gijoe13844
Coast to Coast
VonYinzer said:
Performance machines, in the flesh.
Kinda like this look haha...but man that is a death trap...
21" REAR wheel - PICS please!
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Kinda like this look haha...but man that is a death trap...
Rich Ard said:
Legit question:
would a 130 tire that is wider than stock but only .6" larger OD vastly reduce the performance?
The 21" wheels thing is an experiment...and if I like it and it performs well enough for casual riding...then I'll keep it.
gijoe13844
Coast to Coast
VonYinzer said:
The normal excuse for bad or unsafe design
Ha!
Going to depend on a number of factors, though - are you bringing the swingarm up as well, and changing the suspension to boot? How is the larger rear tire going to affect your front end?
Are you using rims that are set up to take that wide a tire?
Going to depend on a number of factors, though - are you bringing the swingarm up as well, and changing the suspension to boot? How is the larger rear tire going to affect your front end?
Are you using rims that are set up to take that wide a tire?
You guys realize I haven't actually built this bike yet, right? 
These are just ideas, at this point. And I understand what you guys are saying about safety in design and I do value my own life...so safety is my concern as well. The idea was for me to decided for myself if the aesthetic was worth the effort...before pursuing a design to pull it off.
My buddies VTX 1800 has power to spare...and at 9'6" long...and tires around 30" OD...it performs great for what it was intended to do. Not all bikes are specifically designed to knee drag thru the canyons but are still very safe to ride.
In reality, I see more injured (or worse) riders from riding bikes that out perform their own skills as a rider than visa versa. My body shop mechanic recently killed himself on his 1098...and my neighbor is permentantly disabled after an accident on his 996...arguably some of the best performing bikes ever built. This is a pretty common theme in the biking world here in California...
These are just ideas, at this point. And I understand what you guys are saying about safety in design and I do value my own life...so safety is my concern as well. The idea was for me to decided for myself if the aesthetic was worth the effort...before pursuing a design to pull it off.My buddies VTX 1800 has power to spare...and at 9'6" long...and tires around 30" OD...it performs great for what it was intended to do. Not all bikes are specifically designed to knee drag thru the canyons but are still very safe to ride.
In reality, I see more injured (or worse) riders from riding bikes that out perform their own skills as a rider than visa versa. My body shop mechanic recently killed himself on his 1098...and my neighbor is permentantly disabled after an accident on his 996...arguably some of the best performing bikes ever built. This is a pretty common theme in the biking world here in California...
1fasgsxr
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Those guys who lost their life ...while very sad yes...were probably in way over their head ...people seem to forget how fast new sport bikes are...few of us have the skill to operate them to the capabilities of the bike...so if you don't go over your skill set then you should have few problems...other than the obvious things beyond our control...ie other idiots in cars, animals, stuff in the road (which if your not in over your head you should be able to avoid)etc...so imagine being on a bike with a more powerful engine, altered suspension, and a way oversized and skinny tire hanging out the rear...not trying to be an ass.....just keeping it real
Topoisomerase
Active Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzeKwKwvn_Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3pjt2CjX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpT-Umijp-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3pjt2CjX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpT-Umijp-k
And there you have it. It's a fashion, a fad and in most countries probably illegal because it dis-improves functionality. But in this country it's Ok to build 20 foot long 600 pound choppers that are barely rideable, or "cafe racers" with hacked frames and poorly lengthened swingarms and I guess that the Darwin awards are alive and well.
There apparently is no law that stops people from converting a modern bike into one that looks and preforms like something out of the thirties or earlier but operates in current road conditions with modern power. It's a sort of devolution of the species and I guess that has a place in society. Is there a place for the small number of people who want to live in some sort of re-imagining the past where they can try to capture the romanticism of the era in some way? Probably.
There apparently is no law that stops people from converting a modern bike into one that looks and preforms like something out of the thirties or earlier but operates in current road conditions with modern power. It's a sort of devolution of the species and I guess that has a place in society. Is there a place for the small number of people who want to live in some sort of re-imagining the past where they can try to capture the romanticism of the era in some way? Probably.