Re: Non-Standard Tyre sizes

["The Browns" <thebrown@domain.elided>]

>Lets hear from elsewhere.
>
>PS I am still fitting 185HR14 tyres as per original size except these are
made
>in Korea (tut tut). At such prices no wonder they have a currency crisis.
What
>are the main benefits of going off standard on wheels and tyres?
>
I have 185SR14 Dunlop tires fitted to my Stag.  My question is, why doesn't
the spare, which is also that size fit into the luggage compartment area for
the spare tire?  Did Triumph originally use a smaller spare?
D. Brown
1971 Stag
LE1398L