Topic: 16x3 tire suggestions

[cleveland]

I just dropped off the hub and spokes at a buddy's place that is going to lace them to a 16x3 rim for me.  He mentioned looking into a high profile tire to help compensate for the smaller rim.  I want a good quality tire, a bit on the softer side for better grip.  Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Tower]

Grippy (high silicone content) and high profile (old school) are mutually exclusive tyre characteristics.

The older Imperial measure tyres will give a higher profile. 
e.g. Avon MKII AM7 5.00S16
  or  Continental K112 5.00H16
These tyre are all weather which is about as grippy as you're going to get

Older style tyres from a high quality company:
Michelin Commander 140/90-16 is the "best fit" metric equivalent, if you can find any.  You can go as wide as 150/90-16 which will show more sidewall rubber by virtue of size alone...again, if you can find any.

Hope this helps.

edit: whether or not these widths will fit inside your swingarm is another story.