Recent content by Ahks

I'm beginning t think that. :( Dammit I never really looked at the tire availability for street only applications on a 21" wheel. It would seem there's quite a bit more available than I had thought :p Original size was a 2.75x21. What about running 90/90-21 street rubber and a 110/90-18 out...

The bike is a factory enduro and came with a 21" up front. I want access 100% street rubber. On a budget, had a rear wheel laying around, laced up that hoop to the front hub using the "short" spokes from the 21" and some spokes from the original rear hub lacing. I think I need to talk to...

I'm done digging my own hole... The tangent that lead to the initial typing of that was with regards to tire tech. And my hand just kept digging the hole with no regard to chassis tech, or the fact that it's a 30yr old chassis... Now wheres the embarrassed emoticon? :-[ I'll be taking some...

Very good points. And points well taken. I'll do some research into my suspension geometry and see if there's anything I can do for it with the resources available. I'm not interested in turning this bike into a Sumo or even a very capable canyon carver. My use of this guy will be back roads...

And thank you :)

Whats the proper way to measure wheel width? Bead to bead? I'm fairly certain I have room for some tire in there. Is that reason because they didn't have the benefit of another 30 years of R&D? If I only cared about what the OEMs did I'd probably be a sheople driving down the road with blinders...

Can't find an answer via google, which is strange. I've got a 76 honda xl250 that I'm converting for street use. Nothing fancy, just want good road rubber for 100% back roads street cruising. The specs call for a 4.00-18 on the rear. I've laced a rear hoop to my front hub. What size tire...