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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
19" front wheel, or not?
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<blockquote data-quote="piggywig" data-source="post: 7191" data-attributes="member: 350"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Regarding the recent thread on the problems associated with finding 20" tyres and tubes, I cannot ever recall a time when these were as easy to obtain as the more common size of 19". As most of my riding from U.K. was on long tours (C Shadow with sidecar and without, but long ago) through Eastern Europe/ Middle and Far East, where 20" size was even harder to find, my wheels were both rebuilt with heavier gauge spokes and 19" rims. No doubt the standard set-up of 20 front and 19 rear was originally used to give better solo handling, but at the speed a heavily laden touring bike is ridden and the somewhat unbalancing nature of panniers, top box and gear piled on dual seat and tank, high speed handling is not likely to be as much an issue as the difficulty of replacing tyres ripped on gravel roads. To this day the bike is the same (less sidecar) but ridden less and without the touring luggage, but after many years using it and now thoroughly familiar and happy with the handling, I would be interested to know the affect a 19 x 3.25 or even 3.50 section front tyre theoretically has on handling, and more importantly why? The Rapide was offered in 20" or 19"x 3.50" front, so was it a real issue or not, as the 19 x 3.25 must be close to the same diameter as 20 x 300. Would someone supply the answer? There may be be many other interested owners who have taken this wheel change path for similar reasons.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> Col.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> l</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="piggywig, post: 7191, member: 350"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Regarding the recent thread on the problems associated with finding 20" tyres and tubes, I cannot ever recall a time when these were as easy to obtain as the more common size of 19". As most of my riding from U.K. was on long tours (C Shadow with sidecar and without, but long ago) through Eastern Europe/ Middle and Far East, where 20" size was even harder to find, my wheels were both rebuilt with heavier gauge spokes and 19" rims. No doubt the standard set-up of 20 front and 19 rear was originally used to give better solo handling, but at the speed a heavily laden touring bike is ridden and the somewhat unbalancing nature of panniers, top box and gear piled on dual seat and tank, high speed handling is not likely to be as much an issue as the difficulty of replacing tyres ripped on gravel roads. To this day the bike is the same (less sidecar) but ridden less and without the touring luggage, but after many years using it and now thoroughly familiar and happy with the handling, I would be interested to know the affect a 19 x 3.25 or even 3.50 section front tyre theoretically has on handling, and more importantly why? The Rapide was offered in 20" or 19"x 3.50" front, so was it a real issue or not, as the 19 x 3.25 must be close to the same diameter as 20 x 300. Would someone supply the answer? There may be be many other interested owners who have taken this wheel change path for similar reasons. Col. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] l[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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