[Big Tav]

Hi guys, just trying to research as much as I can about getting a 200 on my Highball. I know the Vegas runs a 180. Does it look like you still have plenty of room and could fit a 200?

I found this tyre. Do you think it would fit on my Highball no worries?

I would be putting it on a 5.5" or 6" rim.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200790594...sid=p3984.m1423.l2649&clk_rvr_id=563210500065

 

[half_crazy]

If you want the mounted tire to be 200mm wide, you will need a 6" rim. Spoon that thing on a stock rim it will wear like sh!t and handle like sh!t.

 

[lunaticrider]

HC is right it'll handle like sh!t as that is one fairly big jump going to a 200 on a stock rim. The tire will be so deformed from squeezing it on it will be mushroomed on the top...

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[lorider]

HC is right it'll handle like sh!t as that is one fairly big jump going to a 200 on a stock rim. The tire will be so deformed from squeezing it on it will be mushroomed on the top...

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thats exactly what my 200 metzler looks like on my 5'' rim lol.

 

[lorider]

If you want the mounted tire to be 200mm wide, you will need a 6" rim. Spoon that thing on a stock rim it will wear like sh!t and handle like sh!t.

you got that right about the handling. as for wear ... i dont know how many miles were on my tire before i bought the bike but i have put 5,000 miles on it in the 2 years i have had it.

the tires have no cupping or uneven wear at all. based on how little it has worn down since i have had it , it looks like it could go another 3,000 but since it handles ill natured as i put it in my thread i am replacing it with a 180. your description of handling like **** is a more apt description of my bike.thumb up

 

[Big Tav]

I will be relacing the hub to go with a 5.5 for 180 it a 6 for a 200

 

[Big Tav]

Have any of you put a 200 on your Vegas? The vegas runs a 5.5 rim doesn't it?

 

[rodhotter]

rim specs

avon specs a 6.25" rim for their 200 X 55 X 18 tire, i was thinking about that on my 13 hammer but a pair of rims are $$$. with wire wheels a wider rim can be laced to the OE hub at a fair price, new spokes are required as well, i just remembered that bias tires can use a smaller rim than a radial with a correct fit, not sure what you have on there now.

 

[lorider]

Have any of you put a 200 on your Vegas? The vegas runs a 5.5 rim doesn't it?[/QUOTE

i have an 03 vegas. the lettering on the rim shows it to be a 5'' rim.

i have a 200 on it and it looks like a balloon on the rim. handles like **** but could be a combination of old tire plus too big for the rim. " note tire combo was on the bike when i bought it 2 1/2 years ago ". the only modification that i can see was where they cut out a notch in the lower belt cover so the sidewall does not rub.

replacing it with a 180 this winter along with lowering it.

 

[Big Tav]

Do you think the 180 on the 5.5 will look nearly as big anyway and give me less headaches than going the 200? I don't want my bike to handle like sh*te. Someone said the 150 I currently have looks worse than what it really is because of the 3.5 rim. If that's right maybe a 180 in the big rim might be the sweet spot?

 

[Sponkey#1]

I ride a 2012 vegas eightball and although I have entertained the idea of going bigger I really love the look if my bike as is with the 180 rear tire. In the end is a very personal thing and you probably best served but going with your heart and not the advice of others.


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[Big Tav]

My heart tells me 200! My main worry is that there is only 1 tyres out there that is white wall and a 200 on a 16 inch rim. If I put the 6 inch rim and it rubs I'm out of pocket big time. The 180 will fit but I think that is designed to go a 5.5 inch rim.

If they stop making the Vulcan tyre in the first post would a 180 tyre go on a 5.5 rim?

 

[rodhotter]

OE rear tires

i believe Victory is using a 180 on a 5.5" rim now. i always refer to tire sites, avon.com is an easy one, they list recommended fitments and be aware radial or not as radials usually require wider rims

 

[Big Tav]

I know the Vegas runs a 180 on the 5.5. I know that works.

I am wondering what the 200 will be like back there but the thing is most people will only have put a 200 on their current 5.5 rim instead of a 6 inch one like a 200 is supposed to be.

Correct me if I am wrong but won't all big name tyres be radials?

 

[Big Tav]

I've run into a slight snag. The rear 200 tyre is only made in for the N. American market. I could import it but apparently all tyres in the UK must be E Marked so they could be illegal to run on my bike

 

[half_crazy]

I know the Vegas runs a 180 on the 5.5. I know that works.

I am wondering what the 200 will be like back there but the thing is most people will only have put a 200 on their current 5.5 rim instead of a 6 inch one like a 200 is supposed to be.

Correct me if I am wrong but won't all big name tyres be radials?

1. Vegas rim is 5"
2. If a tire is a radial it will SAY SO. 180/55R-18
No R no radial.

180/55ZR-18 74W
180=tread width
55=sidewall percentage of width (180x.55=99mm)
R-radial, ZR performance radial
74=weight rating (830 lbs)
W=speed rating (sustained 168 mph)

 

[Big Tav]

Hi mate. Thanks for correcting me. I thought a Vegas ran a 5.5 inch rim now. Cheers.

 

[half_crazy]

Hi mate. Thanks for correcting me. I thought a Vegas ran a 5.5 inch rim now. Cheers.

Maybe the stingray wheels are 5.5... but I know they were 5" before that (mine is).

 

[Travis P]

Is 5.5" wide enough for a 200? I know some guys who run them on there 5.5" but who knows how there machines handle...


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[Big Tav]

I was going to put it in a 6 inch one. Looks like a 180 on a 5.5 is looking more sensible.