First Heritage Darksider~afaik
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 766
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From: 415/707
What I am liking the most about this mod so far is the increased ride height. I am 6'2 @ 225 lb with a 36" inseam. This thing was too short and dragged everything at the slightest corner due to the PO's mods for her short stature (although she was plenty cute).
I am going with NorCal Dog's approach to maximized ride height with ~20% loaded sag, this rear tire, and 2" front fork tube extensions, along with 17" front dual disc wheel.
I am going with NorCal Dog's approach to maximized ride height with ~20% loaded sag, this rear tire, and 2" front fork tube extensions, along with 17" front dual disc wheel.
the dual disk wheel is really gonna improve the stopping distance also, i recall in a past post that you mentioned that you're getting your rotors from Motorcycle Metal. i'm running their full floating race rotors front & rear, & love em. altho, i think i'm gonna order a 320mm rotor from Howard ( MM ) soon for the front, as they weren't in stock when i ordered
i would HIGHLY RECOMMEND dual 320's up front if you can swing it
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 302
Likes: 4
From: Edmonton, AB, Canada
looking good Brian, the mods that you're doing is going to totally transform the ride & handling of your scoot
the dual disk wheel is really gonna improve the stopping distance also, i recall in a past post that you mentioned that you're getting your rotors from Motorcycle Metal. i'm running their full floating race rotors front & rear, & love em. altho, i think i'm gonna order a 320mm rotor from Howard ( MM ) soon for the front, as they weren't in stock when i ordered
i would HIGHLY RECOMMEND dual 320's up front if you can swing it
the dual disk wheel is really gonna improve the stopping distance also, i recall in a past post that you mentioned that you're getting your rotors from Motorcycle Metal. i'm running their full floating race rotors front & rear, & love em. altho, i think i'm gonna order a 320mm rotor from Howard ( MM ) soon for the front, as they weren't in stock when i ordered
i would HIGHLY RECOMMEND dual 320's up front if you can swing it
It'll be the only Heritage that can pull a stoppie!
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 90
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From: Tunas, Missouri
On my '05 Deluxe the rear fender is about 7" and the Metzler is 6", leaving 1/2" on each side. I think someone said the Austone was more rounded so I was wondering where the widest part of the tire is? The Metzler is widest at the tread so if the ct is wider lower down it would help out.
Hope this question makes sense, tryin to decide if it will fit my bike!
Cruiser
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 153
Likes: 0
From: Livingson, Texas
Where is the 6 5/8" measurement at, how far down from the top of the tire?
On my '05 Deluxe the rear fender is about 7" and the Metzler is 6", leaving 1/2" on each side. I think someone said the Austone was more rounded so I was wondering where the widest part of the tire is? The Metzler is widest at the tread so if the ct is wider lower down it would help out.
Hope this question makes sense, tryin to decide if it will fit my bike!
On my '05 Deluxe the rear fender is about 7" and the Metzler is 6", leaving 1/2" on each side. I think someone said the Austone was more rounded so I was wondering where the widest part of the tire is? The Metzler is widest at the tread so if the ct is wider lower down it would help out.
Hope this question makes sense, tryin to decide if it will fit my bike!
The widest part is 6 5/8" on a 4" rim.
Check your fender bolts on the inside,
you will probably have to go with T-Nuts on the inside.
On the Heritage ('05) the closest clearance is at the left top fender edge, not the belt, but that's the next closest. I had no contact anywhere with the Comtrac and it's the same width as the Austone. Let us know what you come up with; I did a lot of careful measuring myself.
Last edited by Quadancer; Jan 5, 2012 at 08:17 AM.
I think it got a bit worse with the Fatboy wheels I put on. The trick is doing everything at once, so I used my bike jack, lowering it on the slow valve just a tap at a time whilst holding the caliper with one hand, the wheel with the other, and fitting the axle spacer in with your third arm simultaneously.
Simple.
Simple.
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6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 13
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From: Hawaii
The long-awaited and much-anticipated anti-climactic limited-edition director's-cut Darksider Tire Movie!!!!!
Excelsior Stahl Sport Radial on FLSTSCI
And as you can see and will be able to see if you click on one of the similar films on youtube done with a motorcycle tire, the contact patch of this particular car tire is a bit larger than a motorcycle tire, keeping at least half the tread pattern on the ground at all times (while ALL of it is available for braking!), while a motorcycle tire is designed to only use about a third at a time. The tire doesn't have as much flex as if feels like to me when I'm riding on it, but also, as you can see, the tire DOES NOT roll up on the sidewall. I can testify that I've been riding it for enough miles now that if concrete had been scrubbing on the sidewall any at all, I would be seeing evidence of it on the side of the tire near the edge of the tread, and I'm not. As most on this site who have ridden with me know, I live to scrape my boards off, so rest assured that max lean angle of my bike is regularly achieved, at all speeds. In fact, near the end of the video, I was cornering and hit a bump that compressed the suspension enough to hit the camera, which remains at a slight angle until the end.
Now, the video is a bit longer than I should have required to make the point, but I've been desperate to get this done for months now, and Hawaii traffic, as I've often complained, makes doing anything like this nearly impossible. I edited out over 15 minutes of sitting at traffic lights behind brain-dead idiots who want to stare at the green light for 10 seconds before they pull their heads out and get the hell on, as it is...
(I shot this with my new GoPro Hero2 camera and edited with MP4Cam2AVI v2.98 and VirtualDub 1.9.11 to maintain at least 720p.)
Excelsior Stahl Sport Radial on FLSTSCI
And as you can see and will be able to see if you click on one of the similar films on youtube done with a motorcycle tire, the contact patch of this particular car tire is a bit larger than a motorcycle tire, keeping at least half the tread pattern on the ground at all times (while ALL of it is available for braking!), while a motorcycle tire is designed to only use about a third at a time. The tire doesn't have as much flex as if feels like to me when I'm riding on it, but also, as you can see, the tire DOES NOT roll up on the sidewall. I can testify that I've been riding it for enough miles now that if concrete had been scrubbing on the sidewall any at all, I would be seeing evidence of it on the side of the tire near the edge of the tread, and I'm not. As most on this site who have ridden with me know, I live to scrape my boards off, so rest assured that max lean angle of my bike is regularly achieved, at all speeds. In fact, near the end of the video, I was cornering and hit a bump that compressed the suspension enough to hit the camera, which remains at a slight angle until the end.
Now, the video is a bit longer than I should have required to make the point, but I've been desperate to get this done for months now, and Hawaii traffic, as I've often complained, makes doing anything like this nearly impossible. I edited out over 15 minutes of sitting at traffic lights behind brain-dead idiots who want to stare at the green light for 10 seconds before they pull their heads out and get the hell on, as it is...
(I shot this with my new GoPro Hero2 camera and edited with MP4Cam2AVI v2.98 and VirtualDub 1.9.11 to maintain at least 720p.)
