I started with this mod after MV because I literally burnt the back tire off my bike. I couldn't find anyone or any info on putting the 160 on a stock seeg but from what I was measuring it looked like it would work. I did a writeup back in December of last year but most of the write seems to be gone, here is a hotlink the side by side pictures are still there.
http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=9598.0Here is a copy of part of the writeup from that link that was lost.
"The 160 was an elite III and it fit perfectly with about an 1/8" clearance from the plastic belt guard. I haven't felt any rubbing from the diameter change but I haven't taken it all the way up yet. I have to tell you I did quite a bit of measuring before ordering and it fit on my bike but I wouldn't count on it fitting every EG without maybe a spacer mod.
Yes I put the tire on the stock detonator, and I might point out Dunlop doesn't condome this tire on a 3" rim. It looks good in there and the tread not quite as nice as the Metzler or even the 150 sreamin eagle tire on my FatBoy but it looks much better than the stock one. I really liked the load rating being higher than the stock tire and much higher then the Metz. The Elite III tires have a skinny profile even the front tire is a little narrower so you loose a little width in the front.
I like the ride and handling so far with a little less than 1k so far (salt on the roads here). I'm not sure I would be a fair judge going from worn out hard stock 402's to the Elite III's, but I'm very impressed so far. Another by product of the switch for me was the speedo was 2-4mph off depending on the speed (I'm comparing this to my gps) and now its just about dead nut.
I would have to say the Elite III's with the 160 on the back seem like they were made for my bike.
One thing I forgot to point out: the Elite III's are narrower than published. I didn't measure them but my assumpsion is they are slightly taller than published. In fact my measurements before taking delivery of the tires confirmed I was going to remove or modify the belt guard but the tires are maybe 3/8" narrower than I was expecting. I know I used the 160 on a 3" rim but the front tire is narrower than published also. The profile of the front could be wider, I really would like a larger front tire to fill the fender but they don't make a larger one in the Elite III series. Actually the biggest reason for me going to these tires is the load rating. I literally burnt the stock back tire off my seeg comming back from M/V loaded up 100mph 9 1/2 hrs to Chi-town."I have ridden the bike hard since the elite III install but because of my heavy work load haven't racked up the miles I usually do (about 2500 so far). So far the ride and cornering seems better and predictable, I like the feel in the turns. I haven't had the experience of riding in hard rain so I can't comment on that, one of the reasons I like these tires is because of the cut in the tread.
I wanted to make sure everyone knows how close the dimesions are and the fact that Dunlop doe's not condome the use of these on 3" rims but I do like them.......Roy
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