Ask Woody About Your Wheels

[woody's wheel works]

[please tell us the ride characteristics of this set up as opposed to your oem 21''er,,i and others are curiuos about that,,,in the old days early 70's lot's of dual sports used 19 up front running 3.50x19 tires,,,they worked great everywhere except serious single tracking....holler n thanks for the pics and business,,,woody





Thanks again Woody!!![/quote]

[AKDuc]

Originally Posted by woody's wheel works

[please tell us the ride characteristics of this set up as opposed to your oem 21''er,,i and others are curiuos about that,,,in the old days early 70's lot's of dual sports used 19 up front running 3.50x19 tires,,,they worked great everywhere except serious single tracking....holler n thanks for the pics and business,,,woody

Good question. I'm interested too. Mark H.

[woodsrider]

Originally Posted by KTMRyder

woodsrider, can you show me some pics and thoughts of the rear when you get it?
I think I will have Woody do the same for me before I head to Moab in April.

Will do....they should be working on them now, and it will probably be sometime late next week before I get them.

[Toyanvil]

I have a 2004 Triumph Bonneville T100. The wheels have been relaced with a 5.5" wide by 17" in the rear and a 2.75 wide by 19" in the front. I am running a 170/60-17 in the rear and a 110/80-19 in the front. I can only find radial tires in the sizes I need. I can find a radial inner tube for the rear but not the front. I have been told I can use a MSR HP ultra heavy duty inner tube in the front, would this be okay?

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by Toyanvil

I have a 2004 Triumph Bonneville T100. The wheels have been relaced with a 5.5" wide by 17" in the rear and a 2.75 wide by 19" in the front. I am running a 170/60-17 in the rear and a 110/80-19 in the front. I can only find radial tires in the sizes I need. I can find a radial inner tube for the rear but not the front. I have been told I can use a MSR HP ultra heavy duty inner tube in the front, would this be okay?

will check on that,,,we've used regular tubes on the race bikes,,,,powdered em real good with tire talc,,,,after deburring the ridges in the tire if they were too obnoxiously ridged...never any failure,,,will get an official word on that....

then again you can seal your wheels and go tubeless,,,the rims you have should have a safety bead on em though

[Toyanvil]

I will look at the rims to see if they have a safety bead on them. What would it cost to seal them? I know the front is a SUN brand and the rear is a Excel brand.

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by Toyanvil

I will look at the rims to see if they have a safety bead on them. What would it cost to seal them? I know the front is a SUN brand and the rear is a Excel brand.

looks like the rear may be a 4.25x17 undimpled Excel,,they have safety beads fro sure,,,can't make out the front ,,could be an undimpled sun 2.15x19 which probably doesn't have a safety bead,,,anyway it's $70 ea parts n labor

FYI,,,keep uour eye out for the spokes,,,quite a few people are breaking mostly the left outers,,,we change the lace pattern and use beefier 6-8g ss spokes,,slightly bigger nipples,,,tighter throats and different angles...it's the little details thta make the superlace last longer

[Toyanvil]

Thank you for your help.
Any word on using heavy duty inner tube with a radial?

[jonny9]

Sorry if you have already answered this but... Here is the story. I've got cast wheels on the 05 1200 GS, I want to switch to spokes, talking to the Chris at your shop and he stated the price would be the same to remain 19 or switch to 21. Has anyone done this? Will it fit with the fork brace? What the hell am I thinking? It would be cool right? Can I run 21/17 without any other mods, besides losing the front fender?

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by jonny9

Sorry if you have already answered this but... Here is the story. I've got cast wheels on the 05 1200 GS, I want to switch to spokes, talking to the Chris at your shop and he stated the price would be the same to remain 19 or switch to 21. Has anyone done this? Will it fit with the fork brace? What the hell am I thinking? It would be cool right? Can I run 21/17 without any other mods, besides losing the front fender?

on your 1200GS it's a straight forward installation,,,,build wheel,,,slip in,,,it actually clears the fender,,,'cept in muddy terrain you'd be better off without,,,some of that mud just packs up....

yellowpig and cRash are two that come to mind that swear by them in the dirt,,,come to think of it everyone that has tried 21'' loves them in the dirt,,,on the pavement,,,you can still drive with confidence,,,,but nothing like the 19 ya have on there now,,search yellowpig 21'' 1150GS ride report,,,lot'sof objective and subjective data n pics

can be done tubeless with the rims of an HP-2 or 100G/S x-lace...or 21'' standard rims like excel/sun with my MONZTER spokes

[woody's wheel works]

ricky suggested cleaning up my signature box,,,i followed suit..cleaner ehh???i like it ,,,it's the KISS principle in action,,muchos gracias amigo!!!,,,now if i can only figure out how to make the postem here turn out yellow like the one he sent me,,,,,

[Ricardo Kuhn]

Originally Posted by woody's wheel works

on your 1200GS it's a straight forward installation,,,,build wheel,,,slip in,,,it actually clears the fender,,,'cept in muddy terrain you'd be better off without,,,some of that mud just packs up....

yellowpig and cRash are two that come to mind that swear by them in the dirt,,,come to think of it everyone that has tried 21'' loves them in the dirt,,

i build CraSh's 21" a few years back (the idea came from BAFANA in Holland first about 6 years, maybe 7 years ago) and by then i have two my self, one of the best thing that you can ever do to a GS if you REALLY ride it in the Dirt if is just for looks stay away, but in the dirt they rule in every respect

anyway by now that mister Woddy is here ad can build them so fast and cheap is no excuse not to have one...

Again if is just for Posser porpuses the 19"and KTC's are much less scary on the pavement than a 21" with very little concact patch...(I take the 21" and install the 19" if i'm not going in the dirt even for a few days...


Wheels is something you can never have to many of them

[jonny9]

I appriciate the quick info. How much clearence does that leave on the fork brace with say the TKC's on. That is where I worry about build-up.

[Robb]

The last thing this lengthy thread needs is another "Woodys is great" testimonial. Well TOO BAD, that's what this is :)

I just got my W650 wheel back - it'd been hit in the rear hard enough to bend the rim, loosen some spokes, even bend the rear axle. Woody's had my wheel for about a week, maybe less, and they repaired it for cheap. Really cheap. They also let me know when they first received it, and when they shipped it out. Quick, friendly, attentive, and a screaming bargain. Yay Woody's!

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by Robb

The last thing this lengthy thread needs is another "Woodys is great" testimonial. Well TOO BAD, that's what this is :)

I just got my W650 wheel back - it'd been hit in the rear hard enough to bend the rim, loosen some spokes, even bend the rear axle. Woody's had my wheel for about a week, maybe less, and they repaired it for cheap. Really cheap. They also let me know when they first received it, and when they shipped it out. Quick, friendly, attentive, and a screaming bargain. Yay Woody's!

too bad ya didn't send the axle,,we straighten darn near anything that's bent 'cept for mc frames these days...remember my old slogan??? ''you bend em we mend em!!!