motorbike tire on mp3

[Aidanworthington]

Hello iv recently finished a scooter build
and all is going well

But the 16" pie is killing my rear bike tire
does anyone know if a motorbike tire will fit
(or have tried it)


(This was a early pic before the disk caliper was fitted. And there was some tread on the tire lol)

[Morgen 3Eman]

Hi

I had tire wear problems with a 20" MP3 on my Morgen, and what I did is take 2 20" rims, and bonded them to the cast wheel so I could put a wider tire on it.  I went from a 1.25"(about) wide contact patch to a 3+ " contact patch.  I have not noticed a wear problem since. 

I have no idea if there are wider tires for 16" rims, but Google is your friend....

Please let us know what you come up with.

TTFN,
Dennis

[Aidanworthington]

The problem im having is bike wheels use the overall  size (outer)
but motorcycle wheels use the rim size.
Looks like your right some reserch is in order

[Aidanworthington]

At last iv found the anser lol.
(I need a 12.5" motorcycle tire   (2 times 6.25"))

I hope this will help other people aswell as me.

[Aidanworthington]

these will do nicely

[Bikemad]

I was trying to see what tyre GM had fitted on the original 16" Pie:


After some close inspection it appears to be a 13 x 2.50 tyre:



But I can't find this size tyre anywhere on the web.

If you measure the inside diameter of your current tyre it should confirm the correct diameter (12.5" or 13")

Alan
 

[Aidanworthington]

Iv got a set of 12.5 on order so il update when they turn up