Whoa, 50mm it's a lot... wouldn't it be better to offset a little the engine also?
Will follow your build for sure...
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- Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:47 pm
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Rear Wheel Offset?
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- Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:05 am
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Rear Wheel Offset?
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Re: Rear Wheel Offset?
So Maz you suggest to build an asymmetrical frame? What about building the frame slightly larger so as to aoccomodate some appropriate spacer to center the wheel instead?
Are there any cons? Because I think that it would look better than an asymmetric frame...
Are there any cons? Because I think that it would look better than an asymmetric frame...
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:16 pm
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Rear Wheel Offset?
- Replies: 18
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Re: Rear Wheel Offset?
That's exactly what I was thinking bob... my reasoning was that if the wheel is not centered on the hub by factory standard, maybe I could just take the whole wheel and use it the same way they do.. ;) But then insecurity settled in, and I started wondering that maybe the orginal swing arm was someh...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:47 pm
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Rear Wheel Offset?
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Re: Rear Wheel Offset?
@krymis: yes, to offset the front sprocket, I will do something like that, but what about the rear wheel? Do you think that I should put it in the frame as it is, with all the orginal Kawa stuff (having it runnig offsetted to the right) or find a way to center it, and then make fit all the rest? man...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:42 pm
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Rear Wheel Offset?
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Re: Rear Wheel Offset?
No, I have a bike which has a 130 tyre (from which I'm taking the engine, the eletric stuff and not much more), and I'm trying to build a chassis that will accomodate this engine and a 200 rear tyre, which I stole from a Kawasaki, complete with its axle and spacers. The problem is that this wheel se...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:31 pm
- Forum: Frame Fabrication
- Topic: Rear Wheel Offset?
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Rear Wheel Offset?
I was taking some measurments from a rear 6" channel rim taken from a Kawasaki ZX-12R complete with the axle and all the spacers and collars (it comes with a 200/50 tyre by factory) and it seems that the wheel is off-center by about 10mm-15mm (0.5"-0.59") to the right hand side (drive...