Chain and tire clearance issues…. The stupid Bridgestone 150 tire is actually a 160 in disguise. I measured everything with a 150, but after having a new Battlax tire installed, it doesn’t clear the chain! Grrrrrrr! I have to figure something out. You can now be a fan of Skeeter on her very own Facebook Fan Page! Add Skeeter: www.facebook.com My personal Blog: duckshit.net Add me on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com Friend me on Myspace: www.myspace.com
@DecaPierce A LOT of machining to the left side of the wheel to flatten the cush drive and the sprocket carrier, custom spacers, and a custom caliper bracket on the right side.
what had to be done to get the rim on there?
id try to shim the tire over to the left and add some washers where sprocket bolts to hub maybe ? or get smaller tire
@The66StangMan 259 now, I am away for one weekend and 59 subs!
@Lvids91 Sure have, I added him as a friend on here.
@4g63junkie Good suggestion, but no room to shim anything! Its over as far as it can go!
the 150mm is from heel to heel
bridgestone made em wider to ride like a 160
these are my fav tires , i run them on my cr500 for monobike
@vvtheduckvv ok, but why make some much work for a tinytiny problem? i can assure you it will work flawless. I have seen chess patterns in tires because of the chain. 3-4mm into the tire.
Anyway, cool to watch your project. Keep it up!
@bilbombe I think I’ve decided to do a little massaging to the rear, then trim down the tire if its still necessary. I will also install some type of custom roller… More on this as I move forward.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Just ignore the tire getting into the chain. I had a 160tire on my ktm 520 and it worked fine. Someone i know of used 170 with a higher profile and that also worked out. Or you can cut some of the tire on the side. But your chain is not THAT tight to the tire so i would just give a F.&%¤ and drive the beast:)
@kptkyle Thanks for that! I’ve been thinking tall rollers, too. I also think I can machine off a little more metal from the caliper mount and get 1mm to 2mm more out of it. Might be just enough to fix the rubbing!
I put ice racing tires on my cr500 and had the same problem with the studs hitting the chain. I made two “L” shapped pieces of medal that had two chunks of round delrin and bolted it to the swingarm via the already available slider holes. Worked good once i got them locked down (kept vibrating loose). But if you had two tall rollers it would be even better.
nice bike m8 looks awesome cant wait to see the finished project
Iv got a battleaxe 150 on my cr500af and all i did was offest the wheel until it cleared by a bit (go round all the spokes on the chain side and slacken half a turn at a time and then tighten the other side half turn, keep doing this half turn at a time til uv got enough) and my bike handles really nicely still. Mines got very slight scuffs on it but nothing bad. Also run a non o ring chain, this saves a fair bit of room.
@fastfilli I’d love to do that, but can’t with cast wheels, lol!
Thanks for that though, lots of haters believe that the bike won’t ride worth a damn when that was done. Its nice to see the big boys doing exactly that!
Talon off set the rim by 5mm when they spoke up their wheels
@43Revhead The rear F2 rim is 4.5″ but the F3 rim is 5″. The problem is resolved in a later video that you may watch. I did some clever re-spacing and made it work!
Hi Mate . I think the reason that your having problems with the tyre is because the 150 is made to fit a 4.5″ rim max , anymore than that and the sidewalls are forced out and the profile flattens making it wider, if you deflated the tyre and push it off the beads and measured it it would be a 150. Not sure but isn’t the f2 rim a 5″ ? for a 4.5″ of the same pattern try a honda nsr250 mc21 rear
@filippo94328 Thanks! Thats actually a very good idea! I fixed the problem already though, I spaced out the sprocket on the left and thinned the spacers on the right to make the space that I needed. It all works now!
@vvtheduckvv
hi man i came from italy in my opinion you can by a chain without o.rings and probably the problem is resolved!!
@wrangomonger That would depend on the size of the wheel. In this case the tire is one size SMALLER than the CBR600F2 rear wheel that I have installed here would normally have on it. Sure I can still go smaller yet, but I risk deformity of the tire. Besides, with the kind of torque this thing lays down I’m gonna be happy to a larger contact patch.
That’s an awful large tire for such a light bike. Do you really think you need that much rubber in the rear? Just wondering.
@Disizwilly Haha, its ok! Leave it up though, it might help someone else with a similar problem that has spoked wheels!
yeh sorry mate, thought id cancelled the comment, I noticed the cast wheels after id sent it. What a muppet eh
Hmm yeh makes things a bit more awkward.
@Disizwilly Thats exactly what I did… but because I have cast wheels I moved the wheel about 4 to 5mm to the right. There are no spokes to adjust. I created another video, but had issues with it. I will record another this weekend.