360 Tire

[DragonLorD]

ouch, i can feel pain already and it feels like opening a can of worms but where else should i ask for feedback, right?
so here is what i am up to -
360 tire/swingarm conversion - i know its only 335 tire though
- can some one get me first hand or even second hand feedback/experience with this set up, please?
- i am pretty cool with everything just wanna hear how it feels/rides/etc
- also some of you technical Geniuses can chime in and have an input, especially with one thing which i am trying to figure out = sprockets,- on factory set up we have rear sprocket rotates ones while front twice, in this set up seems to be pretty much 1=1, how much power if any it looses over secondary sprocket bridge and what general affect has this set up on acceleration and over all performance?

Thanks in advance Scotty:2thumbs: and Lamont:clap:and the rest of you guys:bowdown:

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

IMHO, I think with that large a tire the offset of the sproket may be prohibitive.....I don't see how you will be able to align things ??????????......Mike :yikes: :thumbup:

[BajaRon]

Already been done. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAN-AM-SPYDER-360-CONVERSION-FAT-TIRE-KIT-CAN-AM-SPYDER-RS-RS-S-CHECK-OUT-/271031850865#vi-content

[jScotD]

whooooo....count me out :yikes:

[DragonLorD]

Already been done. http://compare.ebay.com/like/271031850865?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar


what are you on about Ron?
cant see any comparison there or ????????
btw , will need some stuff from you shortly - wires , plugs, sway bar, rings and filters - ow, painful to even think about that bill already, btw - can you get me a rear bearing ? = high specs one?
cheers

[SPYD3R]

i just wrote something about this, but DELETED it... i'd better not put in print my feelings on this $11,200 item......

[BajaRon]

what are you on about Ron?
cant see any comparison there or ????????
btw , will need some stuff from you shortly - wires , plugs, sway bar, rings and filters - ow, painful to even think about that bill already, btw - can you get me a rear bearing ? = high specs one?
cheers

Sorry, I fixed the link for a direct view of the 360 conversion kit. You'll have to want it pretty bad at those prices.

I don't deal in the bearings. Someone else may have those for you.

[DragonLorD]

Sorry, I fixed the link for a direct view of the 360 conversion kit. You'll have to want it pretty bad at those prices.

I don't deal in the bearings. Someone else may have those for you.


work hard = play hard :shemademe_smilie:

[DragonLorD]

http://gargoyle.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Fest-11/i-h6Q5Rtk/0/L/DSCF5314-L.jpg


yeah, i've seen this beauty when it was built and sold for 30K, still prefer that flat tire though,
cant believe, nobody has a technical input on this one
anybody 've seen Scotty?:chat:

[Smokinspyder]

12 GRAND ???? I am all for getting creative and making it your own but CRAP thats alot of money

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

IMHO, I think with that large a tire the offset of the sproket may be prohibitive.....I don't see how you will be able to align things ??????????......Mike :yikes: :thumbup:

Let me correct this: how about the alignment between your wallet and brain ????????....Mike :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

[Bob Denman]

... Because it CAN be done! :thumbup:
Not that's it's for evybody, or even a lot of us though... :opps:

[DragonLorD]

Let me correct this: how about the alignment between your wallet and brain ????????....Mike :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:



Brain?
- where does it mount?
:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflb lack:

[SPYD3R]

considering it has 2 WHEEL MOTORCYCLE TIRES on it... and giving consideration to the fact that a SPYD3R does NOT lean... and considering a 2 wheeler will burn up tires in 8 - 10 thousand miles, riding on the left/right edges approximately 30 - 40% of the time, i'm thinking that the tires on this application will be burned up in about 5000 miles, if not less... car tires would serve this vehicle much better... and like somebody else said, "why"...... however, great art work, but I'll stick with STOCK...

[BajaRon]

It's for looks, looks, and well, looks! After that there isn't much left except the radio active crater in your bank account! :yikes:

[coz]

My only comment is:
Why?
why not?:roflblack: that is the sickest spyder ever built imo.

[Bob Denman]

You didn't like THIS one? 57780
It's very rare that more than a couple of folks in one place at the same time can agree on much... :shocked:
Personalizing a bike is almost as close to the heart as choosing one's spouse...

[DragonLorD]

so no one with expertise?
or experience?
:gaah:

[Bob Denman]

Maybe you're out there just ahead of the rest of us... :dontknow:

[coz]

i don't remember anyone posting about it in the last 18 months. check out all things chrome. big tire, extended swingarm kits. seems like they were 6 or8 grand. cool videos.

[Buttsy]

Personalizing a bike is almost as close to the heart as choosing one's spouse...

How true........................I love my Roadster:thumbup:

[Mexican]

[QUOTE=Bob Denman;543327]... Because it CAN be done! :thumbup:
The correct answer would have been "because i want to"
I have done a lot of crazy things and people think i'm loosing it, i'm not, it is an idea and ideas materialize.
If you can afford it or if you can come up with a better, cheaper way of doing it,,,GO FOR IT!!!!!:thumbup:

[jScotD]

well the spikes on the fenders of that last bike would be a deterrent to someone that wanted to sit on them..

Back to the subject at hand ... that long chain turned me off.. the belt is bad enough.. without a tensioner.. and I can't see that it would add anything to the over all handling..

and as BajaRon said...

[Ron2andia]

I love the look and i would contact the shop that did the one in the picture. It was in vtwin magazine. I have it but couldn't find it to tell you the name of the place that did it sorry:(. I will look and post it if u need it.

[Spy+]

It looks like the mod can take some abuse:yikes:.. Vid below
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=NMISgVPC_pk&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNMISgVPC_pk

[DragonLorD]

[QUOTE=Bob Denman;543327]... Because it CAN be done! :thumbup:
The correct answer would have been "because i want to"
I have done a lot of crazy things and people think i'm loosing it, i'm not, it is an idea and ideas materialize.
If you can afford it or if you can come up with a better, cheaper way of doing it,,,GO FOR IT!!!!!:thumbup:


Thank you Mexican, yes i want to and though it would be sensible to ask around here what i asked but no answer, reply or technical view.
I didnt ask for opinion ( which i have no problem with btw ) nor approval ( i do my own things anyway nmw ) , i really thought that my questions are piece of cake to some of SL technical Gurus :dontknow:
what do you think Scotty, Doc, Lamont? - acceleration, top speed, over all performance? anyone? - flat tire set up not round motorcycle tire of course

[jScotD]

the round tire on this machine wil add less drag than a flat tire.. since you are working with a smaller patch.. the round tire will "burn out" easier, because of less contact with the road .. less contact with the road on a machine that doesn't lean creates hazards..wet roads, for sure.. and dry roads in fast curves ..there will be a tendency for the back end to slide out, which means countersteering... acceleration and top end depends on the sprockets.. and if all they offer is a chain.. with no tensioner..:pray:

flat tire that size.. really nothing.. just bigger... less gas milage..maybe a mile or 2 extra on the top end..

I, personally, would not ride this set up except to the next bar.. and the 1st picture of the big tri-wheeler.. is a bar bike/trike...

I would invest that extra money in a Ducati