Will a 170/60 17 fit my 2020

[Swanny]

Spoke to a bloke today about fitting Avon Trekriders to my bike, he said they only make a 170/60 17 in the Trekrider.
They do a 160/60 in the Trailrider

Will the 170 fit my bike? There's a 20mm gap either side 

 

[CBRDEAN0]

Originally Posted by Swanny

Spoke to a bloke today about fitting Avon Trekriders to my bike, he said they only make a 170/60 17 in the Trekrider.
They do a 160/60 in the Trailrider

Will the 170 fit my bike? There's a 20mm gap either side 

Avon say the 170/60 should be on a 4.5 rim so no issue there ( 2020 500x has a 4.5 wide rim )

the 170 will be 5mm a side wider than the 160 so again no issue if you say there is 20mm a side.

170/60 will be around 12mm diameter bigger than the 160/60 so the bike will be going around 1.3mph faster than it was at a 70mph reading.

[Martin]

Out of curiosity, would they then also fit on older models? Not sure if the rim size changed on the rear after the 2019 upgrade.

[Danrok]

From memory you might need to trim a small amount of plastic off the chain guard.

[Ponzan]

I have run 2 170s yet on my 2018 (Shinko 705 and Michelin Anakee Adventure), no problem of space or any other and it looks sexy. Don't think the 2020 is different.

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[Swanny]

I can confirm that a 170/60 17 Avon Trekrider will fit 

[Martin]

Looks chunky! Thanks for the update. I'd be interested to hear how they handle off-road/gravel. Have you had Trailriders before and, if so, how it compares to that? I've got those at the moment and I was looking at replacing the rear with the Trekrider you've just put on. Can only do the rear, since I have a 2017 model with 17" front wheel.

[Swanny]

Never had Trailriders, last time I had Avon tyres was back in 1981 when I had a set of RoadRunners fitted to me 250 

[Swanny]

Washed the bike today and took some more pics of the TrekRiders







Little bracket might need bending out the way

[Oyley]

Look forward to see how you find those tyres on out greasy roads...
Torn between those and Tkc70's..strange how  they only do the rocks version for a rear tyre though.