Author Topic: First question of many: Wheels & Brakes  (Read 3677 times)

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Re: First question of many: Wheels & Brakes
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2012, 10:30:25 PM »
I don't know if there are many 18" tyre options available unlike 17" so you could be looking at a overall size change.

Measure the width between the swingarm at the widest point of your tyre to give you some idea of the max you can get into there.

A reasonable start point maybe (if you want spoked wheels) would be to go with an F1 rear wheel and have a wider rim laced to it or even a K7 17inch rim if suitable.

Unless you have a reasonable skill for this sort of mod you may not get too far without some fairly involved changes.

Saw in a recent USA retro bike mag a CB650 with a modified rear comstar to make it much wider, think he had the rim machined off to leave just the centre, then a bespoke wider rim welded to the remainder.

 

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