Rear rim / tire size for a 2014 ST Limited

[AY4B]

Is there any difference in these 2 tires? except for price?

http://www.amazon.com/Kumho-Ecsta-K..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=15XF43PFF4C90H4E2Z88

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do?pc=33649&ar=50&rd=15&cs=225

 

[Peter Aawen]

So does the 60 interfere with the rear fender? Some post suggest shimming them or removing them.

Not at all on my RT - but it may on an ST.... pps:

BTW, those tires you linked above look like they are exactly the same tire, just a different supplier & possibly a different business model that means different mark-ups.... but here in Oz we need to be very careful that tires offered on ebay or elsewhere on the internet are in fact Aus spec/quality tires & not cheap crap out of some oriental sweat shop factory made out of used condoms & discarded chewing gum.... and a lot of them are!! :shocked: Not sure if you have the same issues in the States, but IMHO it's always nice to be able to look at the sidewall on the tire & see where & when it was made - can't do that over the internet! :sour:

 

[AY4B]

I think Ill just stick with the 50, but thanks for your explanations. Another concern is to make sure they are not any wider than the oem tire. I installed the missing belt guard on mine and there is like only an eighth of an inch on either side of the belt guard . Tire on one side and belt on the other.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

THIS TIRE

Is there any difference in these 2 tires? except for price?

http://www.amazon.com/Kumho-Ecsta-K..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=15XF43PFF4C90H4E2Z88

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do?pc=33649&ar=50&rd=15&cs=225

........It's the same tire ....But Discount's price is quite a bit better........and also free shipping ....Mike :thumbup:

 

[900Dave]

...Dave , He has a Kumho Solus ......KH17.....so this is the tire I was looking for !!!!... but thanks for the effort.......Mike :thumbup:

Ah! Kumho's lettering/numbering system got the best of me. No worry I'm sticking with the Kunho Ecsta AST. My new one just arrived today to replace the almost worn out Kumho that is on now. I will ride it out and get a couple more thousand miles out of the old one. This tire has performed very well for me.

 

[Peter Aawen]

That's probably a good move for you, Dave. The Solus is a high performance all-season Touring tire, aimed at reasonably good performance over lotsa long miles (& ideally suited to returning long tire life in Aust conditions) while the Ecsta is an Ultra high performance all-season tire with a little less emphasis on the long tire life touring ability in its make-up - and besides, you tend to experience lower average ambient temps during your season ends/changes over there too, so something that warms up quickly (& might wear a tiny bit quicker as a result) means it'll be at optimum handling temps almost immediately, while I've almost always got a couple of hundred miles to get my tires up to temp even if it's sub-zero - which does happen here.... sometimes!

I chose the Solus because of its' great handling in dry or wet conditions teamed with a robust & long life non-directional touring tread pattern. If I spent more time just riding spiritedly locally with the occasional longer trip, I probably would've gone for the Ecsta or the General Altimax instead, simply for their ability to get to optimum temps quicker & the greater performance orientation those tires have vs the long life expectation from the Solus that might take a few minutes of riding to get up to optimum temps.

But hey, we can all think & talk about this stuff today to our hearts content (& Jack's disgust :sour: ) knowing there's really a vast range of suitable but different spec tires out there so that no matter what you want/need from a tire, if you make the effort to work it out & tune your pressures to suit your needs/wants, there WILL be something that suits.... I still shudder when thinking about some of the tires I tested in the '70's - some were sticky as the proverbial on a blanket but you could watch the rubber disappear as the tire turned; while others were sooo hard that they lasted well, but you hadta ride on tippy toes & egg-shells for the first hour or more while they warmed up!! :yikes:

We might have a lot of tire threads & questions here, but we are sooo much better off today than we were back then it isn't funny!! Thank The Lord for this progress! :thumbup: