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130/90-16 front wheel (pics)
03/22/10 at 10:39:16

As some of you may know, I recently moved back to germany
and had to sell my bike since the airline refused to let me
check nasty in as luggage.

So while looking for one here in the online classifieds (mobile.de)
I came across this handsome looking 95' savage; they want 2500
euros for it and has about 20k miles on the dial, a bit too pricy for
me at the moment but nice to look at. I think the front rim came
from a shadow, the triple tree & extensions dunno, handmade?
Seat looks great too and cannot possibly be uncomfier than stock Cheesy

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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #1 - 03/22/10 at 10:52:06 SWWWEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!!!! I LIKE the look. Throw a decent muffler on it & that's a bad butt looking little cruiser. Believe I'll save those pictures to my Savage R & D file! (R & D = rob & duplicate) Oh, crap, just realized you were curling!!
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Stimpy - FSO Serious Thumper Offline SuzukisSavage Int'l Division Posts: 1203 Germany - formerly SD, SoCal Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #2 - 03/22/10 at 11:04:45 it's not me, just a silly internet pic I found
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Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics)
Reply #3 - 03/22/10 at 11:22:08

Sweeeeeetttt in my book too. Looks clean, pegs and forward controls are interesting. Seat definitely looks better than stock. I really like the wider front tire. At least email him and ask about that front tire.... pleeezzzzeeee??

Ridge- R&D file... I love it. Very creative of you. Wink

And yea, the curling pic is adorable! I never did exactly figure out the rules, but enjoyed watching it. Watched some during the previous Olympics too. Quite addictive...

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #4 - 03/22/10 at 11:55:33 Very nice bike, BUT the front end could proce very heavy at slow speeds, AND fuel consumption could prove not as good as with the original 100/90x19 BUT Whathahell, W O W !!!
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Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics)
Reply #5 - 03/22/10 at 14:19:08

My experience with front wheels is as follows:

I rode a few times a friends Suzuki Intruder 800
which is pretty much a Vtwin savage on steroids.

This bike has a 21"/90 front wheel. Looks great and
handles very nimble but has 2 fatal flaws:

The intruder is kinda heavy, so if you hit a pothole hard,
bye bye tire and byebye rim.

And at high speeds the 21"/90 wheel cuts like a knife, true,
BUT also acts like the sail of a ship and pushes the darn bike
around as if it weighed 200lbs, I just hated passing trucks
on that thing. So 16"/130 sounds pretty safe to me.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #6 - 03/22/10 at 15:26:19 If you have a big heavy wheel and tire, thats more on sprung weight and makes for a harder ride.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #7 - 03/23/10 at 06:28:41 Thanks... really! I have never ridden a wider front tire. I just think a wider one "looks" better. Like on a Sportster, I always thought the skinny tire makes it look wimpy. Not as bad on the Savage/S40, of course. But I guess for all the reasons everyone pointed out, it is suited right. So I continue to learn....
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #8 - 03/23/10 at 06:34:18 this might be a stock volussia front wheel with a slightly oversized tire. I am pretty sure that's what it is.
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cursal Full Member Offline Daily Savage Rider Posts: 175 Eugene, OR Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #9 - 03/23/10 at 09:23:02 Hot looking bike! Front wheel looks great...I also like the bars and the way they put the blinkers on them. Seat and rear blinkers give it an overall 'swoosh look. Forward controls are interesting indeed. That break pedal seems a bit far away. A great R & D for sure.... Thanks for sharing
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sludge YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #10 - 04/01/10 at 16:25:26 Very cool looking bike. But isn't the front tire backwards? Maybe the caliper on the bike it came from was on the opposite side and they didn't switch it around?
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #11 - 04/01/10 at 19:45:56 Is a very nice clean bike. Is hard to believe it is A 95. Looks like it just came off the show room floor. Piglet, I was under the same impression that larger tire smoother ride. I enjoy reading all the comments as well as learning new things.
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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: 130/90-16 front wheel (pics) Reply #12 - 04/02/10 at 22:33:23 I've always wondered how a 16" might look on front. Looks great! Cool bike.
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