whitewalls for cb450

[Chris L.]

Hey guys, I am wanting to put one whitewall on the rear tire of the hard tail CB450. I was looking for the widest and biggest tire that will fit on a stock spoked wheel, I really like the looks of these http://www.jakewilson.com/p/52/-/343/750/-/22930/Avon-Gangster-Front-Motorcycle-Tire?term=110/90-18%20whitewall . I am looking for that Old School look

Can you let me know what sizes you think are best for it?

also if you have a better looking tire than above let me know

thanks all

Chris

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

Putting Wide Tires on requires the right size rims.

Handling get compromised when the rim and tire widths are mis-matched:

 

[teazer]

I'm not sure that CB450, hardtail and whitewall old school all exist in the same world/timeline. That must have been an alternate universe. Whitewalls were mainly a HD type fashion in a particular time frame that's probably the thirties or thereabouts. It's your bike and you can do what you want with it, but a sort of homage to the roaring twenties or depressed thirties doesn't seem to me to match the powerplant, but it's a fashion statement and you can mix genres I guess. Try to avoid going too wide though.