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Ok I give whats on front , the back dose not look bad how much side wall do ya need on a wing .
Do they need to brake in like bike tires?
XSively
Bruce
Bruce Gerken
'79 XS1100SF
"The Black"
'2009 BMW k1300GT'
The Red Sled.
St.Augustine (354-430 AD) wrote,"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page . Well motorcycles turn the book of the world into a page turner. That is often impossible to put down. -
Hey Dragonrider
Aren’t the arrows supposed to point up.
Looks like you got it mounted 90 degree out
Also looks like it could follow two grooves/lines at once
mroComment
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Standard Bridgestone on the front.
You'd be surprised at how that wing can lean. The new model ones kick butt!
(not on the sidewall though. the tire deformes and keeps more than half the tread on the ground, even at max lean. Bigger contact patch than stock tire)Comment
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to bad you cant do that to the xs 1100 and if you could what size tire would you use79 yamaha xs1100f standard
best 1/4 mile 13.282@99.40Comment
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I have seen the new wings in flight and they fly really well.talk abought bad influence come to GA in oct 15-16 and ride with Marty A ,TC Sixty six ,Brent ,Ralph ,Rob and myslef. Last year was the first time that I seen Marty drag the mulffer on a FZ! TC allways dragon this mulffer with a 4" over front end give him more ground clearnce.Any how come to twos. tell the misses that we go to NC.
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BruceBruce Gerken
'79 XS1100SF
"The Black"
'2009 BMW k1300GT'
The Red Sled.
St.Augustine (354-430 AD) wrote,"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page . Well motorcycles turn the book of the world into a page turner. That is often impossible to put down.Comment
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Scraping the bottom of the barrel....roll/turn!
Hey Bruce,
I resemble that remark...
I plan on raising the bar.....the bar on my center stand that is.....
along with my megaphone to get a bit more ground and lean clearance. The sound of the scraping parts interferes with my "tunes"!!
T. C. Gresham
81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
History shows again and again,
How nature points out the folly of men!Comment
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TC needs to keep that bar lowered about 4 inches so that he's only a couple inches above us riding! Besides.... that scraping sound is cool to everyone around you... doesn't cost US a penny! Eventually you will open a hole in the bottom of your megaphone and get more power! lol.
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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I have heard of this, I just assumed it was nuts! Nice FAQ on the subject by the way...
(follow darkside link) For a heavy cruiser like that it may not be nuts at all, I think you changed my mind. Will stick with bike tires on the lighter corner carving bikes though.
Gary Granger
Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille TuonoComment
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Back to the thread
Dan...that rocks. I hope enough people start doing this to force MC tire makers to pick their feet up. However I doubt they will.
So many people are utterly superstitious about bike tires and oil and such. I mean they worship their tires and oil like the totem of some primitive religion. I know... I used to be guilty of it.
Oil well (Texan for "oh well")...thanks for the article. If I rode a Wing or a Valk I would be riding on the "Darkside".
CgComment
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So what you're saying.. is you no longer worship these things?? Boy... I will knock on wood, kneel and pray to my oil level glass god, and dance three times around my wooden oil derrick shrine while chanting, to appease the oil and tire gods for your blasphemous words.... oh wait... I remember I used regular oil on my last change too! Disregard... carry on!So many people are utterly superstitious about bike tires and oil and such. I mean they worship their tires and oil like the totem of some primitive religion. I know... I used to be guilty of it.
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Uh oh...the bike gods are going to sent Maximan to carb hell for his blasphemy...or make him drop his bike at a rally. Ohhh...too late!"Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."Comment
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