I too had a Rocker C before I bought my Breakout. You need to really learn to ride your bike, this means more than a few weeks. Before you change your tire and go with a 280 tire, take a look at the tire you have on your Rocker right now. Is your tire wear line extending to the sides of your rear tire? If not then you are not leaning into your curves and do not need a wider tire. I came from riding sport bikes and was use to the large rear tires but for your first bike I would not change the tire. Learn the bike. Practice leaning in your turns and watch your wear line. When it extends to the edges of the tires then you are ready to step up to a wider tire. Good luck

 

I totally agree with Wrenchy.


A very good buddy of mine has a 2010 Rocker C. He is a very experienced rider. He went back to the 240 for better handling.


His is all done up from crank to Turbo.


If you plan on just riding around town, go for it, but any more than that, you need to put more hours on it.

 

Thanks to everyone here who shared his experience.

.... so I bought a small scissor lift, assembled it and now checking the best location to locate it under the bike. The purpose is to remove the old rear shocks and install the new progressive ones. These look quite nice with all the finished chrome... its a shame they don't show...

Anyone for some feedback in regards to the axle and trees??

 

No one answered your questions lol.

1- you will need a new axle (longer) if you switch to a 3.5 wide front wheel. This is because you will now have to install wide glide trees in order to fit the wider than stock new front wheel. You don't need to specify that you need a rocker wheel. Just look for wheels for wide glide front ends. That's it. The spacers for the front wheel should be the same as stock. (At least mine were).

2- you don't have to worry about fork length. The raked trees take care of keeping the rake and trail correct. If you're gonna lower the rear then that is going to increase the amount of degrees you will need in your new triple trees. I kept the stock ride height in the back and I believe my trees have a 2 degree rake in them (for some reason I always forget if my trees are 2 or 4 degrees). In any case whoever you order your trees from will tell you how much rake you need based on how big of a front wheel you're putting on and if you're going to lower the rear or not.

I have no experience with either of those two companies you mention as far as your triple trees. I went with HHI trees, they were amazing to work with, great price and their trees are top notch. Not one complaint. They will even provide you with the correct new axle for the rocker. Don't get a breakout axle, it won't work with the rocker's lower fork legs.

Here is a picture of what my rocker looks like right now.

If you like a certain look than go for it man. Like others have said though, just make sure you think your moves through before you spend the money. I've been guilty of buying **** spurt of the moment and then not liking it two months later. You can always sale the stuff you don't end up using but who wants to deal with that.

I wouldn't worry about having a fat tire in the back, I have a 260 on my rocker and I get it to lean pretty far Lolol!!!! All you gotta do is move your *** off the center of the seat in the direction you're turning while you're leaning and the bike WILL lean. That type of riding is not for everyone but I like it.

Good luck dude.

 

I agree. Go with the Dunlop elite 3 250, it's wider than the metzler 260 & just fits the stock set up. That will save you some $$$ for other mods.

I have the Bitchin trees, very good quality but more $ than the HHI, but everything you need is included in the kit. With a 23 go with the 7 degree trees, the rake & trail is good with that set up.