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Spitfire Spitfire tire recomendations?

desmo900rider

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I'm thinking of putting a new set on my Spitfire soon, I started looking around a bit and found these at tire rack...
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.j...amp;RunFlat=All
and then found a set at Belle Tire that was made by Goodyear, and they said it was a 40K mile tire, for $170 installed...that seems way too cheap and I am assuming they are junk tires...plus they were 185/70/13, a bit skinny and tall for my taste...it looks like if yougo up to a 205 tire the options open up a bit, but I'm not sure about the tire fitting on the rim, and if so, what it might do to the handleing of the car...

Anybody have any recomendations of what has worked well for them, or opinions on going to a 205?

Thanks!

Mike
 
On a stock rim, 175/70/13 is the closest to the stock size of 155/80/13. Kuhmo powerstar is a good choice if you don't want an all out perfomance tire.
 
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