bigger tires on a 600 monster
QueenBee:
hey guys!
Can u help with this
Can i put bigger tires on a ducati monster 600?
Front wheel -i have 120/60/17 and i would like to change it with 120/70/17
Back wheel- i have 160/60/17 and i would like to change it with 180/55/17
or tell me about the sizes that fit my ducati. ;D
I just bought motorcycle and i don't know so many things about it!
anyway, looking forward for an answer
thanks!
[bow_down]
Slide Panda:
For the front, you might get away with the 120/70/17s - that's what a same year 900 runs. But it will make your front end a bit higher due to the taller side wall of the 70. That 2nd number (70) is the side wall height ratio to the width of the tire - so your side wall would be .70(the ratio)*120(the width) vs .60*120 on your current tires. A taller front tire would effectively change your rake, increasing it. The larger the rake angle, the greater straight stability a bike will tend towards, at the cost of quicker turning in. So I'd stick with the 120/60/17
For the rear - don't. You cannot mount that big a tire on your stock rims, just won't fit. So if you really wanted to do it, you've be looking at a lot of work and cost to fit up a different wheel, that would ultimately lead to a poorer preforming bike. You'd end up with a heavier wheel assembly, so you'd be adding weight to one of the worst spots on the bike. It takes a lot of force to get a mass spinning or get it to stop. So more weight = slower accel and decel. Also, when you're initiating a turn it would require more from you to over come the greater gyro mass of the bigger wheel/tire.
A 600 doesn't have enough brute force to warrant a bigger tire.. hell a 900 probably doesn't need the 180s that they run.
Here's a link to some details on tires
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=20996.0
QueenBee:
so, you are saying that i should get the 120/70/17 s instead of the ones from stock?120/60/17.
This will increase my stability...this is what i understood from what you told me .
the_Journeyman:
I know on my 1999 M750 the 120/70 works just fine, gives you a bit more cushion on bumps etc. As mentioned, you will ride a bit higher which can be compensated for by raising the rear or letting the forks ride a bit higher in the tree. You will gain nothing but slower tip-in from the 180 rear. It won't fit through. A 170 *might* fit, but I don't know and it will still slow your tip-in down.
JM
Slide Panda:
Quote from: QueenBee on April 06, 2009, 10:03:22 AM
so, you are saying that i should get the 120/70/17 s instead of the ones from stock?120/60/17.
This will increase my stability...this is what i understood from what you told me .
I noticed I made a typo at the end of the front tire note - I meant I'd stick with 120/60. More stability also means more effort to tip in. Like JM said, 120/70 will work, but there's no real reason to. Also 120/70 will weigh more than a 120/60 - as before more weight is not what you want.
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