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TKC's for these sizes 17"
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Originally Posted by Ricsy3
Hi all
Ok I'm having a look a trip from the UK to Australia on my honda hornet, looking for some off road tires and can't find any with the same size (I dont think its suprising with the tire sizes the hornet has). Just wondering if anyone has any advice of what I should change them to, i.e. profile/width changes in relation to handling preformance. The sizes I have on the hornet are :-
front - 120 / 70 R17 ZR
rear - 180 / 55 R17 ZR
I know I can get 130/80 R17 for the front tire, which is only a little bigger but its designed to be a rear tire (Continental TKC 80 Twinduro Dual Sport). I know it will be a different tred, but can it be done? is it safe and reliable, or am I mad? as most front tires are 21 or 19, there are few 17s designed for the front.
At the moment the best tyers I've found are pirelli MT60-R Dual Sport's. the front tires are ther right size but the biggest they have the rears on 17 inch rims are 160/60 R 17 which seem a bit narrow, or is it??
Any sugestions, ideas, recomendations are needed as depending on what tires i can get, will depend on what route I can do on my trip.
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I know this is very late to respond but for the benefit of others in same situation Continental have just started to make 17" in the sizes you need. I've been looking for the past year for tyres for my Tiger 1050. Happy now I can fit off road tyres to a sports bike! Check out their website ..
Continental Tyres UK
Cheers
Steven
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