Im thinking of going with 18" rims front and back, with black hubs, stainless spokes and black rims.
Front tire would be a 110-90-18 on a 2.75x18 rim and wouls be 114 mm, I have about (4.5") 114.3 mm between my front fender. this will be very close. I dont want to have to make a custom fender.
Ive only used metzeler for tire sizes, they had the easy chart to read.
The rear would be a 160/60-18 and would be 159mm wide on a 4.25x18 rim, should be no problem. I was looking for a 5" rim but didnt find one, that would let me use the 160 with a better chance of getting a 180 on if I decide to change the rear fender.
I love the storz look, but need a passanger seat and way to haul luggage. I thought of cutting a passager seat into a storz type rear fender.
Im just trying to plan out my bike without buying parts I wont use later.:rolleyes: I will probally go to a chain drive in the rear, for looks, and for clearance if I used a 180 tire.Alos looking at progressive 418s, 12-13.5? Ill probally have to think about this for a few weeks, everything works together so much that you need to know what you want. :helpsign

All of your choices are workable... a 110 tire should fit under your front fender. That having been said, 0.3mm is not enough clearance, since it's really 0.15mm at either side. I'd be looking for at least a couple of mm on either side, (and at the top) myself. Remember that tires will expand/deform from centrifugal forces at higher speeds.

You'll need to have your hubs anodised or coated, since they don't come in black. Not worth it if you ask me, given that you'll have rotors and pulleys/sprockets obscuring them for the most part.

Excel makes a 5.5" rim, which might be a better choice for a 180 tire, but that's more tire than you could ever use, in my opinion. These bikes just don't make enough power to need that much rubber. If you decide to do it, a chain conversion is going to be required.

Like I said, there's nothing you're contemplating that can't be done.

Best regards,

Not meaning to hi-jack this thread, but...

¿What is the advantage of 18" rims on the front & back verses the stock combination of 16" rear & 19" front? Hence I'm refering to a Roadster.

JB

State-of-the-art thinking in terms of handling/performance is to have 2 tires with similar circumference, and if there is a bias, it is that the rear is slightly larger in diameter. Back in the '80s there was a flirtation with smaller front wheels, but these days all of the factories run 17" front and rear.

The question is more properly "what is the advantage of a 16" rear and 19" front versus 2 tires/wheels of more similar size?" The answer is: "none."

These tire/wheel combos became popular back in the '70s as a styling exercise. I'm a little foggy on some of the names, but remember the KZ1000 "LTD" or simliar, XS650 "special" and "heritage" etc? There were a bunch of them. It arose out of the drag racing (& thereby chopper) look of the day, contemporary popular "art," among a host of other factors, and has since been abandoned by pretty much everyone except HD and its imitators. Remember also that the Sportster didn't get a 16" rear wheel as standard until 1980, but the XS650 Special had been around for a couple of years with it's small rear wheel.

I would also like to go to 18" rims on a 2006 883 R but don't know what hubs to use as Harley won't sell just the hubs without the whole wheel.I would prefere spokes but would consider cast wheels that were better priced than PM wheels. Any thoughts?? regards Paul

I would also like to go to 18" rims on a 2006 883 R but don't know what hubs to use as Harley won't sell just the hubs without the whole wheel.I would prefere spokes but would consider cast wheels that were better priced than PM wheels. Any thoughts?? regards Paul

You should be able to order just the hubs. Double check, but I think part #43629-00A is a dual flange narrow glide hub. Get the part numbers you need and you can price them at either of these two places.

http://www.chicagoharley.com

http://www.zanottimotor.com

You can put a 18" rear wheel with a 180 without running a chain, you can run a 20mm belt...............

does the sprocket cover still need to be spaced outward if useing a 20mm belt.
what about if I switched to chain?

Go to the Storz .com , click on whats new scroll down to the black late model sporty with 18 inch wheels on both ends. This is not there xr1200. It's a stock looking 883.

can you give me a link to the site, i keep getting something else.

okay, i found the site.
that black one is only running a 140.
it also says that you cant run a 180 with a stock fender.
jesse85 is....
whats the deal??
back to my initial question.
if i'm running a 180 with a chain ,would it still be necessary to offset the front sprocket cover?
by the way , i have a 96 xl 1200