21" wheel on touring models?
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looking for feedback on doin the 21" wheel conversion. what's involved in doin the swap? what wheel combos are you running? 21" front and 18" rear? do you have to re-calibrate the speedo and how do you do it. does the ride and handling change. give me some feedback please!
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looking for feedback on doin the 21" wheel conversion. what's involved in doin the swap? what wheel combos are you running? 21" front and 18" rear? do you have to re-calibrate the speedo and how do you do it. does the ride and handling change. give me some feedback please!
looking for feedback on doin the 21" wheel conversion. what's involved in doin the swap? what wheel combos are you running? 21" front and 18" rear? do you have to re-calibrate the speedo and how do you do it. does the ride and handling change. give me some feedback please!
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wow like i ride my bike and dont have time to do glamour shots of my bike. lookin for someone who has done this to their bike and rides it. searchn isn't any good. want answers from a biker not a yuppie with a bank account. any help mwould be appreciated!
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put a 21" up front with a18" on the back of my street glide,Ido alot of riding and you do feel the road a little more and my speedo is off about 3mph at 60.But the ride is not horrible and the look is killer! If you want a little softer ride go with the 18" up front.
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The 21" up front handles about as good as the 16 did. I made the switch right after getting the bike and have since put about 5000 miles on it in 5 months. This includes riding from Hollister back to Portland (700 miles) in one day.
You might want to back off on the "yuppie" and glamour shots BS. Jeff is a respected member of this forum in my opinion. He did almost of the work on that King by himself. That says a lot to me.
You might want to back off on the "yuppie" and glamour shots BS. Jeff is a respected member of this forum in my opinion. He did almost of the work on that King by himself. That says a lot to me.
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I think it's cool that a "yuppy with a bank account" takes the time to share his joy with a wannabe who wants to look like a yuppie with a bank account but ain't wiling to do the work to become a yuppie with a bank account and also a biker who is ***** to share info.
This forum is more than a well you draw from.....someone has to contribute the answers.......It just so happens that guys who have the answers also have a little bling.
Perhaps a better question for a wannbe is 'how did you become successful and able to afford your bike?", rather than insinuate he doesn't deserve it.
But that's just me and that's how I think.
This forum is more than a well you draw from.....someone has to contribute the answers.......It just so happens that guys who have the answers also have a little bling.
Perhaps a better question for a wannbe is 'how did you become successful and able to afford your bike?", rather than insinuate he doesn't deserve it.
But that's just me and that's how I think.
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I agree with the BZ and Yodaddy... As a "hang around" perhaps you should take more time and get to know the members on this board who have the knowledge and experience of buildin' their own bikes ( like Jeff) and arekind enough to take the time to share it with all of us...As evidenced by the "smiley" he put in his post Jeff was only yanking your chain, he then went on to give you some sound advice... I think you should reread it and think about what your next post in this thread should be...
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RE: 21" wheel on touring models?
ORIGINAL: jjsg77
wow like i ride my bike and dont have time to do glamour shots of my bike. lookin for someone who has done this to their bike and rides it. searchn isn't any good. want answers from a biker not a yuppie with a bank account. any help mwould be appreciated!
wow like i ride my bike and dont have time to do glamour shots of my bike. lookin for someone who has done this to their bike and rides it. searchn isn't any good. want answers from a biker not a yuppie with a bank account. any help mwould be appreciated!
(Like, it took 3 whole minutes for me to read the posts on this thread, and then go to the search function to get my results! That is just, like, beyond unacceptable!) I would help more, but I decided to go with 18" front and rear.