Tyre sizes / Brands for Minilites

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Re: Tyre sizes / Brands for Minilites

#11 Post by Forkie » Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:38 pm

It is always good for somebody to be late for the party - Keeps everybody else waiting,on their toes :lol: I would not of thought that much difference overall between us really - You are on 195 60, and myself buying 185 65....?
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Re: Tyre sizes / Brands for Minilites

#12 Post by Mike Stevens » Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:57 am

Those tyres are about 2% smaller than the original with the turns per mile being 825 as opposed to 806. I think the speedo is 840 so wasn't too accurate to start with, but the 8185s perhaps nearer to the correct TPM figure!!

See - https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/

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