12-10-2015, 05:32 PM | #12 |
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Posted under Blaine, April 29th 2010
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04-28-2016, 07:50 PM | #14 |
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I'm liking the looks of this mod.
Would a Shinko 250 Front MT90-16 fit the bill? |
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05-07-2016, 07:56 PM | #17 |
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Did you raise the front fender Spldart? What size front and rear did you end up going with? Looks like a big boy bike. I like it. I see where you went with a 140/90 on the rear. Should have read more carefully.
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05-07-2016, 08:04 PM | #18 |
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I went with a 1 inch rise on the front fender as to the experienced advice of this threads author.
Oh and I used a dremel to make the new mounting holes. It would be easy to slip a drill and break the plastic fender. Otherwise measure and mark twice so as to dremel once. The mod was easy. I don't see any reason to fear doing it. The only issue, if you can call it that, is you have an unused set of holes in the fender. But they aren't very visible. I highly recommend. Ride is good and it feels more stable leaned over. In fact. You can feel the added height more in hard cornering. I used to scrape pegs occasionally. Now I don't. And to me. JMHO. The oversized front and rear make the bike feel more sure footed. |
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05-07-2016, 08:05 PM | #19 |
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But that's Just My Humble Opinion.
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05-07-2016, 08:12 PM | #20 |
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Oh. And lastly....
A friend looked at the 130 front and the 140 rear and said. "The front looks great but the rear isn't big enough" I kinda agree. The 140 rear isn't 'bigger' enough over the 130 front. I'm gonna look into modding a 150 rear... 'read' figure how to clearance it. |
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