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#41

01-19-2018 | 06:26 PM

Frostbite

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From: North Dakota

Life is too short to worry about what anyone thinks, says, or does.

Unless it's your wife, your priest, or your boss.

I don't have any of the above, so I don't GAF.

Everyone wants to play God...

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#42

01-19-2018 | 06:26 PM

02BlueDeuce

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Originally Posted by xmen9c

I have a 21" spoke wheel on my 13 RKC and got a flat in Nevada (middle of nowhere on 90W). Luckily for me it was the tube and not the tire and a local cycle shop was able to get one with their daily parts order when I contacted them from the road. Thanks to HOG BTW for helping through that but I had them get me 2 tubes and from now on, any long distance trips will include bringing an extra 21" tube. Can't speak for 23 or bigger sizes but my guess, if needed, is those would be a tad more difficult to get so better bring one if you're riding far and in desolate terrain.

Yep 21" is easy to replace, the breakout runs a 21" so dealers have that in stock. With the 26" and bigger you're running tubeless unless its a spoke wheel like your running. If I ended up with a flat in the middle of nowhere I would have my wife overnight me a replacement tire I already have boxed up and ready to ship in my garage. Then I would mount it myself with zipties and be on my way. Possibly a day delay but as long as there is food and drink in the area it's just another part of the adventure

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#43

01-19-2018 | 06:27 PM

smitty901

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Originally Posted by lp

Whatever you say Karl Marx.

Well they still look like chit. The question was ask.

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#44

01-19-2018 | 06:50 PM

02BlueDeuce

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Well they still look like chit. The question was ask.

Just what I would expect a chithead to say

And it's asked not ask, you would have learned that if you had made it past the 5th grade.

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#45

01-19-2018 | 07:02 PM

dave the welder

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From: North Port Florida

I traded my SGS for a Road King, I thought the 19" wheel looked funny, not HaHa but funny weird. Not really a big wheel but to big for me.

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#46

01-19-2018 | 08:17 PM

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Well they still look like chit. The question was ask.

It's cool. I think your attitude is "chit", but you didn't ask...

Some peoples kids...

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#47

01-20-2018 | 07:57 AM

SWThomas

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I think they're hideous and look cartoonish. But whatever floats your boat.

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#48

01-20-2018 | 04:41 PM

Second Wind

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The more I looked at the 19" front wheel on such a big bike the goofier it looked to me.

I guess I was used to the 21" that was on the Night Train I had before I bought the RG.

Started to go with a 21" then 23" and finally decided on the 26". I'm glad I went big the first time, saved me some money in the long run.

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#49

01-21-2018 | 08:34 AM

xmen9c

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From: Northern O H I O

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Originally Posted by SWThomas

I think they're hideous and look cartoonish. But whatever floats your boat.

I tend to agree with the "cartoon" reference. The more of these giant front wheeled bikes I see, the more they remind me of a comic book character vs what they started as. The 21 is fine and some 23's look nice too but anything bigger than that and the proportions of the bike look off to me but that's just my opinion. I won't ever have one like that but to each their own.

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