Suzuki finally updating the Wee-Strom? - Page 40

CBBaron · 06-16-2011, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jro

Doesn't it look like that front wheel is a 21" instead of the current 19.

Other than that I'm seeing much yet.

Craig

Big_John · 06-16-2011, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CBBaron

Doesn't it look like that front wheel is a 21" instead of the current 19.

Other than that I'm seeing much yet.

Craig

Yeah....and in my wild, deluded imagination..... I think I see spokes.

Maybe not....maybe it is just my punch-drunk mind, caused by the wait for pics and information.

06-16-2011, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Big_John

Yeah....and in my wild, deluded imagination..... I think I see spokes.

Maybe not....maybe it is just my punch-drunk mind, caused by the wait for pics and information.

Looks narrower than hte current one, so maybe it is a 21. Or maybe I'm seeing things too.

markbvt · 06-16-2011, 06:15 AM

It does look too skinny for a 110/80-19. That's also a pretty big spacer between the hub and the fork leg. Interesting.

--mark

Rider_WV · 06-16-2011, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by markbvt

It does look too skinny for a 110/80-19. That's also a pretty big spacer between the hub and the fork leg. Interesting.

--mark

Ya know whats missing, the speedo hub...

Dranrab Luap · 06-16-2011, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Big_John

Yeah....and in my wild, deluded imagination..... I think I see spokes.

Maybe not....maybe it is just my punch-drunk mind, caused by the wait for pics and information.

If they put tubed spoked wheels on the Strom they are effing idiots.

wheatwhacker · 06-16-2011, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dranrab Luap

If they put tubed spoked wheels on the Strom they are effing idiots.

Why do you say that?

Someday when you hit a rock, put a gash in your tire that has been pulled off the rim, you will be glad to have a tube.
I have tubeless on my current strom and am not at all comfortable riding around with a plug in my tire, so much easier to just stick a tube in a keep going.
It takes less than an hour to switch out a tube.

Anyway, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Voluhzia · 06-16-2011, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by wheatwhacker

Why do you say that?

Someday when you hit a rock, put a gash in your tire that has been pulled off the rim, you will be glad to have a tube.
I have tubeless on my current strom and am not at all comfortable riding around with a plug in my tire, so much easier to just stick a tube in a keep going.
It takes less than an hour to switch out a tube.

Anyway, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

You can always put a tube in tubeless tire... just saying...

eye.surgeon · 06-16-2011, 08:33 AM

A tubed spoked tire in a V-Strom is never ever going to happen. It's impractical for 95% of how most V-Stroms are ridden. Look at the street tire in the teaser pic, there's no way you would mount that tire on a spoked rim with tubes. Even the GS doesn't have tubes.

Voluhzia · 06-16-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by eye.surgeon

....Even the GS doesn't have tubes.

...who cares if GS has spokes or not?

markbvt · 06-16-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Rider_WV

Ya know whats missing, the speedo hub...

Now that you mention it... you know what's there? The axle pinch bolt. Either that photo's reversed, or the axle comes out the opposite way on the new Strom. So the speedo hub is probably on the other side, if it's even still on the front wheel.

--mark

upweekis · 06-16-2011, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Voluhzia

You can always put a tube in tubeless tire... just saying...

What he said. I always carry a tube

eye.surgeon · 06-16-2011, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by markbvt

Now that you mention it... you know what's there? The axle pinch bolt. Either that photo's reversed, or the axle comes out the opposite way on the new Strom. So the speedo hub is probably on the other side, if it's even still on the front wheel.

--mark

If it's based on the Gladius engine as we suspect, there will be no speedo hub.

eye.surgeon · 06-16-2011, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Voluhzia

...who cares if GS has spokes or not?

I said tubes not spokes. The GS has spokes. And I referenced the GS because it's actually made to ride off-road unlike the V-Strom.

jeffs900s · 06-16-2011, 09:30 AM

This thread is funny as hell. Everyone on this board spends 7 years kissing Suzuki's butt over how fantastic the DL650 is, and then turns around and throws a fit when it looks as though Suzuki is not re-making the DL650 as a wannabe KTM.

I'd settle for better aerodynamics, slightly less horrible looking bodywork, and the same reasonable price point of the current Wee.

06-16-2011, 06:15 AM	#589
markbvt ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Georgia, Vermont (that's one town, not two states) Oddometer: 2,397	It does look too skinny for a 110/80-19. That's also a pretty big spacer between the hub and the fork leg. Interesting. --mark __________________ '11 Triumph Tiger 800 XC / '03 Honda XR650L / '01 Triumph Bonneville cafe My ride reports: Missile silos, Labrador, twisties, and more Bennington Triumph Bash, May 31-June 2, 2013

06-16-2011, 08:33 AM	#594
eye.surgeon ...riding California Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Clovis, California Oddometer: 218	A tubed spoked tire in a V-Strom is never ever going to happen. It's impractical for 95% of how most V-Stroms are ridden. Look at the street tire in the teaser pic, there's no way you would mount that tire on a spoked rim with tubes. Even the GS doesn't have tubes. __________________ 2012 Ducati Multistrada BMW K1200LT

06-16-2011, 09:30 AM	#600
jeffs900s Prophet of Doom Joined: Feb 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Oddometer: 1,151	This thread is funny as hell. Everyone on this board spends 7 years kissing Suzuki's butt over how fantastic the DL650 is, and then turns around and throws a fit when it looks as though Suzuki is not re-making the DL650 as a wannabe KTM. I'd settle for better aerodynamics, slightly less horrible looking bodywork, and the same reasonable price point of the current Wee. __________________

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