Rim and tyre choice

I've been mulling over the choice of tyres and rims for the bike, with some help from fellow enthusiasts at the BritBike Forum.

The bike came with WM2 rims - a WM2-19 on the front and a WM2-18 on the back.

Both look rather skinny compared to modern motorcycles (see pic), so I've decided to go for a wider WM3-18 rim on the rear.

I hadn't given the rear tyre much thought until people on the forum pointed out I would have problems with it rubbing on the swingarm if the tyre was too wide.

It looks like a 4.33" tyre is the widest you can safely go, but I'm thinking of being extra sure by going for a 4.10" width tyre.

I'm also thinking of blowing the budget by going for stainless steel rims.

These will be expensive, but I only intend to build this bike once, so I may as well build it the way I want it.

Tomorrow I will talk my ideas through with the wheel builders.

Comments

[geoff]

hi johann,
have a look at a bike with stainless rims sitting next to a bike with chrome ones.the stainless will always look dull.spokes are ok in stainless.a 4.10 will fit with no problems