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botticelli Junior Member Offline Custom Savage Build Coming! Posts: 66 Boston	hardtail with 21's front an back 05/03/15 at 11:53:10 Can anyone share any insight if 21 inch front and rear wheels would fit? I am more asking for the front.... Pretty sure the voodoo vintage hardtail can fit one. Would definitely make for a sweet hardtail....
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #1 - 05/03/15 at 11:54:34 21" rear?... never heard of such a thing... ...
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #2 - 05/03/15 at 14:58:24 Yeah.they're doing up to 23s on both ends.Flat track style. If you want an easy swap...Put an Intruder 800 frontend on.Comes with a 21" wheel and bolts right on.
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botticelli Junior Member Offline Custom Savage Build Coming! Posts: 66 Boston	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #3 - 05/03/15 at 15:19:13 Yeah I was quite inspired by a member here, Rpnshts, xs650 build. http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13931 he uses 21's front and rear.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #4 - 05/03/15 at 19:06:09 An 18 just fits on the stock swing arm. Any bigger and you're looking at a custom swing arm.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #5 - 05/03/15 at 20:25:24 and the 18 only with a tire that's not ambitiously sized
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #6 - 05/03/15 at 20:45:45 Does a hard tail have a swing arm?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #7 - 05/03/15 at 20:50:44 Nope, no rear suspension.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #8 - 05/03/15 at 21:37:28 right, but is the hardtail based on the stock frame? if so, it may have the same limitations
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botticelli Junior Member Offline Custom Savage Build Coming! Posts: 66 Boston	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #9 - 05/04/15 at 15:20:00 This would be with a voodo vintage or similar hardtail I think it would all work out in the back. The question is does a 21 inch wheel run the risk of hitting the bottom fork tree, during suspension actuation?
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Re: hardtail with 21's front an back
Reply #10 - 05/04/15 at 16:13:30

Great blog about the XS650 build, very thorough, thanks for posting the link.
The difference between a 21" and a 19" front wheel is only 1", if it were measured between the spindle and the bottom yoke/fork tree, ie. the radius rather than the diameter of the wheel. I believe that if the forks were under maximum pressure (bottomed out) there would be at least a 1" gap between the two, so no worries there Wink

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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #11 - 05/04/15 at 17:31:36 I kinda like the idea of a smaller rear tire with a taller front tire making it lean to the rear and give a laid back ride without changing the angle of the tree. But that's just me....
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Re: hardtail with 21's front an back
Reply #12 - 05/05/15 at 04:35:43

I have a VV hardtail currently installed and am in the process of having wheels built. I'm going for an 18"/21" set up. I will say based on my experience with this hardtail that if you put a 21" on the back it will come very far up in the frame and there won't be practical room for a usable cross member to mount a spring mounted type seat to. You would most likely have to engineer some type of seat mounted directly to the fender. Shouldn't be a problem as its a custom application and everything about it will require some adjusting/ customizing, Just keep in mind things are pretty tight in there.

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LS650THUMPER Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 64 Ma Gender:	Re: hardtail with 21's front an back Reply #13 - 05/06/15 at 19:38:20 you can get longer forks, with out changing the tree !!! franks on line has them.
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