what size tyres? (M800)

ok had a look at my bike gunna finally get some new tyres on inspection my bike has a 130/90-16 on the front and a 150/90-15 on the back that's not right is it?

Stock M Tyres are as follows:

Front tyres: 130/90-16M/C 67H tubeless
Rear tyres: 170/80-15M/C 77H tubeless

so I just had a look at specs for my bike on the net and they all say I should fit 130/90-16 on the front and a 170/80-15 on the rear, sooooo what tyres am I meant to order???? and why the hell has some cock fitted the different size in the first place ??

beat me to it Dave lol

so shall I order stock size then? that's what I was going to do

Yeah stock size Morgan   why's it got a 150 on the back?

I thought he had possible tapped it in wrong, seems strange.

Seems an odd choice of rear tyre .... possibly the previous owner was doing a 'stop-gap' exercise prior to moving the bike on .... but as all the others say - best to go back to the recommended size of rear tyre.

my thought's exactly why has the last owner fitted that size??? what a cock!! lol
I just thought it was meant to have that size then I looked at today and thought I'm sure it should be a bigger size than that had a look at specs and yep wrong size tyre will order the right size and have nice new tyres for the France trip

The 130 rather than 150 indicates this tire is 130 millimeters across from the widest point of its outer sidewall to the widest point of its inner sidewall when mounted and measured on a specified width wheel. This measurement is also referred to as the tire's section width. Not really that big of a deal, seeing as you have stayed upright. Whats 20mm between friends, my woman thinks 160mm is 10 inches.

think I will get Avon cobra tyres

fat intruder wrote:

think I will get Avon cobra tyres

Good choice 

Hello Morgan,
150/90-15  is the rear tyre size of the earlier VZ800 Marauder( up to 2004),,, the later M800 is also referred to as a VZ800,,, I suspect some one has assumed rear tyre size was the same on both early and late VZ800`s when the tyres were ordered/fitted,,, the front tyres are the same size on both early and late VZ`s

yes John seems to be a right pain in the arse ordering stuff as the vz bit get's it muddled up I suspect what you say to be exactly what happened

simbo wrote:

fat intruder wrote:

think I will get Avon cobra tyres

Good choice 

would of been but I ended up ordering Michelin commander 2's hopefully that will also end up being a good choice

fat intruder wrote:

simbo wrote:

fat intruder wrote:

think I will get Avon cobra tyres

Good choice 

would of been but I ended up ordering Michelin commander 2's hopefully that will also end up being a good choice

Good choice 

Where'd you order them from Morgy babes?, Oponeo I hope?, cheap as chips from there. 

Yep that's where I ordered them from Sim Oponeo do really good prices. Would of got the tyres on Thursday but I was out they where re delivered on Friday and I will be getting them fitted on Tuesday after I finish work . one more thing of the list for France lol