Will a 100/90 - 19 Front Tire Work?

[FullMonte]

I noticed the klr650.com folks are now selling this model of Mefo in the USA.  I had good performance from the Mefos on my DR650.  Just curious if they would work on a Tiger.
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[abruzzi]

THe biggest problem is size availability.  These tires seem to have a decent following, but there is nothing as big as the standard Tiger rear.  The closest is 130/80-17.  Compare that to the steamer's 140/80 and the Girly's 150/70.  

I don't know enough about the rim widths and tire sizes to know if it is swappable.

Geof

[Mustang]

the physical tire size for the front rim of a steamer or a Girly this tire size is fine , what you really need to be looking at is the load rating of the tire .......a tigger aint no KLR

[FullMonte]

THe biggest problem is size availability.  These tires seem to have a decent following, but there is nothing as big as the standard Tiger rear.  The closest is 130/80-17.  Compare that to the steamer's 140/80 and the Girly's 150/70.  

I don't know enough about the rim widths and tire sizes to know if it is swappable.

Geof

I was only referring to the front, which happens to be a 2.5" rim on my 2005.  Not sure about the rim size on the spoked model girlies.  I'm still running a Mefo front on the DR and it handles pavement like a sportbike tire.  Not too bad offroad either.

[JetdocX]

the physical tire size for the front rim of a steamer or a Girly this tire size is fine , what you really need to be looking at is the load rating of the tire .......a tigger aint no KLR

It doesn't matter if you ride wheelies everywhere. :lol:

[FullMonte]

the physical tire size for the front rim of a steamer or a Girly this tire size is fine , what you really need to be looking at is the load rating of the tire .......a tigger aint no KLR

Yep, that was another concern I had about this front that I forgot to mention earlier.  According to the Mefo homepage its load rating is 57T, which is lower than the thumper sizes. :roll:  

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[blacktiger]

Why not just get some Conti TCK80 front and rear. They fit. They work.