Tyre Advice Needed

Stevie4scoops

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I've just bought a cheap off-road type bike so my sons can come green-laneing with me but am struggling to find off-road tyres for it.

The bike is a 2019 Lex-Moto XF125 (yes I know it's not a KTM or other premium brand) but for £930 at a year old I couldn't care how many times it gets dropped providing Tom or Henry are OK ad are having fun.

It has what look like semi off-road tyres on it at the moment but these won't work well on muddy lanes and I want to fit knobbly types.

The sizes are: 130/70-17 rear and 110/70-17 front but I'm struggling to find anything suitable.

How wrong would it be to fit a 130/80-17 on the rear? The reason I ask is because I found one in this size.

Any help with this will be very much appreciated.

Thanks
 
In performance terms very little if any - the rolling diameter (?) will only be about 2 inches different. Gearing of no consequence. Clearance is the only real consideration.
 


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