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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 7754" data-attributes="member: 98">tires are a cazy thing and so is the envirment of where you live right now in indiana where i live the standard tires recommended for my bike will get you down on the ground there way to skinny for gravel roads especialy on the front .....it insane to fight the bike with all the gravel roads i travel and the immeadient danger of running off the road on either side strait into a rock hill or montain or over the clift....its the most dangerest part of my riding....i need tires right now and i have a 130 70 radial on the front and im going to put the widest tire i can get between the forks with the fender off im thinking at least 140 90 and maybe a 150 80 if it will fit this wiil most likely be a rear tire and bias and i know this is going to hurt the cornering a lot ....but i can deal with this danger better than the danger of the gravel roads ive been down on the gravel road before with a broken collar bone result ....600 pound bike and skinny tires is no marvel of engineering its just dangerous......im going to put the fattest tire i can on the front even if i have to make my own fender......i have plenty of common sense about my ride and envirment that trumps standard condition engineering im not against or for anything ....common sense ranks right there with any engineering....</blockquote>