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Water Warrior 2 · 04-10-2011, 12:40 AM

Dan, I was just playing with some numbers. Going by the original front tire size and the replacement your speedo should be within 1% accuracy. Check it out with a GPS for sure. The usual speedo error is 7% just to keep corporate lawyers happy and actually make you think you are just tearing up the streets.
Also my earlier tire height numbers might have been wrong. My figures now tell me the front will be 1.4 inches higher overall which will raise the bike 0.7 inches.

04-10-2011, 12:40 AM	#8
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Larger Front Tire (and raise the front Fender) Dan, I was just playing with some numbers. Going by the original front tire size and the replacement your speedo should be within 1% accuracy. Check it out with a GPS for sure. The usual speedo error is 7% just to keep corporate lawyers happy and actually make you think you are just tearing up the streets. Also my earlier tire height numbers might have been wrong. My figures now tell me the front will be 1.4 inches higher overall which will raise the bike 0.7 inches.
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