Chrome Rims = wigg destruction or too much weight?

[T-NECK]

Originally Posted by old man roger

see now your making me not want chrome at all

much like anything else...if enough people jump on the chrome wagon like they have, it loses its coolness factor..well hell, youve seen my new bike. the only thing that shines on it is my front brake lever..lol

[old man roger]

Originally Posted by T-NECK

much like anything else...if enough people jump on the chrome wagon like they have, it loses its coolness factor..well hell, youve seen my new bike. the only thing that shines on it is my front brake lever..lol

now your just making me mad.....calling me a bandwagoner

[T-NECK]

Originally Posted by old man roger

now your just making me mad.....calling me a bandwagoner

ride it into the sunset my friend!!

[old man roger]

doh !!!!!!!!!!..lol

ok off to work i go gotta build some cages

[J-Boogie]

weight matters when your killin it and notice every small change to ur bike

but i dont think it matters so much when ur not doing anything more than "the basics"

for example;

i was murdering sit down no hand O's then shortened my 12 bar all the way to the rear seat and the bike wanted to spin faster and i lost control and am having to re-learn that 1 trick from a minor Counter weight reduction.


and yes OMR's bike would be filthy hot with chrome and graphics

[old man roger]

funny you should mention that trick because i haven't done it in a long long time and while my plastics were off the bike getting painted i was doing them again but tonight with my plastics back on i couldn't do one and i tried quite a few times....

very frustrating

[J-Boogie]

Originally Posted by old man roger

funny you should mention that trick because i haven't done it in a long long time and while my plastics were off the bike getting painted i was doing them again but tonight with my plastics back on i couldn't do one and i tried quite a few times....

very frustrating

I have learned small changes make big differences, the guys who dont have problems like that never make changes, which could be good or bad...

hell my problem is in my 2 and a half years i have never stunted the same bike for more than 6-8 months! which i learned is a no no...just find what works and murder it to all end!!!!


with that said i am currently changing my set up....duhhhhhhhh I never learn

[bledsoe38]

let me know how much of a difference them chrome rims make.

[John LegionST]

Originally Posted by J-Boogie

I have learned small changes make big differences, the guys who dont have problems like that never make changes, which could be good or bad...

hell my problem is in my 2 and a half years i have never stunted the same bike for more than 6-8 months! which i learned is a no no...just find what works and murder it to all end!!!!


with that said i am currently changing my set up....duhhhhhhhh I never learn

I dont know... i think some riders are just more sensitive to their setup and others just ride thru it... I rode a completely different bike in Vegas last year (again thank you Sean and Aaron) and had no problem whatsoever, rode it like it was mine...

another example, i did a show this past weekend and had been practicing with the bike streetfighter, but put FF on for the show, still murdered all my tricks with barely any practice that way...

i cant see moving a bar in a few inches making a HUGE difference, and you should be able to compensate pretty much immediately...

Its like the tire thing, some guys only want to use ONE type of tire... just take 4 seconds to get used to whatever you have to and rock it... there are so many things changing, variables, during a wheelie that small things like an extra 1/2 lb of weight or where your axle is in the swingarm should be the least of your worries

BTW, i dont think chrome would add a substantial amount of weight, so if you like it rock it... but im with T-neck... chrome is played...

give me annodized or powder or something else...

[old man roger]

played or not i like chrome wheels and if the guy comes through im putting them on but if he doesn't i will probabaly polish the lips like i did on my old rims but thats such a pain in the ass to keep up

[John LegionST]

chrome still looks good, its just that everyone decided to get it this past year...

and yeah +1 on the polish... ill never polish anything of mine ever again, the upkeep is WAYYYYY too much pain in the ass

[J-Boogie]

hahaha where im from i will be a pioneer, no one in the PNW region has chrome

[J-Boogie]

Update; The wheels I got are for a zx10r front weighs 8lbs. rear weighs 11.5lbs I think I can still use the front when i pack my 636 bearings and inner spacer into it, but the rear is wider than a 636 rim and requires a wider inner spacer I know i can throw a 180 rear tire on it but I wonder if that will F up my circle game? maybe a bonus to running the wider zx10 newer style rear wheel on my 03 636 is I may not have to use spacers since it is prolly as wide as a the stock 03-04 rear wheel?????


If this doesnt work out I have minty ass Chrome zx10r wheels look like the newr 05+ 636 wheels in chrome I will sell for 400 shipped or trade for a set of red or ti colred 05+ 636 wheels

[old man roger]

Originally Posted by J-Boogie

Update; The wheels I got are for a zx10r front weighs 8lbs. rear weighs 11.5lbs I think I can still use the front when i pack my 636 bearings and inner spacer into it, but the rear is wider than a 636 rim and requires a wider inner spacer I know i can throw a 180 rear tire on it but I wonder if that will F up my circle game? maybe a bonus to running the wider zx10 newer style rear wheel on my 03 636 is I may not have to use spacers since it is prolly as wide as a the stock 03-04 rear wheel?????


If this doesnt work out I have minty ass Chrome zx10r wheels look like the newr 05+ 636 wheels in chrome I will sell for 400 shipped or trade for a set of red or ti colred 05+ 636 wheels

well that doesn't help us unless you weigh a sttock set of zx10 wheels ......

[J-Boogie]

Originally Posted by old man roger

well that doesn't help us unless you weigh a sttock set of zx10 wheels ......

not true the front is the same as a 636 wheel its only the rear that is different and i would say is prolly only a half pund heavier that a 636 rear I willing to bet a 636 chrome rear wheel is 11lbs. as opposed to the 11.5lbs.

do you think i can make this zx10 rear work for me with out it jackin up my game?

[old man roger]

Originally Posted by J-Boogie

not true the front is the same as a 636 wheel its only the rear that is different and i would say is prolly only a half pund heavier that a 636 rear I willing to bet a 636 chrome rear wheel is 11lbs. as opposed to the 11.5lbs.

do you think i can make this zx10 rear work for me with out it jackin up my game?

i think even if you went to a 190 you would be use to it in a day or two any way

[J-Boogie]

Originally Posted by old man roger

i think even if you went to a 190 you would be use to it in a day or two any way

maybe but I learned smaller tires equal sicker wheelies, thats why the f2's and f3's are sik for rocken fast circles they got like 160 rear tires

[old man roger]

i use to run a 170 once in a while

[J-Boogie]

Originally Posted by old man roger

i use to run a 170 once in a while

what was it like?

[old man roger]

just like you said it made it easier to do fast tight circles