O.K., now this is just getting stupid....

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oldnslo · #11 Unread post by **oldnslo** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:29 am

If you used a tire on the rear from say, a Corvette, you could do away with the side stand, and cornering would be about the same. Very convenient.

sidecarguy · Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:14 am

i have a yamaha 650

and the manual says 120 90 18

could i put a 130 90 18?

and what would be the difference?

its just a little wider!!

oldnslo · #13 Unread post by **oldnslo** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:31 am

I noticed the smilie, but I run a 130-80-18 on my xj900 in place of the 120-90-18 called for in the manual. Also use 80 series in front, and it doesn't make it handle strangely at all, and looks a little better. Those 90's are SKINNY looking.

ejshotgun · Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:26 am

ZooTech wrote:
ejshotgun wrote:I think it's Cool, but I'm wondering how it corners.
Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

jmillheiser · Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:09 pm

The rear tire on my bike is positively dinky compared to that hog. its a 130/90-16

V4underme · Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:18 pm

nike_soccer wrote:I dont mean to hijack the topic...but:

V4underme, is that your bike in your avatar? what kind is it?

yeah, that's my bike. It's a 1999 Kawasaki ZRX 1100. (inline 4, the v4 in my name came from the Honda Magna I had a while back).

Nibblet99 · Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:58 pm

oldnslo wrote:If you used a tire on the rear from say, a Corvette, you could do away with the side stand, and cornering would be about the same. Very convenient.

Genius... I was wondering how I was gonna fit a center stand to the bike

mustangski · Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:35 am

Why?
Just because you can. Alot of people say that harley owners do things to their bikes to make them stand out. I say everybody does things to their bikes to make them stand out, whether it be a harley or not. Why not, it's the American way. If nobody customized bikes then all of our bikes would look the same. Personally I think that tire is stretching the limit into craziness, but if that is what the owner wants then more power to him. And I'm quite sure it will sell too. I wouldn't want a tire that wide just because I'm too much of a cheap skate to want to pay for a new one, I wonder what that would cost?

Ninja Geoff · Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:17 am

oldnslo wrote:If you used a tire on the rear from say, a Corvette, you could do away with the side stand, and cornering would be about the same. Very convenient.

Going for the drag bike look, eh?
Ever watch sport bike drag racing? The size of that rear tire is crazy. They have to crank the bars all the way to the tank in one direction and slide a knee just to turn into the pits at 10 mph.

Kal · #20 Unread post by **Kal** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:27 pm

If I get some yokes milled out of billet aluminium can I have a 360 on the front too???

Bike customisation comes with Bikes... I think there is probably something wrong with you unless you are doing something to your bike, whether that being perfomance modding, body chopping or restoring to mint...

Theres just something nice about sorting stuff out...