18" Rear wheel
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Thanks for the help
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OK I know this is gonna sound like a stupid question, but I have been wondering for a long time, other that the "look" do these larger rims improve the ride and/or handling over the stock wheel size?
I really have been drooling over the Hogpro Matrix wheels.
Hopefully be able to jump on them sometime next summer, but until then doing my homework.
I really have been drooling over the Hogpro Matrix wheels.
Hopefully be able to jump on them sometime next summer, but until then doing my homework.
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OK I know this is gonna sound like a stupid question, but I have been wondering for a long time, other that the "look" do these larger rims improve the ride and/or handling over the stock wheel size?
I really have been drooling over the Hogpro Matrix wheels.
Hopefully be able to jump on them sometime next summer, but until then doing my homework.
I really have been drooling over the Hogpro Matrix wheels.
Hopefully be able to jump on them sometime next summer, but until then doing my homework.
I prefer my 21" front wheel on my bagger and find that the shape of the tire, tire compound, looks of the wheel etc change the handling characteristics of the bike to something that I much prefer. It sits a little higher in the front which gives me more ground clearance, the 120/70/21 tire is much more round than the stock 130 tire thus the bike falls into corners easier, and the compound and tread pattern of the tire is much better which makes a huge difference in the handling of the bike.
Some guys like to lower the front end 1" when they add a 21" wheel as the bike sits a little higher with the 21" in the front but I prefer the added ground clearance.
When I added a 21" on my softail after a while I decided to lower the front end 1" but I rode it without lowering it for about a year. I think the lowering has more to do with looks than handling and performance as a softail already sits low and has minimal ground clearance.
The idea of lowering the bike is to bring the steering geometry back into stock spec but your results will vary as all of this is very subjective.
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Beautiful bike... Did you use Diamond Back tire to add the WWW to your rear tire? Has the perfect size WWW for my taste. Not too thin and not as thick as my current 16" WWWs
I am adding Black Bike Wheels aluminum 60 Spoke 18 x 4.25 rear and 18 x 3.5 front and want to run a Avon Cobra or ME 888 150/70/18 and 130/70/18 WWW so I have to have them made.