wide tire for a 78 KZ1000?

So...I'm a newbie...
What would it take to get a wider tire on the rear of my 78 KZ1000 police bike?

how wide? I think a 140 fits the stock stuff, more work is needed to go really wide, read sig

77KZ650 wrote:

how wide? I think a 140 fits the stock stuff, more work is needed to go really wide, read sig

I agree. If you do a search on here there are quite a few threads that cover this. If I can give one piece of advice its "Research, research, research."

Later, Doug

yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of a 200 or up...

A 200 is doable but its going to require quite a bit of work since a 5/8" offset chain/ sprocket combo sometimes barely clears a 190. You're most likely going to have a chain that wants to take up the same space as the frame rail at the swingarm pivot. Unless you run some sorta jack shaft setup like on the big tire 'Busa, Zx's and such. Then you could run the stock front sprocket and clear the frame just like with the stock rim. You would just have to come up with a good design to tension the chain between the engine and the jack shaft. Hope this helps.

Later Doug

check out trac dynamics if you want huge;)

Bicycle Lee wrote:

yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of a 200 or up...

eh....I'm over it. I'll keep my standard wheeland tire. I just figured that it might be a softer, smoother ride with the wider tire now that it's a hard tail...

Why dont you post some pics of hte bike you got there? It looks pretty interesting. Is that the police bike uin that picture?

It sure is. I'll post some pics when I get some.