180 Whitewall ??
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Road Captain
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180 Whitewall ??
Hey just wondering if anybody knows if there is a 180 whitewall in a 16. I want to do whitewalls on my Fatbob with Red Rims Red Hubs and silver spokes. I want to do a 150 or 160 front 16 whitewall and keep the 180 rear 16 but cant find a rear 180/70/16 Whitewall only found a 170/80/15 does it not exist? Thanks for the help
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Los11,
I am not sure if you have a FatBob or Street Bob, but I can tell you that if you have a FatBob your lucky in that it has a 16" rear rim where as the Street Bob has a 17" rim and well they do not make a 17" whitewall. I am not trying to insult you or your intelligence, just want to make sure that anyone reading this understands that Street Bobs have 17" rims.
I am not sure on the 180 whitewall. But I can tell you that I did basically everything you are looking to do with my Street Bob. It was a bit of a job considering I had to change my 17" rim to a 16" but it can be done. A note, either way (fat or street) when you do your hubs, take you bearings out. I have had others say not to but I was worried about excesive heat from powdercoating process so I had mine removed and then re-installed.
I went online and found a calc. that will show how you can calc out how much different a size up or down will be from stock.
Anyways, if I can be of any help please pm me.
Good luck and I like what you are going to do.
I am not sure if you have a FatBob or Street Bob, but I can tell you that if you have a FatBob your lucky in that it has a 16" rear rim where as the Street Bob has a 17" rim and well they do not make a 17" whitewall. I am not trying to insult you or your intelligence, just want to make sure that anyone reading this understands that Street Bobs have 17" rims.
I am not sure on the 180 whitewall. But I can tell you that I did basically everything you are looking to do with my Street Bob. It was a bit of a job considering I had to change my 17" rim to a 16" but it can be done. A note, either way (fat or street) when you do your hubs, take you bearings out. I have had others say not to but I was worried about excesive heat from powdercoating process so I had mine removed and then re-installed.
I went online and found a calc. that will show how you can calc out how much different a size up or down will be from stock.
Anyways, if I can be of any help please pm me.
Good luck and I like what you are going to do.
well he also said spokes... i wanted to be sure... just trying to help him out... as i am sure you know fat bobs come with mags... looks like he is planning a complete rim change... in doing so much of the new spoke HD rears that are avail to fit the hubs and bearing sizes he will need are 17s... just trying to help him... would suck to spend the coin and not get what you want
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yeah, i'm assuming he wants aftermarket 16" wheels. because all of HD's wheels won't fit those tire sizes.
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Thanks for the replies, Yeah the SB has the 17 But I have a Fat Bob and want to go with spokes and lose the Mags so I was lookng for a 180/16 Whitewall for the rear cant find one at all, I am gona do a 150 or 160 on the front I can find that in a whitewall or I can just use a rear tire, but for the rear no dice on the damn 180 in a whitewall the best I found was a 170/15 whitewal for the rear not sure if I can do a 15 inch rim on the rear of y Fatbob. Basically my plan is to do Whitewalls a 150 or 160 front with a Chrome rim or maybe a Red rim also want to dish the front fender and go to single rotor, on the Rear I just want to find a Whitewall that will fit back there I dont want to do a 150 that is way to narrow for the FatBob rear. Any suggestions thanks guys.. Here is a pic
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Right they make a 180/65/16 for the RKC I wonder if I can just get it from HD and that would sove the rear issue , the front I can get a Avon or Metz Whitewall in a 150 or 160 and I think I just want to do 60 or 80 spoke in chrome....
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Thanks for the replies, Yeah the SB has the 17 But I have a Fat Bob and want to go with spokes and lose the Mags so I was lookng for a 180/16 Whitewall for the rear cant find one at all, I am gona do a 150 or 160 on the front I can find that in a whitewall or I can just use a rear tire, but for the rear no dice on the damn 180 in a whitewall the best I found was a 170/15 whitewal for the rear not sure if I can do a 15 inch rim on the rear of y Fatbob. Basically my plan is to do Whitewalls a 150 or 160 front with a Chrome rim or maybe a Red rim also want to dish the front fender and go to single rotor, on the Rear I just want to find a Whitewall that will fit back there I dont want to do a 150 that is way to narrow for the FatBob rear. Any suggestions thanks guys.. Here is a pic