Both wheels mounted on the bike pics added.

[joshr08]

Thanks again everyone for the comments.  There is a writeup that i had put in the wiki.  Now that was wrote before i did my front tire and i found a few tricks that seemed to make things go alot faster on the second wheel. You all know the story it takes you 6 hours the first time and 25 mins the second and 10 the time after that.  So i will be making a few changes to the write up in the next week or so but for the most part its a very good starter for anyone that wants to do this to there rims.


http://wiki.gstwins.com/index.php?n=Upgrades.PolishTires

[joshr08]

Ok well i went and got the tires mounted andeverything today and put back on the bike.  160/60-17 rear 120/60-17 front.  First off I would like to state for the record "I dont recommend putting a shinko raven 160/60-17 on this bike".  It was very very very tight.  I got it all in and aligned but for this style tire 150 is the widest i would go.  I had to space out the sprocket 1/8 of an inch and bend the heck out of the brake torque arm.  The pics arent the best but i cant take the bike outside to get good pics.  With this tire setup and a katana rear shock center stand is pretty much useless now.  So i will be pulling it off one of these days too.

[ohgood]

Ok well i went and got the tires mounted andeverything today and put back on the bike.  160/60-17 rear 120/60-17 front.  First off I would like to state for the record "I dont recommend putting a shinko raven 160/60-17 on this bike".  It was very very very tight.  I got it all in and aligned but for this style tire 150 is the widest i would go.  I had to space out the sprocket 1/8 of an inch and bend the heck out of the brake torque arm.  The pics arent the best but i cant take the bike outside to get good pics.  With this tire setup and a katana rear shock center stand is pretty much useless now.  So i will be pulling it off one of these days too.

did you space out the front sprocket also, or did you find a reference online that stated 1/8" out of alignment was ok ?

i wonder about that part. there are likely 100,000 bikes going down the road with the rear wheel mis-aligned...

[joshr08]

i havent spaced out the front sprocket yet.  i have to figure out how to do that still.

[bucks1605]

Looks great man 

I never spaced my front sprocket out. Turd doesn't mention it specifically, but he does respond to a question posed by gsjack later in the thread. Here's his response.

"Indeed, I did forget to mention sprocket alignment.  I only moved the rear sprocket outward just over 1/16", and I did not move the front sprocket at all.  The chainline on this bike is approaching 2 feet long.  I honestly believe that there will be no adverse effects from the chainline changing 3/32" over 2 feet.  Never-the-less, I will be keeping an eye on chain/sprocket wear."

You did have to shim yours out further than that though.

[joshr08]

well ill keep an eye on everything and if it needs it ill shim the front

[Bluehaze]

very very nice.. thanks for the write up.  dammit one more thing to do.... when will it all end.

[joshr08]

  i dont think it will ever end as there is always something else to do to the bike.  more ideas always popping in before the project im working on is competed.

[jetboy287]

That looks really good bub keep up the good work i may have to steal you're idea for the wheels

[joshr08]

you cant steal it but you can read about it and do it if you like theres a polish rrims write up i did on the wiki.

[GI_JO_NATHAN]

Looks great! Good job!

[Lukewarm Wilson]

How does it ride now?

[joshr08]

thanks for the  i dont know how it ride temps back down in the lower 20s again last night and snow.  prolly wont have it out on the road for a few weeks yet.

[Y2K6GS500F]

Looks great, Nice job!