Not a fan of the big wheel look but...
#62
10-19-2013 | 10:32 PM
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,385
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From: DFW
I don't give two ***** if anybody else doesn't like my bike, the way it looks, sounds, or whatever. I get it, aesthetics are a personal thing, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What I don't get is the Harley owners who actually seem to hate the very existence of some of these bikes.
It's a harley forum, lets get back to what we do best, pile-on the sportrider crowd.
( I'm joking )
It's a harley forum, lets get back to what we do best, pile-on the sportrider crowd.
( I'm joking )
#63
10-25-2013 | 07:09 AM
Stage I
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
From: nepa
I ride my 26" 2013 Cvo RG EVERYDAY!!!!! I have over 13,000 miles on my set up this year alone. Until you ride one your comments are Un educated.
Vanilla or chocolate. .. just sayin.
#64
10-25-2013 | 07:17 AM
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 779
Likes: 31
From: Earth
I am an odd man out I guess. I can't stand them. I love the new wheel on the Limited, Classic & Road King. Can't stand the bigger one on the new Street Glide. Wouldn't stop me from buying the Street Glide, but just like on autos/truck, I don't like looking like I'm riding on rims.
But this is about wheels......
#67
10-25-2013 | 08:48 AM
Road Captain
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 536
Likes: 116
From: DELMARVA
Rims for handling
I am going the opposite direction. I only enjoyed my stock skinny 21" Deuce rim after putting a fatter Metzler 880 90/90 on it to help the bike take bumps and corner better. But it was never enough.
Tried to buy a 19" wire wheel setup off Ebay but the guy was making them all wrong and actually sent me one that he bent the spokes to get the rim centered as his choice of rim was from a different lace pattern than Harley. Dumb.
So I went back on the net and scored a stock Deuce hub for re-lacing.
Yesterday I got my NEW 19" wide Alloy WM4 chromed alloy rim/chromed spokes/chromed nipples back from Buchanan's. 2 3/4 inch wide. All trued and gleaming. Just perfect for a floating rotor upgrade. It will run a big fat 110/90 and with a little massaging should fit under the stock fender and look like it came that way from the factory.
A 19 is still large enough to not hurt the classic look of a Deuce IMO. And it will definitely work way better. C'mon Spring. Can't wait to see what this new rig feels like.
What a gorgeous looking 19 this Sun rim was. It was darn near the last one Buchanan's had as they have discontinued it. Probably to focus on 35" hoops, haha.
"Don't follow leaders---and watch your parking meters..." --Bob Dylan
Tried to buy a 19" wire wheel setup off Ebay but the guy was making them all wrong and actually sent me one that he bent the spokes to get the rim centered as his choice of rim was from a different lace pattern than Harley. Dumb.
So I went back on the net and scored a stock Deuce hub for re-lacing.
Yesterday I got my NEW 19" wide Alloy WM4 chromed alloy rim/chromed spokes/chromed nipples back from Buchanan's. 2 3/4 inch wide. All trued and gleaming. Just perfect for a floating rotor upgrade. It will run a big fat 110/90 and with a little massaging should fit under the stock fender and look like it came that way from the factory.
A 19 is still large enough to not hurt the classic look of a Deuce IMO. And it will definitely work way better. C'mon Spring. Can't wait to see what this new rig feels like.
What a gorgeous looking 19 this Sun rim was. It was darn near the last one Buchanan's had as they have discontinued it. Probably to focus on 35" hoops, haha.
"Don't follow leaders---and watch your parking meters..." --Bob Dylan
#70
10-25-2013 | 10:20 AM
Club Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,404
Likes: 11
From: Haymarket, VA
Eventually every bike & look becomes "dated", but whether it eventually becomes a "classic" look is what counts IMO.
