Thinking about a wider rear tire

[Riko_imp]

yeah, why "must" you have a 180 as such?

now you say 160 will do

But I understand you, I've been there. I have no bike but I am planning on buying a modern classic.
I've been long searching topics on the Triumph board for the Thruxton bike and the wider tire mods there.
I've seen everything, from 160 to 180 max.

Coming from a stock 130 rear tire a 160 is a great improvent for a bulkier look...because lets be honest, that is the main reason why one would do such a modification, at least, thats my reason.
A 130 rear tire just looked weird tbh on that nice bike.

Now I've returned to Honda, and I want a CB1100. More power and you can make that cb also very gorgeous. (although there are still much more after market parts for the Triumph modern classics)
And the CB also has a thinner tire than I would wish, a 140. So also here I would change that.

For the Thruxton as for the CB I originally wanted a 180 tire....than I look at my scooter tire (Burgman 650) and I thought, damn those tires are quite big for a scooter (they are 160 wide).
And when thinking about it, a 160 is certainly a big visual improvement over a 130 or a 140.
+ its not too radical and it will bring you less headaches in choosing the right wheels for those tires withouth any offset issues, so that makes 160 also a safer choice.

But its a fact, that you just cannot change the tire alone without at least contemplating about the right wheels...
Fortunatelly I found several nice companies that make nice spoked wheels that are not only nice but also are wider THUS allowing you to safely put on a wider than stock tire!

tire size as can be seen on the pic: 160/60
Kineo rim, assumably the only one available for the CB1100, a 4.25.


It give the rear a little bit more bulk, but nothing extreme or crazy as some call it here.

lets add some other pictures of these nice rims with the wider tire