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Technical => Jon's Wheel House => Topic started by: wideopen231 on February 07, 2017, 05:19:26 PM
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Will need to be buying some new front tires in near future.Wouldn't mind slightly taller tire while in process/Wondering if anyone kjnows hieghts of M/T.hoosier vx goodyear.Have GY but not other two.M/T's website seems to be having issues for one thing. Understand they should be the same but things are rarely what they should be.Like me I should be rich.LOL
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My info is that all the front slicks are 22" tall, you could go with the 2.50x17 rib tire that is 1/4" taller, but if you want more you have to go to 18" wheels with 2.25x18 = 23", or 2.50x18 = 23 1/2" and of course you could go with 19" wheels with 25 1/2" tall rib tires. I think M/T still has 18" tires
Jon 805-444-4489, cell
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I was looking for front tires to run on the 17 dragster wheel & came up with not using the little moped tires, but using one of the many hi speed rated MC tires of a wider and taller size. Talking with Jon we decided on a tire and he dropped them off at my shop. These are really the look and height & width I wanted without going to a larger wheel. I put these on my Altered, now I will soon order another set maybe a little smaller for the dragster. Jon I know that you are REAL old but you should remember this.
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Ya you are right, I'm REAL OLD, and I thought WideOpen was looking for front dragster tires, not 24.5" tall by 4.5" wide aldered tires, that weigh a bunch, the tires I got Van was for a cruzer motorcycle, so yes you can get bigger/ wider 17" tires. Like 120/80v17 front, but the wheels also need to wider than the normal 1.4 to 1.6" wide dragster wheels.
Just let me know what you are looking for.
Jon
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Jon is right if you have the spoke -wires they are real narrow. I have three sets of spun aluminum dragster fronts and all are around 2.5 and running the normal front runners just doesn't look right. I will never go back to those tiny Moped tires now that real speed rated motorcycle tires exist in 17's
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I am lookibg for dragster front runners. They are not all 22".Seems they range from 22" to 22 7/8". while thats onlyb .43" higher centerline it does give little lift to frontend.