sportster front wheel change
#1
09-16-2018, 07:43 PM
sportster front wheel change
New member and new to harleyss but long time rider, now needing a low seat. Just picked up a coastal cruiser project bike 2008 xl1200c. Have hated tubes since first blow out and crash in the 60s, and want to swap the spoked front wheel with a tubeless tire/rim, preferably one l can use present disk rotor to keep the cost down, any tips/traps suggestions are much appreciated. Also hated the way the skinny tire seems to want to slot into the road cracks, drunk bumps. Counter steering also seemed to require a lot more effort than lm used to, think it would handle better with a smaller, 19” ???, rim with a somewhat wider tire, but that just a guess.
thanks and fair winds.
thanks and fair winds.
#2
09-16-2018, 09:33 PM
These links should give you some good information?
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...0-custom-2.htm
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...-a-custom.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...xl1200c-2.html
http://sportsterpedia.com/doku.php/t...k:evo:wheels01
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...0-custom-2.htm
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...-a-custom.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...xl1200c-2.html
http://sportsterpedia.com/doku.php/t...k:evo:wheels01
#3
09-18-2018, 09:11 AM
#5
09-19-2018, 10:50 AM
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New member and new to harleyss but long time rider, now needing a low seat. Just picked up a coastal cruiser project bike 2008 xl1200c. Have hated tubes since first blow out and crash in the 60s, and want to swap the spoked front wheel with a tubeless tire/rim, preferably one l can use present disk rotor to keep the cost down, any tips/traps suggestions are much appreciated. Also hated the way the skinny tire seems to want to slot into the road cracks, drunk bumps. Counter steering also seemed to require a lot more effort than lm used to, think it would handle better with a smaller, 19” ???, rim with a somewhat wider tire, but that just a guess.
thanks and fair winds.
thanks and fair winds.
#6
09-23-2018, 11:24 AM
#7
09-29-2018, 10:04 AM
Rest of the story..., turned out the wonky handling and tracking was more than a sketchy worn tire and my unfamiliarity with the butt rider position, but was due to a failing wheel bearing.
Decided to replace tire w a stock dunlap, and with the new bearings and fork oil, the bike now tracks much better and goes where l want it to. Counter also steering feels much more natural, and should get better once l get the handle bar angle adjusted to my height.
Plan now if l keep the bike, is to locate a 19” tubeless rim before the rear needs to be replaced, and do both at same time, and use the $ a new rim would cost on better rear shocks.
fair winds
Decided to replace tire w a stock dunlap, and with the new bearings and fork oil, the bike now tracks much better and goes where l want it to. Counter also steering feels much more natural, and should get better once l get the handle bar angle adjusted to my height.
Plan now if l keep the bike, is to locate a 19” tubeless rim before the rear needs to be replaced, and do both at same time, and use the $ a new rim would cost on better rear shocks.
fair winds
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