Will These Tyres Fit?

[niallac]

Hi,

My bike (growell.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=owners&action=display&thread=1283) is needing new tyres for its MOT in two weeks. My mate has offered me a pair of Pirelli Diablos which he took off his race bike - they are in great nick but I am not sure if they will clear the mudguard and/or swingarm. The bike is a '92 NTV600-M Revere with (I think) the standard 17" alloy wheels.

The Pirelli sizes are: (F) 120/70 17, (R) 160/60 17

Has anyone had success or otherwise putting these sized tyres onto this bike? Current thinking is that they should be OK but might speed up the steering a bit.

Any and all opinions gratefully appreciated - I am fairly clueless re motorbike tyres!

Cheers,

Niall

[Jake]

May 16, 2010 12:22:41 GMT -5 niallac said:

Hi,

My bike (growell.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=owners&action=display&thread=1283) is needing new tyres for its MOT in two weeks. My mate has offered me a pair of Pirelli Diablos which he took off his race bike - they are in great nick but I am not sure if they will clear the mudguard and/or swingarm. The bike is a '92 NTV600-M Revere with (I think) the standard 17" alloy wheels.

The Pirelli sizes are: (F) 120/70 17, (R) 160/60 17

Has anyone had success or otherwise putting these sized tyres onto this bike? Current thinking is that they should be OK but might speed up the steering a bit.

Any and all opinions gratefully appreciated - I am fairly clueless re motorbike tyres!

Cheers,

Niall

Official tyre sizes are:

110/80 – 17 57H front
150/70 – 17 69H rear

See Haynes Manual p. 7.2 and the Handbook p. 31.

wbieniec.kis.p.lodz.pl/moto/ntv/manual/7.pdf

www.honda.de/fahrerhandbuecher/NTV650_37MZ6620.pdf

growell.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=library&action=display&thread=922

When I first got my bike it had a 160/60 Bridgestone
BT 57 rear fitted….

A 120/70 will probably fit the front...but I'm not sure.
Judging from the spec sheet it does fit the Deauville,
however, which has an identical size rear as the NTV/Revere...

www.yamaha-honda-motorcycles.co.uk/honda_motorcycles_indv.php?title=Deauville

[niallac]

When I first got my bike it had a 160/60 Bridgestone
BT 57 rear fitted….

Jake, did your bike have its main (centre) stand fitted at this time? I didn't make it clear in my post but I'm not sure a different size tyre will clear the stand, either...

Thanks for all the info!

Niall

[Jake]

May 19, 2010 3:59:56 GMT -5 niallac said:

When I first got my bike it had a 160/60 Bridgestone
BT 57 rear fitted….

Jake, did your bike have its main (centre) stand fitted at this time? I didn't make it clear in my post but I'm not sure a different size tyre will clear the stand, either...

Thanks for all the info!

Niall

Yes Niall...the centre stand was already fitted.
The tyre looked a very close fit but I wasn't worried
because the wheel alignment looked OK because of the
shaft drive.....Needless to say if you fit a 160/60 you do
so at you're own risk.....

[Paul Mason]

Looking at the clearance between the tyre & swingarm on mine today, I doubt wether there is safe clearance for the 160 section tyre!
Handling should be fine as the rest is identical to the deauville.
Paul.

[niallac]

Guys, thanks very much for your input. I now have the tyres fitted.

The front is a bit over-sized, which sharpens the handling up nicely.

The rear is a perfect fit, the clearance of the centrestand is reduced to about 3mm or so.

The bike just sailed through its Mot with no issues!

[Jake]

Jun 2, 2010 9:30:22 GMT -5 niallac said:

Guys, thanks very much for your input. I now have the tyres fitted.

You're welcome, Niall.