21" front wheel?
Road Captain
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You can keep the dual brakes. If you go with custom floating rotors, rims and tires it will set you back about 3 grand. Try Hogpro...you should be able to just "waller" out the mounting holes on the front fender and have plenty of clearance...atleast I did.
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I may regret it, but not selling anything right away, as I've learned, but moving to a 140/70/18 18x3.5 from my 21" Czar Eclipse as soon as they arrive. I have enjoyed the 21" front wheel tire setup with an 18x4.25 rear end and Race Tech lowered front end (1"). I would never call it a bad ride or anything close to undesirable as some might suggest, BUT I also would never say that the ride is as good as the stock 16's due to the decreased sidewall etc. The handling is good, but I wouldn't call it great due to the fact that bike wants to right itself straight up vs a good lean. It does handle wide sweepers very nicely. Slow speed maneuvers aren't nearly as good, but not something one can't get used to pretty quickly, however I still miss the ability to throw the bike around a bit more aggressively with the smaller tires. I did not like having to lower the front end 1" and fought it, but knew it was necessary to balance the bike with the 21x18 setup. With the Race Tech kit and dual valve cartridge emulators, it is a very nice ride, (much nicer than I expected). but still is firmer than I prefer on a bagger. I guess lastly, I've grown a little tired of the thinner tire look on a bagger and beginning to prefer the fatter tire look the 18" provides. I will agree that there is no comparison as to which bike is the most striking, but there are plenty of good examples of striking bikes with dual 18"s. So I'll be adding the inch that I lost with the 21", installing the new RC Components 18" as soon as it gets in, and seeing for myself if it gives me the "bagger" feel and compromise I'm looking for. Honestly if it doesn't, I'll sell the whole package fairly cheap and put the stock wheels and tires back on for that real FAT old bagger look.
Yes there will be differences, but if the look is more important than the ride characteristics of your bike; go for the 21" & 18" wheels.
I would definately get an Air Ride System for the rear and lower your front end at least 1".
Good luck and ride safe!
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I am not sure I would change the wheel diameter if you have ABS. Anyone running different wheels with ABS? Seems like ABS measure wheel rotational speed and the diameter would throw the computer algorithm off but I am not sure. Anyone???
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Not sure what that means exactly. How would they know unless they tested it in some fashion and understood the software in the ABS system??? I thought the ABS system measured rotational speed somehow multiple times per second and certainly wheel diameter would affect rotating speed. My guess is that it does not recalibrate itself and it will be working less than optimum with a larger (or smaller) wheel. Just a guess but I would like to hear from a brakes engineer or somebody who knows more about ABS systems.
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Not sure what that means exactly. How would they know unless they tested it in some fashion and understood the software in the ABS system??? I thought the ABS system measured rotational speed somehow multiple times per second and certainly wheel diameter would affect rotating speed. My guess is that it does not recalibrate itself and it will be working less than optimum with a larger (or smaller) wheel. Just a guess but I would like to hear from a brakes engineer or somebody who knows more about ABS systems.
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