i have a 04 ninja 636 and would like to find a set of custom wheels for it, i am going to put a wider swingarm to accomadate a 250 rear wheel and tire, i would like to find these wheels at sale or discount price
I hope you realize that if you put that wide a tire on, you’ll lose a lot of agility and throw the physics way off. The bike won’t lean as much or as quick with that tire on there. A 190 is the widest I’d go with that bike. What’s on there now? Is it a 160, 170 or 180?
I had a stock 170 on my bike and I downsized to a 160 so I could lean faster in corners. The 170 was a little too wide for the rim, even though it was stock. The natural curvature of the tire was slightly off with that tire. I got more of a footprint on the road with the smaller tire.
Also be careful because that big a tire on that light of a bike will make that bike a wheelie machine. You’ll have trouble keeping the front end down. You also might experience premature clutch wear and need to run the engine at higher RPM’s to turn a big tire like that. You might not be able to use your high gear anymore because there’s not enough torque in the high gear to turn that tire. I’m not sure about that so don’t quote me on it.
Engineers go to great lengths to figure all of this stuff out. When you start changing things, you really throw a lot of the dynamics of the bike way off. Most people don’t realize how something as simple as tire size can change so many aspects of your bike.
When you put big tires on the choppers, it’s usually OK because those bikes have more torque and can turn the bigger tire without a problem. Plus they’re not meant to lean far anyway and people rarely take them above 80 mph.
But, if you don’t care about handling and you’re going for a certain look, then that’s your business. I just wanted to caution you about changing the stock tire because it can be dangerous.
Try www.mawonline.com
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Actually, I did get a bigger footprint with the smaller tire because of the rim size of my bike. The 170 was not able to conform to its natural curvature because it was squeezed in too much. If I had a slightly wider rim, the 170 would have given me a bigger footprint of course. My rim was too narrow for the tire which is why the 160 gave better grip and handling.

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I hope you realize that if you put that wide a tire on, you’ll lose a lot of agility and throw the physics way off. The bike won’t lean as much or as quick with that tire on there. A 190 is the widest I’d go with that bike. What’s on there now? Is it a 160, 170 or 180?
I had a stock 170 on my bike and I downsized to a 160 so I could lean faster in corners. The 170 was a little too wide for the rim, even though it was stock. The natural curvature of the tire was slightly off with that tire. I got more of a footprint on the road with the smaller tire.
Also be careful because that big a tire on that light of a bike will make that bike a wheelie machine. You’ll have trouble keeping the front end down. You also might experience premature clutch wear and need to run the engine at higher RPM’s to turn a big tire like that. You might not be able to use your high gear anymore because there’s not enough torque in the high gear to turn that tire. I’m not sure about that so don’t quote me on it.
Engineers go to great lengths to figure all of this stuff out. When you start changing things, you really throw a lot of the dynamics of the bike way off. Most people don’t realize how something as simple as tire size can change so many aspects of your bike.
When you put big tires on the choppers, it’s usually OK because those bikes have more torque and can turn the bigger tire without a problem. Plus they’re not meant to lean far anyway and people rarely take them above 80 mph.
But, if you don’t care about handling and you’re going for a certain look, then that’s your business. I just wanted to caution you about changing the stock tire because it can be dangerous.
Try http://www.mawonline.com
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Actually, I did get a bigger footprint with the smaller tire because of the rim size of my bike. The 170 was not able to conform to its natural curvature because it was squeezed in too much. If I had a slightly wider rim, the 170 would have given me a bigger footprint of course. My rim was too narrow for the tire which is why the 160 gave better grip and handling.
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http://www.roaringtoyz.com and you dont get a bigger footprint on a smaller tire and it will still lean into the corners just cant be skeerd of it but 1 of his answers is right a 250 is way to big for a 636 ,wouldn’t even look good on a custom 600 series bike but if u want the site is at the top check them out.
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