18" vs 19" inch rims

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Big Rich said:
Why not lower the front 1/2"? For all "non track racing" testing purposes, it's pretty similar to raising the rear 1/2". If you like the way it handles, buy shocks that are 1/2" longer. I really think there is way too much thought going into this.....

And decreasing fuel economy? Your right wrist has more to do with fuel economy than running a 19" rear tire.
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I like to get things right, whenever I modify something and no thought goes into it in my experience things go wrong along the way.

I'm getting new rims anyhow so raising the rear to 19" seems obvious, 19 inch rims are better looking.
 
As has been suggested, the difference will be negligible on the street. You won't notice any difference in handling or fuel mileage with the 19" rear.

Tire availability and possible clearance issues might be your only concerns, IMO.
 
If we would have got off to a better start i would probubly have given you a set of high shoulder 19' hoops i have
 
bradj said:
If we would have got off to a better start i would probubly have given you a set of high shoulder 19' hoops i have
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Yea... I think even gratis the US-UK shipping would still have made it cheaper for me to get them over here, also I'm after stainless only + I didn't start the slandering of British bikes, which really were the pinnacle of the motorcycling golden age in their time, until their depressing decline and the rise of the soulless plastic jap which was hardly an example of good business ethics or honesty.

Again don't want to get into it here, but before the Japs started innovating bike design they did a lot of industrial espionage often government backed (see Sangyo Supai), you Americans should know, one of the best known cases was when the US government sued the Jap government for stealing IBM secrets in the 70s, right before Jap tech companies began to boom, no coincidence.
 
Encabulator said:
Yea... I think even gratis the US-UK shipping would still have made it cheaper for me to get them over here, also I'm after stainless only + I didn't start the slandering of British bikes, which really were the pinnacle of the motorcycling golden age in their time, until their depressing decline and the rise of the soulless plastic jap which was hardly an example of good business ethics or honesty.

Again don't want to get into it here , but before the Japs started innovating bike design they did a lot of industrial espionage often government backed (see Sangyo Supai), you Americans should know, one of the best known cases was when the US government sued the Jap government for stealing IBM secrets in the 70s, right before Jap tech companies began to boom, no coincidence.
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Buddy. I think you're the "pot calling the kettle black" right here when it comes to slander.

Not cool pal... not cool.




If you don't want to "get into it", why did you? :eek:

Shame on you. :(
 
Odd...the sohc Honda racers all ran 18/18. Gotta tell you something.
But how about instead of an Internet pissing match you get some base line lap times as the bike sits, then swap to the 19/19 combo and re test
 
If its nothing more the an art projects and you like "the look" then anti up and do the swap

Less web.....more shop my friend
 
Religion, oil and now rim size - never thought discussion of rim diameter would be the source of such debate :)
 
This...

bradj said:
I didnt know you were in england ill keep them. were done here
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...and then this??

Buddy. I think you're the "pot calling the kettle black" right here when it comes to slander.

Not cool pal... not cool.
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First of all I don't want your free rims you can stick them. 2nd of all I'm not sure how I've slandered Japanese bikes, I do like some of them and I own two! That doesn't stop the fact that Japan had an institutional program of industrial espionage in the 50s and 60s, maybe you should read some books on "Sangyo Supai" before commenting, it was an official profession in Japan*, if it was slander the US governement wouldn't have sued the Japanese government for IBM in the 70s! Not to mention Suzuki pioneered 2 stroke technology stolen from east germany etc. etc. Need I go on?

Find me a case where Britain stole foreign technology in the biking industry, there are many factual examples on the Jap side. Thats not to say they didn't innovate eventually and the British didn't get complacent.

I'm done here, thanks for trolling about Brit bikes then acting like I started it.

No beef against Americans from my side, clear problem with Britain from a few on your side.

*Industrial Espionage and Trade Secrets by Martin Sable
 
Encabulator said:
Find me a case where Britain stole foreign technology in the biking industry, there are many factual examples on the Jap side. Thats not to say they didn't innovate eventually and the British didn't get complacent.

*Industrial Espionage and Trade Secrets by Martin Sable
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You sir should follow Formula One!....lol

Find me a brit bike that doesn't leak oil....or one that has all of the Lucas smoke still in the harness.

BS generalizations are meaningless.
 
Maybe "slander" was the wrong term my friend, but you've been "slagging" for all you're worth. You stated that you, "didn't want to get into it", then proceeded to do just that. :(

Take a deep breath and relax...




What Tim said. :eek:
 
A few fun dates ill bring up is January 30 1972, may 5 1981 there is many many many more. i could mention but im sure 5 seconds of research will clue you in on my troubles. the fact is the brits have took plenty. i was tring to help but from here it looks like you know the anwser to your own question befor you asked it. So if you want ta build a bsa outta a honda great at least it will start
 
Find me a case where Britain stole foreign technology


I cannot say for sure but the early Triumph triple , from the side, looks remarkably like the Yamaha XS
 
It may not have technically been theft, but BSA's most successful motorcycle (the Bantam) was not designed in England.

Crazy
 
stroker crazy said:
It may not have technically been theft, but BSA's most successful motorcycle (the Bantam) was not designed in England.

Crazy
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Neither was Harley's 125. It wasn't per se a stolen design. Germany lost the war and that particular design to the victors. As it turned out for war ravaged Europe it was a great design to get that part of the world rolling again.



Tripler. The Triumph triple came out in '68. The XS Yamaha made its debut in '71. Futuristic mind reading theft?
 
I am referring to the 750/885 of 89, i believe. Yamaha brought that engine out in 76 as the GX750
 
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