9.5 tire 11" rim?

[Bo0YaA]

Well once i have finished workin on my 110 I plan on giving it to my daugher who is 8 so I want it to be as safe as a 3 wheeler can be. A guy I know told me to put a 18x9.5x8 tire on it but it has a 11 inch wide rim. He claimed is would make the tire have more of a "flat" riding surface vs the rounded balloon style it has now which is more prone to tipping.

Not knowing if this would really work I thought I would ask those of you that do lol.

Thanks

[TimSr]

Well once i have finished workin on my 110 I plan on giving it to my daugher who is 8 so I want it to be as safe as a 3 wheeler can be. A guy I know told me to put a 18x9.5x8 tire on it but it has a 11 inch wide rim. He claimed is would make the tire have more of a "flat" riding surface vs the rounded balloon style it has now which is more prone to tipping.

Not knowing if this would really work I thought I would ask those of you that do lol.

Thanks

You stock rims are 8x8 (8" wide). Im guessing you are confusing yourself with your stock tires size of 22x11-8. The "11" means your tire's footprint is 11" wide, not your rim width.

You can put and 18x9.5-8 tire on your rim with no problem, but its not so much tire size that adds stability as it is tire shape. Some tires such as Turf Tamers or Holeshots are aired up harder and have a squared flat profile. They are more stable, less tippy, but you sacrifice greatly on the smoothness of a ride, and those tires tend to beat you to death, which is why unsuspended hard tails were always equipped with soft, rounded, ballon style tires. The best choice may be something in between, depending on what type of riding she will be doing, and what she will be riding in. There are some softer flat profile tires which arent as stable as hard ones, but dont tip nearly as easy as the balloon types. They also have their pros and cons. Will this be a backyard putter, a trail machine, mud, woods, dunes? This info is necessary for a recommendation. Sadly, the trikes often billed as "beginner trikes", 110's, 125's, are the most difficult to ride and were ultimately the models that gave 3 wheelers their "dangerous" reputation.

[Bo0YaA]

lol your right, what was i thinking lol for some reasson when he said it , it didnt make sense hahah oh well. Thanks for the info man and BTW she will be doin only yard riding for now she has never been on one until now so she has a while of yard training to do first.

[Howdy]

lol your right, what was i thinking lol for some reasson when he said it , it didnt make sense hahah oh well. Thanks for the info man and BTW she will be doin only yard riding for now she has never been on one until now so she has a while of yard training to do first.

For yard riding I might suggest using lawn mower style tires on the rear and standard stock style on the front. This gives you a lower center of gravity and it won't rip the yard up as much. You can find lawn mower tires for next to nothing. Find another set of rims and you can have another set with more agressive tires for ruff trail riding.
Howdy

[SWIGIN]

you might also look for some wheel spacers.

i got wheel spacers on one of my 110s and a 200x axleon the other to make them wide

they are real stable and real hard to tip

i like the turf tamer 18-9.5-8 tires...you dont have to air them up to the point they get hard