'78 GL1000

Is there a 16inch rear wheel that will bolt in place of the factory
17inch wheel and still retaining my disk brake?

"Shades" <shades_1970(at)netins(dot)net> wrote in
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> '78 GL1000
>
> Is there a 16inch rear wheel that will bolt
> in place of the factory 17inch wheel and still
> retaining my disk brake?

Why? That would change your entire suspension
set-up. If you want to be able to put tubeless
tires on find a set of Lester rims. E-bay has them
on occasion...

I ride a 79' GL1000 frankly can't imagine a good
reason to go to a smaller rim...small tires don't
make sense.
--
Keith Schiffner
RCOS #7
Assistant to the Assistant Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Silly Walks.
"terrorist organization" is a redundancy

I run tubeless tires... I was looking at Tire selection.


"Keith Schiffner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Shades" <shades_1970(at)netins(dot)net> wrote in message
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>> '78 GL1000
>>
>> Is there a 16inch rear wheel that will bolt in place of the factory
>> 17inch wheel and still retaining my disk brake?
>
> Why? That would change your entire suspension set-up. If you want to be
> able to put tubeless tires on find a set of Lester rims. E-bay has them on
> occasion...
>
> I ride a 79' GL1000 frankly can't imagine a good reason to go to a smaller
> rim...small tires don't make sense.
> --
> Keith Schiffner
> RCOS #7
> Assistant to the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Silly Walks.
> "terrorist organization" is a redundancy
>

"Shades" <shades_1970(at)netins(dot)net> wrote in
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> I run tubeless tires... I was looking at Tire
> selection.

Buy a set of Lester rims. Best place to find them
is Ebay. I run tubes in my ME880 and BT45 on my
bike with no issues. There are a lot of good tires
for the GL1000 out there. The Metzler gives good
feedback, grip, wet traction and wear(last one
gave me 18-20K miles) The BT45 does an excellent
job even if I only get 8-10K miles per tire. Both
are not very expensive...

Front I'm running 100/90/19
Back is a 120/90/17

I've run 110 up front and 130 in the back...works
good also.

I've got excellent road to test on. US2/US89 Road
to the Sun...MT200. All excellent roads to push
the limits of tire and traction.


--
Keith Schiffner
RCOS #&
"terrorist organization" is a redundancy

What about an 18 wheel?


"Shades" <shades_1970(at)netins(dot)net> wrote in message
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> '78 GL1000
>
> Is there a 16inch rear wheel that will bolt in place of the factory
> 17inch wheel and still retaining my disk brake?
>

"Shades" <shades_1970(at)netins(dot)net> wrote in
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> What about an 18 wheel?
>
>
> "Shades" <shades_1970(at)netins(dot)net> wrote
> in message
> news:rISdnZHZJvJOxRffRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> '78 GL1000
>>
>> Is there a 16inch rear wheel that will bolt
>> in place of the factory 17inch wheel and still
>> retaining my disk brake?
>>
>
>

Might not clear the swing arm. Krusty might
know...but he's been quiet on this thread.