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Phil314
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new bike
« on: January 21, 2003, 05:38:51 PM » |
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I just gots my first bike. It a F2 93 black, silver, red. In great shape but still got the stock exhaust on it. Whatz the best exhaust to get for F2. I want more hp out of it. Also what is the biggest rear tire I can put on. Do you guyz think a 180 will fit?
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Re:new bike
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2003, 06:15:43 PM » |
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a 180 rear tire will do nothing but cost you more and ruin your handling.
The bike was designed around a smaller tire, and wedging a fat one back there will have you turning like crap. Don't waste your money...
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Re:new bike
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2003, 08:47:55 PM » |
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Don't care much about handling. I figured a wider tire would be stable when I trying to do wheelies. Plus it would look cool. What about exhaust do they have the big ones for bikes like I see on civics all the time.
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Re:new bike
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2003, 10:27:31 PM » |
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Of course I want bike to look cool doesn't everyone. I won't kill myself going fast I more want to do stuntz like I see others do. But noone still has explain why wider tire makes bike handle bad. I ask question cause I hang alot in car scene and just learning about bikes. I want some help but people here see to have bad attitude.
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Re:new bike
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2003, 11:11:14 PM » |
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Where do you people come from. I'd be hapy to explain why a bigger tire will ruin your handling, (and make wheelies HARDER) but will I be wasteing my time? Will you take my advice, and think about it, or will you just forget it becasue it isn't what you want to hear? I'm pretty sure you're trolling, probably a member of the list who's bored because it's down. But, I'm bored, so I'll explain it to you. The best exhaust is the stock exhaust. Period. If you want another, get one, but hp isn't changed much unless you jet, and know exactly what you're doing. 90% of the bikes you see with pipes run worse. And those that do make more power make it way up high in the rpm range, where you don't need it, especially for "stuntaz" or whatever you called wheelies. Now for the tire thing. Lets say you have a wheel made for a 160 tire. Now look at a wheel made for a 190 tire. Wider right? Ok, now imagine a tire off the wheel. Imagine it's a 190. The beads are spaced apart the proper distance to fit on the wheel it's designed for. Now, pinch the beads together as you would to mount it on a to narrow wheel. You're squishing it, and the tread is bulging. You're getting LESS contact with the road. Make sense? So you lose stability. It also handles worse because you have a wider tire to roll over into a turn. And it's heavier, so you have more rotational mass and unsprung weight, reducing power. And, BTW, I don;t think anything wider than a 170 will fit on an F2, which is about the worse thing in the world for stunting due to it's having a oil pick-up mounted towards the front of the engine. If you ever do get good at wheelies, you'll be starving the motor for oil.
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Re:new bike
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2003, 05:25:13 PM » |
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hondatech that is good description of why wider is not better I understand. I not trying stuntz right now I just trying to learn to ride and ask question. I dont understand word 'troll' is this a motorcycle word? I did very good on ride last night, but then I drop the bike. Small scrapes but no damage problem is bike does not run now. It turns when I try start it but does not run. I cant take it back to dealer no trailer and to far to push. And I dont like mechanic at dealer you know how they are. Can you guyz help me?
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