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Author Topic: What a great bike...  (Read 4096 times)

Offline Semper Gumby

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Re: What a great bike...
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2010, 07:53:32 PM »
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Semper:  John has Kenda's on there.  I actually have a brand new, unmounted rear tire which says: Kenda K270 6P - 450-18.

The rear one is really too wide, as the outer knobs on the right side can rub on the swingarm a bit when cornering and it's chewed the lip of the rear fender.

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So the rear tire is a 4.50-18 Kenda and its too wide? That is what is on it now?  Yikes..  I wonder if the Bridgestones I'm planning on using are similar?  Hmmmm..... :P
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Re: What a great bike...
« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2010, 10:15:01 AM »
Well I can't be for certain that the damage is from this tire. But I assume the un-worn knobbies around the edge have chewed up the right corner of the rear fender. The damage is there and I can only assume it's from the knobby tires when the suspension has bottomed out. There is also a "polished" area free of dirt on the right-side swingarm from the knobbies. But it also seems like either the tire/wheel isn't *quite* centered over the fender. It's closer to the right side than the left, hense the damage. AND the fact that the rear wheel was loose there for a little while (see my other thread) may be the cause of that.  

I can take close-up pics for you this weekend... I'll post them in this thread.

Here is a blown-up shot of my Profile Pic. You can see the right fender chewed up:
« Last Edit: February 26, 2010, 10:17:49 AM by azcycle »