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Tyre sizes on a twin rear wheel ....

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Tyre sizes on a twin rear wheel ....

Postby Gunslinger » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:53 pm

14" rims ......

195R 14C on single wheel variants, but on a twin wheeler are 185's the norm ?

i'd like 195's on the front and the back too, but i have a feeling they will "kiss" on the back causing damage to the sidewalls.

anyone got any experience of this ?

if i have to go 195's on the front and 185's on the rear so be it (the fronts just look too skinny) and i would rather a widre foot print at the front
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Postby bortaf » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:57 am

I run 195's all round on my recovery and that usualy runs fully loaded 90% 0f the time (sometimes over :oops: ) never had a problem with the rear kissing :lol: and i do a lot of driving, A LOT
mind you i do run at 50 psi all the time and never had uneven wear on a tyer i do go through 2 full sets a year but never uneven wear just lots of it :lol:
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Postby Gunslinger » Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:57 am

which wheels you using on that ? as i am beginning to wonder if some have different inset/outset dimensions
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Postby madmark » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:57 am

mine is running 195 14 on my mk 1 snow tyres! maybe that could be why she is abit wandery!
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