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8th June 2012
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,064 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200N Sportster/Buell Year: 2008
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200 rear tire with 18" or 19" rim?
Anybody running this and Have pics? I know there's going to be work involved but I'd like to see what it looks like on a sportster. Thanks
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8th June 2012
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 621 Sportster/Buell Model: 1963 and 1969 XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1969 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xls1000 sportster Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1981 Other Motorcycle Model: xlh 1000 75th Anniversary Other Motorcycle Year: 1978
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Its not going to happen with a stock swingarm. I run a 19'' rear with a 120 tire on it and i only have about a 1/4'' gap between the sides of the tires and the inside front of the swingarm. This is as close as I would go, since the tire will swell at speed.
The swingarm gets pretty skinny in the front where it bolts to the frame.
If you are going the custom swingarm route, I'm sure someone can make you one thats extra wide. I'm not sure that the standard 200 conversion swingarms would work for a 19'', they still taper down and are pretty skinny in the front where it joins the frame.
*EDIT* I'm speaking about the 1979-2003 style swingarms. I have no idea what the measurements of a rubber-mount swingarm are, but judging from pictures they get pretty narrow in the font too. Sorry, I replied to your thread before I saw that you have a rubber-mount.
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14th June 2012
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Thompsons Corner, MD
Posts: 1,046 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Flat Track Racer Sportster/Buell Year: 2002 Sportster/Buell Model #2: RIP 1200S Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1999
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 81Fe
Its not going to happen with a stock swingarm. I run a 19'' rear with a 120 tire on it and i only have about a 1/4'' gap between the sides of the tires and the inside front of the swingarm. This is as close as I would go, since the tire will swell at speed.
The swingarm gets pretty skinny in the front where it bolts to the frame.
If you are going the custom swingarm route, I'm sure someone can make you one thats extra wide. I'm not sure that the standard 200 conversion swingarms would work for a 19'', they still taper down and are pretty skinny in the front where it joins the frame.
*EDIT* I'm speaking about the 1979-2003 style swingarms. I have no idea what the measurements of a rubber-mount swingarm are, but judging from pictures they get pretty narrow in the font too. Sorry, I replied to your thread before I saw that you have a rubber-mount.
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What tire do you run on the 19" rear? How wide is the rim? I have a 19" rear with a 27.5" flat track tire on it and want to get a street tire that is around the same size.
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19th June 2012
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 3,196 Sportster/Buell Model: Buell S1 Sportster/Buell Year: 1997 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Buell S2T Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1996 Other Motorcycle Model: Moto Guzzi California Other Motorcycle Year: 2003
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Huge rear tires are for looks on these bikes. The cause the bike to handle poorly and it takes so much hp to turn them you can measure the loss on a dyno.
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19th June 2012
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 621 Sportster/Buell Model: 1963 and 1969 XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1969 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xls1000 sportster Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1981 Other Motorcycle Model: xlh 1000 75th Anniversary Other Motorcycle Year: 1978
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I laced my rear wheel myself. Its a stock Sportster rear hub with a stock sportster 19'' front rim laced to it. My tire is about 25'' tall anda bout 110mm wide.
Its is the Avon speedmaster 19'' Rear. It looks sweet but isnt very sticky...
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20th June 2012
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,463 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Sportster/Buell Year: 2013 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL883C … long gone Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDB … gone! Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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This has nothing to do with Buell photos; moving to (Sportster) 'Tires, Wheels, and Brakes'.
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24th June 2012
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Greasemonkey
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 104 Sportster/Buell Model: sportster Sportster/Buell Year: 1997
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saw a vidio on youtube of a guy with an iron that put a 200 on using a different rim went to chain for clearance and wider fender he had a how to on there,from what i gather the rubbermount swingarms are already wider than on my 97 but im not sure dont take it as stone !!!!
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