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Posted by Cotton Mouth
- February 14, 2014, 08:56:47 AMQuote from: pcarrell on February 14, 2014, 07:08:15 AMThank you PC! After much research, I chose Shinko tires, based on price and performance reviews from other mc riders. See pic for tire label details, which are for my 1500. The ww width is 1.5", which seems to be the standard on most ww. Have taken her about 100 miles in last couple days, and bike is handling great and feels better than ever. I took off 7 year old Metzelers which had good tread remaining, but old age got the best of 'em. Bought these at Chaparral Motorsports website, had the best prices I could find, and service from them was good.Looks great on your bike man! What brand did you go for?
These do come with the red dot on side to show where to line up with valve stem, and my installer said they were easy to balance without a mc tire balancer. He spun them off the bike on the axle when he redid the spokes and all that.
This was the first time I ever removed mc wheels from a bike. It was quite easy, saved a few bucks, but most importantly, got to know my Drifter 
a little better.
http://www.chaparral-racing.com/Product/shinko-777-white-wall-front-tire/369-874181.aspx
Tire tubes: Also from Chaparral, chose these Bridgestones and they worked well Part #:330-0993 Size:140/90-16 and Part #:330-0917 Size:130/90-16
Rim strips: Part #:317-0116 Size:1 1/2" Strip for 16" Rims Looking back at the order, I just realized they possibly sent me the wrong size strips. They actually measure 1 1/8" , which is why the installer reused the old strips which were ok.
Posted by pcarrell
- February 14, 2014, 07:08:15 AMLooks great on your bike man! What brand did you go for?
Posted by Cotton Mouth
- February 13, 2014, 23:52:26 PMYep, I did it... and I think cleaning them will be fun, since I have nothing else to do around here. Here are the pics, will post tire info soon.