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[Midnight Rider]

Advice/thoughts/experience would be appreciated on replacing the stock 16" tires/wheels on my SEUC with an 18" on the rear and either an 18" on the front, or a 19".  I've been told that we are able to go up to a 150 on the rear without having to modify anything.  I'm not really concerned about the width as much as being able to see the wheels a bit better, and getting something in all chrome instead of the partial chrome versions on the bike now.  Plus, the rotors open up the wheel a bit more too...

I've seen a set of Renegade Wheels that I think would look good on my bike, and I may not be able to live without them the rest of next year.  I'll be doing tires in about 5-7K anyway, and we all know about the rotors on our bikes, so am thinking of killing several birds with one big brick of money.

Here's a pic of the wheels I like on a RG...18 rear, 19 front, with matching rotors and pulley...click on site, then gallery, then lower left orange and silver RG with these wheels on it.

http://www.renegadewheels.com/Wheel_Page_2007/Phoenix/Phoenix.htm

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TC
      Those are nice lookin wheels dude. Grover seems to understand the whole wheel/tire picture better than anyone IMHO so hopefully he'll pick up on this thread or you could PM him

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TC
      Those are nice lookin wheels dude. Grover seems to understand the whole wheel/tire picture better than anyone IMHO so hopefully he'll pick up on this thread or you could PM him

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Thanks, B...Grover has been there and done that, so hopefully  he'll throw his two cents in, and I'm all ears and eyes.  I would particularly like advice on the 19" front as opposed to an 18".  I don't want to go with a 21 for a number of reasons...one, I don't want a real skinny tire on the front of the bike, but something that will still relatively fill up the fender; two, I have to be concerned about how tall the bike's going to be, as my ass is built too close to the ground; and three, I want the bike to handle well, whatever I do.

Here's another site to show what 18's look like on a Street Glide....different wheel from what I want, but gives a good look at the difference it can make on a bike over the 16" stocks.  HUGE difference in the way this bike looks, IMO.

http://www.bikersimage.com/18VS16-2.htm

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Thanks, B...Grover has been there and done that, so hopefully  he'll throw his two cents in, and I'm all ears and eyes.  I would particularly like advice on the 19" front as opposed to an 18".  I don't want to go with a 21 for a number of reasons...one, I don't want a real skinny tire on the front of the bike, but something that will still relatively fill up the fender; two, I have to be concerned about how tall the bike's going to be, as my ass is built too close to the ground; and three, I want the bike to handle well, whatever I do.

Here's another site to show what 18's look like on a Street Glide....different wheel from what I want, but gives a good look at the difference it can make on a bike over the 16" stocks.  HUGE difference in the way this bike looks, IMO.

http://www.bikersimage.com/18VS16-2.htm


WOW  That's huge Terry. Make me think maybe I'll go with those flamed out 18" wheels for LD afterall. Of course in the pics on your link they've got matching rotors that open up the wheel as well, but the distance between the outside diameter of the rotor and the outside diameter of the wheel is more than you'd think adding only an inch all around. Also the low profile tires look cool and Grover has assured me they actually feel better than the high profile stock ones. Guess that's a couple grand I gotta find somewhere 

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Yea, B...the matching rotors are almost a necessity, IMO...not only does it tie it all together, but it would probably be a superior rotor to what we have, and REALLY opens up the wheel.  Even the back, which is mostly covered, looks a hell of a lot better.

When you find that stash, leave a bit for me too..

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Yea, B...the matching rotors are almost a necessity, IMO...not only does it tie it all together, but it would probably be a superior rotor to what we have, and REALLY opens up the wheel.  Even the back, which is mostly covered, looks a hell of a lot better.

When you find that stash, leave a bit for me too..

Grover has the bigger tire but didn't have to worry about the comparative look versus the fender Terry.  He changed to a smaller front fender too to match and show off the tire and wheel better. 

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Grover has the bigger tire but didn't have to worry about the comparative look versus the fender Terry.  He changed to a smaller front fender too to match and show off the tire and wheel better. 

Yea, I remember thinking how good that looked when I got to see his bike in MV, and it really does look good.  BUT, that means matching paint on a new fender, plus the 21" inch is just too tall for me.  If you put a 21" on the stock fender, it is dangerously close to the fender, from what I've seen.  Keeping most, if not all of the width on the front, is important to me...gets to looking odd if you don't, and keep the stock fender.

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Yea, I remember thinking how good that looked when I got to see his bike in MV, and it really does look good.  BUT, that means matching paint on a new fender, plus the 21" inch is just too tall for me.  If you put a 21" on the stock fender, it is dangerously close to the fender, from what I've seen.  Keeping most, if not all of the width on the front, is important to me...gets to looking odd if you don't, and keep the stock fender.

Agreed.  Were that a chore I was considering I'd be looking at an 18", at most a 19" for the front and trying to mate it to a tire is then as close to stock OD and width as could be matched up.  Would love to see more wheel.  Especially if it's a great looking wheel.  But really don't want to screw with altering the rolling geometry very much at all.

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Terry

I'm not sure about the 19" wheel but recently Thunder Mountain has decided to offer a 21" wheel on the Frontier as a factory option.
But as I was reading your post I was wondering if you went to an 18" wheel and a lowprofile tire could you achieve the same height as stock SEUC geometry?
I have always been a function over form person so if the Frontier hadn't come with a single disc on the front end I not sure I would have changed it. I do like the look of the single disc on my bike. I know of many people that have changed to a single disc just to display their wheel. Shaving that right leg is not that big of a deal.

Twolane was right  though, changing that geometry can adversly affect handling!

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here's another

Look at the wheels, not the lady in the pic! 

The lady is "Piper"

She is the TMCC motorclothes and marketing director!

 

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Terry

I'm not sure about the 19" wheel but recently Thunder Mountain has decided to offer a 21" wheel on the Frontier as a factory option.
But as I was reading your post I was wondering if you went to an 18" wheel and a lowprofile tire could you achieve the same height as stock SEUC geometry?
I have always been a function over form person so if the Frontier hadn't come with a single disc on the front end I not sure I would have changed it. I do like the look of the single disc on my bike. I know of many people that have changed to a single disc just to display their wheel. Shaving that right leg is not that big of a deal.

Twolane was right  though, changing that geometry can adversly affect handling!

Chip...that's a good looking pair of er, ah, wheels...yeah, that's the ticket...

Seriously, those are nice wheels...who makes 'em, or are they a Thunder Mountain wheel?  Do the rotors match the wheel, and last but not least, is the rotor floating?

If I end up doing this, I would be more inclined to stay with the same size on front and rear, or at most a 19" on front.  If I mess around with things too much height-wise, I've defeated the purpose of the Legend Shocks to get my feet flat on the ground when manuvering around in the parking lot and basement. I think the lower profile tires would help offset any height gain I might get by going to a larger wheel so that things might only end up 3/4 to 1 inch taller when it's all said and done.  I'm not really locked into any particular brand, but the style of the wheel needs to be a relatively plain 5 to 10 spoke, easy to clean, and relatively open.  I like the look of your Frontier a LOT.

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Terry

These wheels are made by,

www.rccomponents.com

They are the Royalle line.
From sprockets to rotors, everything matches!

You can not imagine how easy it is to clean those wheels.
I'm picky and it takes no time at all to clean them.

Good luck in your search!

 

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I've narrowed it down, and here's some choices:

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