So I noticed today that the rear tire on my new TE250 was a 140/80r18. This tire really looks huge on this small bike. I have been looking at more aggressive off road tires for the bike but I'm finding 140 size tires are a bit harder to come by. After reading some old post's I read something about tire sizes being in a "alpha" size for European specs. Any Idea if the metzelers might be in this "alpha" format? If so any thoughts on what metric size to use? My thoughts were maybe a 120/80r18. I read something that that size would be the metric conversion. Basically thoughts on what size rear tire to use. Thanks Doug
Do you suppose they put a 140/ 80 on the bike because it is a "dual sport" tire and they wanted more hard road contact? Since my 250x has a 100/100 on it I kind of figured it would be around that size. Thanks for the info DW
