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I have a 94 Goldwing Interstate with 34,000 miles.
I put on a car tire: Federal FORMOZA FD2 175/60 R16 82H, and it lowered the bike 3/4 of an inch. I can stand flat footed on both sides of the bike now.
The radial tire in the back has not killed the bias ply tire in the front, yet! 3000 miles and they seem to be getting along ok.
I am getting 35 mpg pulling my 2 wheel trailer full of camping gear. The extra rpm due to the smaller tire does not seem to bother me too much. At 4,000 rpm, I am going 95 and I didn't check the tach at 105 but that is as faster as I need to go. I did get a little wobble around the 95 mark, but it disappeared at 100 or there abouts. (without the trailer behind me on a road posted 80 mph)
38 for air pressure front and back seems to work good for me.
I don't even think about that rear tire being a car tire anymore.
I will be putting another 1300 miles coming home from Las Vegas in the next few days...... if anything changes, I will repost.
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I put on a car tire: Federal FORMOZA FD2 175/60 R16 82H, and it lowered the bike 3/4 of an inch. I can stand flat footed on both sides of the bike now.
The radial tire in the back has not killed the bias ply tire in the front, yet! 3000 miles and they seem to be getting along ok.
I am getting 35 mpg pulling my 2 wheel trailer full of camping gear. The extra rpm due to the smaller tire does not seem to bother me too much. At 4,000 rpm, I am going 95 and I didn't check the tach at 105 but that is as faster as I need to go. I did get a little wobble around the 95 mark, but it disappeared at 100 or there abouts. (without the trailer behind me on a road posted 80 mph)
38 for air pressure front and back seems to work good for me.
I don't even think about that rear tire being a car tire anymore.
I will be putting another 1300 miles coming home from Las Vegas in the next few days...... if anything changes, I will repost.
.
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