Has anyone ran a 200/50ZR/-17 on the back, if so is it the same height as a 190/55ZR-17?

Since 50% of 200 is more than 50% of 190 I'm goin with the 200 being taller..........

190/55 is taller than 200/50- it's simple math.

Whoops, missed the 55 part of the 190 . My bad, know better than to PUI...... RON

Let's start with the first series of numbers, 130/90 16, otherwise known as the metric designation. This is the most popular nomenclature today and it's practically a standard in the automotive world.

The 130 designates the tire's width in millimeters, measured in a straight line through the tire from one edge of the tire's tread to the other. The second number, 90, is a bit trickier to understand. This represents the aspect ratio between the tire's width and its height, or how tall a tire is in relationship to its width. Simply put, the higher this number is, the taller the tire will be. In this case, the tire is 90 percent as tall as its width, or 117mm.

The last number, 16, is the tire's rim diameter expressed in inches.

The width on some tires may be expressed in inches as well, but usually the aspect ratio is left off.

The other series of numbers and letters, MT90 16, represents the same tire size, but it's expressed in an alphabetical code. M means the tire is designated for motorcycle use, T is the tire width code, 90 is the aspect ratio and 16 is the rim diameter.

* Last updated by: scottjkyl on 9/30/2009 @ 7:20 PM *

just put a 200/50 on my bike yesterday side by side they appeared to be the same height

I would like to change mine to a 200/50 when it goes bad.I would like to see a pic, if you have one and if it changed the way it handles?

minter.. most definatley changed the way it handles i got the Avon Storms, with the 014's(stock tires) i was never comfortable with them in the corners and after 3000 miles on the it was like driving a tank into the corners. now the storms im still scuffing them in (only 20 miles on em) but the bike now handles like my much smaller zx9 the 14 feels very nimble now.

let you know more if it ever stops raining and i can get them scuffed in, but so far they seem to be very sticky and hold to the road good

* Last updated by: scottjkyl on 10/2/2009 @ 6:08 AM *

Is your garage floor carpeted or are you working on your bike in the living room?

lol 2 bays carpeted middle bay not and has a drain for washing toys when the snow is flying lol

I'm suprised it makes the bike feel nore nimble. The popular wisdom says the wider tire will not handle as well. Could it be the Avon tire itself that feels better? Actually you'll have to get the gloss off and go through a few chicanes before you feel the full difference. Be interesting to hear, let us know. The fatter tire is definitely looking more cool!

yea sharkey im sure you know how when you put new tires on how they all handle different than the wore out tires u had on there lol. im just hoping to be able to get it out on the road and get them scuffed in b4 the snow starts. but im sure being avons has alot to do with it really though the 200 is not really that much wider than the 190.(dont look tike it anyways) btw sharkey i didnt have tires balanced i used 2oz of dynobeads in ea tire did manage 150 mph run and 0 vibration they seem to work very well guess there was some concern with them eating up the inside of your tire but wont know that till i change out the tires again.

* Last updated by: scottjkyl on 10/4/2009 @ 6:27 AM *

The last I heard the jury's still out on the beads. But like my grandpa always told me "If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
150 MPH...can't argue with that!

yea sharkey i hate the wheel weight really ugly up the rims so ill try it and see lol

What's the bead thing guys?
Never heard of that before...

the product is called dynabeads so far they are working great

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/index.html

I'm currently running a 240 and it took a few days to get used to it but now i love it

Had a continential 210 on mine before I put a mcintosh pro swing arm extended 8" with a 240 and was really surprised on how well the bike rode. Now I just need to get that 1570 kit in it.

I'm using the Dyna Beads in my tires. They work great.
The local bike shop where I bought them from use them on every tire job.

So I ordered some Dyno Beads and they came. Little bitty things. I guess the idea is to put them in through the valve stem? No instructions came. The local shop I'm using to mount the tires had never heard of the Dyna Beads, so I'm going to have to tell them how to do it. Do we have a voice of experience out there to give me a little help here?

sharkey, first off did you order the filtered stems if not you should do so. if your doing a tire install they just dump the bag of beads right into the tire as they r installing the tires. with out the filtered stems though you will have to give the tire a shot of air before you check tire pressure this gets the beads out of the stem

if you go to thier site they have instructions posted there

OK scott, thanks for the heads up. I didn't find a site with instructions, but I found the valve stems. So you put 2oz in each tire? I did order 4 ounces but I thought it recommended 1oz front and 2oz rear. I was thinking 1 1/2 front and
2 1/2 in the rear.
One of these days my tires will arrive....
later

per dynabeads recommendation(on phone) i put 2 0z in ea tire and my rear is a 200 works beautifully

sharkey im sure youve got your beads installed by now but heres the installation link for anybody thinkin about this.

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/service.htm