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Title: Will a 100/90 - 19 Front Tire Work?
Post by: FullMonte on November 10, 2008, 04:37:35 PM

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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Post by: abruzzi on November 10, 2008, 06:18:13 PM

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

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Post by: Mustang on November 10, 2008, 06:34:46 PM

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

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Post by: FullMonte on November 10, 2008, 07:05:11 PM

Quote from: "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

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.

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Post by: JetdocX on November 10, 2008, 07:11:59 PM

Quote from: "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

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

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Post by: FullMonte on November 10, 2008, 07:12:45 PM

Quote from: "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

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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Post by: blacktiger on December 08, 2008, 12:39:47 PM

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

TigerTriple.com

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