175/65 R15

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

5 mm

According to BRP (?!?) the new style fenders on Aussie Spyders are essentially the same ie IDENTICAL to the new style fenders on US delivered Spyders (& Spyders delivered anywhere else in the world for that matter!!)

And essentially, YES, as I said earlier, you won't be able to fit a 175/65R15 on a Spyder with the new style fenders without modding the fenders somewhat or taking them off entirely. :sour:

Quite simply, this is because as it is, fitting the 175/60R15's requires the removal of the raised hex head screws (which impinge about 12mm into the tire space under the fender) & their replacement with flatter/lower profile dome head screws (that impinge no more than about 5mm into the tire space under the fender) - if you don't do that then as I've said before, the hex head screws will (& when I tested them, DID) clearly mark/groove the tread of the 175/60R15's AND even with the dome head screws in there in place of the hex head screws, every now & then (usually after some 'spirited riding thru the twisties) an inspection reveals that the top of the dome head screws do get 'polished' when the tread deforms enough under cornering forces, allowing it to just touch the dome screw heads. So, as most people realise from that, it IS a pretty tight fit under there with the 175/60's fitted anyway! Fitting the 65 profile tires instead of 60 profile tires, with their extra 5mm of sidewall height, would see the screws being torn out &/or the tread of the tire ripped!! :thumbup:

You are welcome to come & have a look if you like?? And there's lots of other stuff over here that would make for a very interesting trip.

..........Peter, I will defer to you on this pps: you have the fenders and I don't. BRP certainly didn't leave ANY room between the tire and the fender.......If you went through some MUD I would be concerned about even the slightest build-up tearing the fender off......:gaah:........Mike :thumbup:

 

[Peter Aawen]

......If you went through some MUD I would be concerned about even the slightest build-up tearing the fender off......:gaah:........Mike :thumbup:

Yeah, I too have that concern!! :gaah:

Still, I have given it a bit of testing on just about every surface & dodgy conditions you can think of (testing it to see if the different tire sizes upset the Nanny in any way - they don't, in fact she seems even happier with these than she did with the OE Kendas!) But in all honesty, I haven't yet taken it thru anything really goopy, just a few varieties of thin or semi-liquid 'light muddy' stuff, certainly nothing that started building up significantly on the tread. However, even in that sort of thinner stuff, as the tires rotated in the sloppy goop the lower rear edge of the fender tended to pick the goop up & scrape it off as the tread passed under the angled fender edge. If you can see it in the side on pic that shows the whole tire, you might be able to pick up a black scrape mark on the side edge of the fender lip? That's where I scraped the build up of mud off with my boot & took a little of the white colour coat with it ( pps: ) so it did work to some extent - but like I said, that was relatively thin goop; I'm not at all sure it'd work the same way on anything much thicker & stickier; but then again, the Spyder isn't ever really going to see a heap of that, it isn't an 'off-road' vehicle!

And like I said way back, the slightly taller & wider passenger construction tires bring such a vast improvement in ride, handling, & tire life etc that it far outweighs any minor niggles that might arise in the future! :yes:hyea: :2thumbs:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

The 175 65 15 will NOT fit. I just tried putting them on and they don't work.

 

[cyclekid58]

175/65 r15

The 175 65 15 will NOT fit. I just tried putting them on and they don't work.

Thanks Ann, Netzly's said the same thing so I sent them back. I did get a set of Federal Evo's in the stock size, like the looks of the tread and seems like they have more tread on them than the stock kenda tires. When your in spokane in June doing our alignments I will have you check mine, it goes in for service and tire install along with trailer hitch in early may. Want the alignment checked before heading to Deadwood, and seems I will see you guys there as well per previous posts.:clap:

 

[jcthorne]

The 175 65 15 will NOT fit. I just tried putting them on and they don't work.

Thanks Ann for the very specific piece of information.

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

personally i would not touch that size

 

[ulflyer]

Jack,
Would you do all of us a favor?
We're gonna need some Snickers bars; could you go get us a bunch of them?
Thanks! :thumbup:

And perhaps you should stop reading anything about tires or oil!

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

175/65-15

Thanks Ann for the very specific piece of information.

.....What I find interesting is cyclekid58 knew about this awhile ago ( 2/6 post # 19 ??? )and for some reason decided not share this info......He even had a confirmation about it from Ron Netzley.............cyclekid isn't shy about seeking information but doesn't seem to want to SHARE :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:.....................just sayin........Mike :bbq:

 

[Bob Denman]

And perhaps you should stop reading anything about tires or oil!

Where's the fun in THAT?? :roflblack: :2thumbs: