Which tyres Honda NS 125 F

[Dilusi]

I'm in the middle of rebuilding an NS125F (1987) and need to get two new tyres for it. Does anyone have any recommendations based on personal experience? I think they should be 3.25 - 16 front and 3.50 - 18 rear but when I tried to look for tyres on the net they also ask for the profile, anyone know what this shoud be. Also can you fit a slightly wider rear tyre as the standard one looks a bit skinny. Thanks in advance.

[simk2]

AFAIK the original tyre sizes were:

Front tyre 3.00-16

Rear Tyre 3.25-18

I dont know what the profile should be however i could have a look once i get home, ive got a set of wheels and tyres off one im going to start re-building soon
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[simk2]

just checked my front tyre its 3.25-16-55p, i cant check the rear tyre as its in a lockup on the otherside of town and im drunk

So 55 is the profile
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[Dilusi]

Nice one, cheers.

Anyone know if I could fit a wider rear?

[simk2]

If you want a much wider rear tyre you could always do what im doing and fit vfr400 single sided swingarm
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[Kickstart]

Hi

55 is not the profile. 3.00, 3.25, 3.50, etc, are old imperial tyre sizes and there is no seperate profile for them.

According to the manual the NS uses a 3.25-16 front and a 3.50-16 rear. In metric equivalents I think those are 100/90 16 and 110/90 16 respectively.

Squeezing a larger tyre on (especially onto the narrow standard rims) is just like to really screw up the handling.

All the best

Keith
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[Dilusi]

Thanks Keith,

I take it you meant 110/90/18 rear

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[simk2]