Im currently running a 120 rear on my XT600E..

Im looking at some cheap TKC80 but they are 140..

Has anyone got experience of a 140 on the XT.

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Hi
They will fit but they are very tight in the swinging arm, i done France on a set of michelin deserts last year, long story, they got me back home ok.
sizes were 90x90x21 and 140x80x18. very fiddly job to get them just right in the swinging arm tho. if you are useing 17 ins rims should be ok.
norm

Ill be fitting an 18" rear... Spose 130 is the max then.

Did the 140's rub on the swingarm etc ? Safe ?

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they are a bit tight.you have aprox 5mm clearence with the deserts. i would try the 130 on a 18 ins rim. thats what i am going to do next, at the moment i run on a 460x18 avon distance. i have just put on the front a tkc80 seems to handel ok. so i will get one for the back. hope this helps.
norm

Hi ted,

Ive been running a Maxxis 6002, 140 tyre in my 34l for 12500kms now and i am very happy.It clears the swing arm fine, the only thing that gets a little close is the chian guard. this works fine with a little modification for the nobblies to clear, a priceless sacrifice for the improved traction performance,especially in desert sand.

Hope this helps

Chers Chris

Had to change the wheel on my XT 600 E from 17" to 18" to get a descent mud tyre. easy enough, got another rear wheel and had it relaced with the rear rim off an old tenere I happened to have around.

cool! now I can run my fav tyre of all time - michelin Baja's! yeah!

Great tyre, pity they only come in the 140/18...soon as I hit the mud had issues with crud between tyre / swingarm / frame, not to mention this tyre was virtually feeding my chain / front sprocket more crap than it was roosting out the back...

changed down to a 130/18, prolly a bridgstone of some sort I think and the problem of the hungry chain ceases...

Saying that I rode the baja's on gravel / tarmac for the life of the tyre's (3 rears to 1 front ) with no prob's so prolly depends where your going i spose.