Ducati Monster Forum

My rear tire got a slice in it on the way into work. I didn't notice when it happened, it just started feeling a little wobbly so I rode it slowly until I parked it at work. I check out the tire and it's toast. Rubber particles everywhere and a nice 3/4 inch slice in the middle of the tire. Just glad it wasn't the front.
My local Ducati dealership doesn't have a 180 rear tire in stock today, but they do have a 190. Any issues I should be aware of putting a 190 on the rear?

I've put a 190/55/17 onto a S4Rs at the customers request so it will fit your bike, but you may not like the additional weight and the profile of the tire may be a type of different you don't like.

But, if it gets you where you're going....there's nothing wrong with it.

Other than the weight gain, is there any adverse effect on handling?

The 190 is a wider tire being fit onto the same size rim as your 180 was.  So, it will have a different curvature and therefore will cause the bike to handle differently.

Thanks for the info. I'll take it easy for the first couple of hundred miles and re-learn the bike. :)

Stu, are you sure the 190 will fit on the S2R1000? The Rs has a wider rim and different clearances to the swing arm doesn't it?

The S4Rs has (AFAIK) a 5.5 rim just like the S2R1K so it should be good.  The clearance between the rim and the swingarm looked as wide as the other S2R's I've worked on...

Good news. A 180 was located and placed on my bike so I won't have to worry about the handling characteristics of a 190. Though I was curious to see how it would have looked on my Monster.

Typically a 190 is reserved for 6.0" rims and 180 tires are for 5.5" rims. The handling differences are noticeable by some and not noticed by others. For examples, my ST2 came originally with a 170 on a 5.5" rim, the first replacement was with a 190, and the third was a 180. I wasn't an advanced rider back then by any means, so I didn't notice much of a difference other than going from an old, worn out tire to fresh meat.

On the flip-side, my wife's R1 has a 6.0" rear rim and had a 190 mounted on it. By the time we started to get the hang of the bike, the 190 was replaced with another 190. My wife didn't like the way the bike was handling, so we removed that tire with half its life left and installed a 180. The bike was more stable and had better turn-in.....it is normally said that a 180 turns in better than a 190, a 170 better than a 160, etc....

Right now, all of our bikes stay shoed with 180 tires. It's easier to keep a few on-hand for tire changes this way.