Will bigger tires on my yamaha vino 50cc make me go faster?

[the ramonanizer]

heres what a website selling bigger tires for my yamaha vino 50cc claims and so im thinking of getting them what yall think?

http://www.provoscooter.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=54&osCsid=1e 419b406cae24d8d2b6881766d2ca69
We highly recommend getting new tires for your scooter. The reasons are:

* These tires are sized at 3.0x10 front and 3.5x10 rear and are substantially taller than the stock tires to improve ground clearance as well as handling.
* The stock tires are so short, that sometimes you can dent your rim on a driveway.
* They are better tires than the cheap rubber that comes from the factory.
* It is an easy upgrade and most bigger sizes will fit perfectly.
* Your bike will be faster (but the speedo will show slower - bigger tires fool the speedo).

if this has any substance please let me know

[Lover not a Fighter]

>> * Your bike will be faster (but the speedo will show slower - bigger tires fool the speedo).

This is true. But your scooter will accelerate slower. It is basically like trying to accelerate on high gear.


Good Luck...

[yonder101]

Yes, it will make you go faster. Bigger tires cover more area with less rotations of the axle. 5000rpm with a bigger tire would rotate the axle the same as with a smaller tire, but the tire will now cover more area. Does this make sense?

[hrothgarthegeat]

That is really kind of a deceptive way to phrase it. You won't really go "faster" in the sense that you can attain a higher speed with the same amount of throttle and engine wear. Bigger wheels don't change the fact that to go faster, you have to apply more gas!

But it is true in the sense that your speedometer will show your speed as slower than you will really be going. But ** that definition, cranking the gears in your speedo to be incorrect will make you "faster", lol!

As the other poster said, you will lose a little acceleration--it will be sort of like trying to accelerate in a higher gear. And accelerating in a high gear is hard on the engine.

The good thing is that it sort of moves the top of your gear up a little bit. When you are in the highest gear, the "cruising" speed will be slightly higher--you will get slightly better gas mileage at cruising speed: however, you will be wearing your engine down a little bit more too. So it's a bit of a trade off, but probably the changes in speed and wear are negligible anyway, so don't let it bother you either way.