160. I can't find quality 130 race rubber, hense the reason every EX500 racer out there that is allowed to go to a 150 will go to a 150.