What c/t tires fit the 2nd Gen

[1rooster]

Makes and sizes please and where to find them

[stardbog]

all info about Car Tire Can be found here:
http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=106

[flb_78]

The only ones that are a confirmed fit are a BFGoodrich T/A Radial in 155/80R15 and a Federal SS657 in 165/80R15. The Federal is the preferred tire now because it is closest to stock and less expensive then the BFG.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/rengaslasi/kesarenkaat/Federal_SS657.jpg

[pegscraper]

Here's a pic of the Federal SS657 with WWs put on it. This thing is great. I've been gone for a week and haven't ridden it, and today I spent 10 hours riding someone else's Venture with a MT on it. I get home and jump on my own bike to run up the road and get a newspaper, and I was several miles up the road before I remembered that I had just put a CT on it the day before I left. I've ridden maybe 50 miles on this tire so far, and I literally could not tell a difference in handling between one bike and the next, back to back riding. There are no handling issues with this CT whatsoever.

[MAINEAC]

Where did you get the WWW? Did you paint them on?

[pegscraper]

WWs courtesy of dbtires (http://www.dbtires.com/index.htm). They aren't painted. They are real WW material, vulcanized onto the tire. They can do literally any tire, which is why they can do both sides. They did a fantastic job. The tire looks like it was manufactured with WWs on it from the start. They clean up the same as any other WW. It adds quite a bit to the cost of the tire. It ends being a little more than a regular MT. But it will last a whole lot longer.

I do know of another tire that a guy got to put on his Royal Star, and then before he did it he ended up selling the bike for a different one and returning that tire. The tire was a Vredestein (http://www.vredesteintire.com/products/SPRST.asp) Sprint Classic 165HR15. I'm fairly certain that the tire would fit, but no report on exact dimensions or clearances or handling capabilities.