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Title: New owner-some questions Post by K-Kustom on 08/20/09 at 18:37:06 Hello, I am new to this forum, looks like a nice place. Just bought a 2001 Savage or really traded a set of wheels and tires for it.. ;)ha Got it for my boy as a custom project we can work on together, but I think I have fallen in love with this bike myself also. Building a bobber type bike. Here are some of the questions I have come up with SO FAR.. Has anyone put a 170-80-15 on the back here? Looks like it will be close. We are removing the rear footpegs and mounts so the clearance on that side is OK..Will be close to the belt. As anyone trying to find a wider rim for a 15" for 36 spokes has found it is hard, I am hoping the rim will fit the bigger tire..May go with a 160-80-15?? Question 2. are the spokes Stainless or Coated as I want to polish them? Have polished coated spokes before and that turns out not so well, as they rust easier from then on..ha :-? thanks, Keith |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by verslagen1 on 08/20/09 at 18:41:56 I think the biggest anyone has put on is a 160. You can certainly put on a 150. But look at the dark side tread, or car tire for some tips on what to clear away before you do. You'll need to replace most on the bolts on the sides with truss head bolts. Or you gonna cut some new grooves in the tire. :o |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by K-Kustom on 08/20/09 at 19:18:12 verslagen1 thanks for the reply..your answer sent me out to the shop with calipers in hand. and did some measuring. Yeah, I think a 170 may be pushing the limits. If it lays 170 which it may not with this narrow of a rim. it only leaves me with 1mm from the belt(where it sits now may be out of alighnment for all I know @ this point) It will also be taller making it to close to the right side of the swing arm maybe for my swingarm mounted fender. Of corse I could shorten the front (bottom) of the fender and mount it above the cross on the swingarm. Thanks for the reply as it really got me thinking. I think I will use the 160 & that will be wide and tall enough. p.s. no bolts in the way, sorry to say to the purists as the first 2 tools we've used on this build were a socket set, and more importantly a cutt-off wheel ;) thanks again.. |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by verslagen1 on 08/20/09 at 20:41:33 Search around the site for the 160 and you might be able to do better, just going to take some effort. Someone mentioned a rim/wheel that might fit... intruder or maurader or something like that. It's a wider rim anyhow. And you can gain some room by going to a chain conversion. |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by verslagen1 on 08/20/09 at 22:49:30 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1240434753/4#4 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1232803482/5#5 here's the one with the wider rim http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1228323981/5#5 |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/21/09 at 05:23:03 The spokes are a real bummer on these bikes. No idea what they are, but not polishing is a bad idea, I know, & polishing is not easy task & results were lackluster, & I mean that in every way. |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by Toymaker on 08/21/09 at 06:45:12 Talk to Oldfeller. He has put an oversize tire on his. It is also a car tire (darksider). T |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by thumperclone on 08/21/09 at 08:55:56 0C303D0C37213539333D2A580 wrote:
was he the one that did the vw tire some time back,still runnin it?? |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by dasch on 08/21/09 at 09:04:54 K-custom, here's mine with 160/60R15 and intruder 4'' wide rim. Intruder 1400, that is. http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1626458/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1626454/ Clearance right: http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1626455/ And left: http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1626456/ I wish I went with 160/70, though. |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by dasch on 08/21/09 at 09:13:16 Here, ebay item: 220467998390 |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by verslagen1 on 08/21/09 at 09:24:51 574B564E534651404F4C4D46230 wrote:
was he the one that did the vw tire some time back,still runnin it??[/quote] Yep he's da man wit da plan |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by serenity3743 on 08/21/09 at 10:17:39 Welcome to the forum. I have no experience with an oversize rear tire. I do know that with my Dunlop 140-80-15, the bolt heads holding the bag supports scrape on the side of the tire when I ride double. |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by K-Kustom on 08/21/09 at 13:35:39 Wow..Thanks for all the replys..Was amazed today when I read them all..Funny thing is I put in search; fat tire, big tire, bigger tire, and everything I could think of and didn't get any of the cool links that you guys put on here...tnx mch. Still thinking I will go with the 160-80-15, but thanks to your help will locate the wider rim as it sounds like what I need. Im 49 yrs old and been building HotRods all my life.(building a 41 Willys coupe right now) but the last bike I built was over 20 yrs ago, so I am pretty rusty at the bikes and the help is good...Painted a few lately, but that is it... On the spokes, yeah guess I will give them a try as metal polishing is a second nature to me. If they don't work out, been looking at Buchanan spokes on the net..Stainless with stainless nipples (nuts). Check them out they make "twisteds" and all. Also been working on the mold for the rear fender some, but need to buy the tire before I set the arc. :( Not been a lot of extra cash growin on the tree lately... thanks again all, Keith |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by MauiNancy on 08/21/09 at 21:28:26 The spokes are really looking bad [ugly] on my 06.... but that's Maui for you! Everything rusts or gets salt-pitted. When a new tire is needed, I want to go with a mag wheel. I just don't trust spokes not to break on me at the worse time.... Anyone put on mags? What kind? |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by verslagen1 on 08/21/09 at 21:35:21 look for a thread named whale |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by MauiNancy on 08/21/09 at 22:01:21 647760617E7375777C23120 wrote:
Humm... can't find anything with "whale"; "wheel"; "cast wheel"; "mag wheel".........got a link? |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by Yonuh Adisi on 08/21/09 at 22:13:08 7A616B606669666B7165697D61080 wrote:
Humm... can't find anything with "whale"; "wheel"; "cast wheel"; "mag wheel".........got a link?[/quote] You need to set the "This post was made..." Field to all posts. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1205292181/0 |
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Title: Re: New owner-some questions Post by Oldnewguy on 08/22/09 at 13:05:29 In the tech section under modifications, third one down is "how to fit a much bigger rear tire" or something similiar. May help. |
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