well, i have a perfectly good 929 front end on my f4i minus a bent front wheel. I've been through like 4 front wheels and those bitches aren't cheap. Anyone else have problems with the wheels getting bent real easy? I came across a 1000rr front end for a good price and was curious if those front wheels may be a little more sturdy? Apparently i'm a hack and must slam my bike down way too hard

 

if anything the 1000rr wheel might be weaker, the way bikes go. newer usually = lighter and weaker. i had a 1000rr front on my f4i with no probs but u know me, i got the soft touch haha.

p.s. i dont know if youre running low tire pressure up front but that can be a problem for bending rims. keep your tire pressure up close to stock like 32lbs and youre less likely to bend em.

 

I keep my front tire at 28-30 psi always and even after mouse-trapping I still have a nice straight rim.

 

My 929 front bends like crazy too. It gets flat spotted all the time.

I will usually go over it once a month and bang out the flat spot with a hammer and block of wood.

 

sell me your front end turtle.

 

yeah i gotta say my rim is pretty fugly also

 

you only need a 929 front end if you do stoppies brother

 

Sounds like your doing something wrong if your bending rims like crazy! Or you have REALLLLY bad luck



i've never bent a rim

Of course mine are stock f4i rims, but how mcuh weaker are 929 rims?

26-28k on my wheels, ONLY bike I"ve learned to wheelie on, I've taken my bike into dirt trails and got wild, hit jumps, I jump pretty much every speed bump I cross, and I've stalled my bike out at least 500 times

 

ouch

 

How far are you rolling stoppies? Just out of curiousity....Im running like 25 or 26 lbs of pressure but i guess i'll just have to increase my tire pressure after i get this rim straightened out. I have my damper tightened up pretty good but can definitely feel some crazy headshake when i get the bike close to bp.

just ******* with you man

 

just trash ur yellow shelled f4ugly and get on da 05 dirty

 

i know i know. we all know your the local stoppie king.

 

NO WHERE!

My biggest was 60-75 foot lol.. And I haven't done one in over a year since my fork seals blew (4 fingers on the hand brake + throwing body forward, and the tire wont come off the ground a inch)

Buuut I wouldn't think stoppies would kill front rims (rear rims maybe), I'd think it would be more slamming them down, and/or hitting potholes


edit: when I first was learning, I ran 18psi in front and rear lol
somehow I never bent my rims

Now I run 22+ in the rear, and 24-26+ in the front

 

I run 30psi up front and I still bend 929/954 rims....I'm gonna find a way to mod 600RR, F4i, and other rims and have a spare ready.

I'm ready to roll some endoes out again now that winter is giving up!

 

he is ?

 

Twist is definitley merkin' stoppies

 

i used to do the same thing with my 929, when i sold it i couldn't believe it still held air. must be something with the 929 rim b/c i never had a prob with the f4i rim.

 

if either of you all came out to the spot, you all would know the difference

 

only one ive seen killin stoppies round here. havent run into you before. do i smell a maryland stoppie contest in the works?

 

I have a stock F4i front end.. But on my 929 after a few years of stunting it, my front rim is straight as an arrow