xj750rh tires

Hey guys and gals hope ya can help me out

my bike currently look like an angry 10 speed lol

i hear i can stuff a 150 on the back with removal or notching the shaft housing has anyone done it? pictures??

will it fit on the rim and be safe???

loss of some handling dosn't really bother me.

also largest i can do on the front aswell

 

uuhhmm, not from experience... but I hear a 130 is a REALLY tight fit..

 

Hi
There is an English guy on here thats done it , notch & 150 tire.
He has a pic in his gallery. I found it a while ago by just searching back through all the posts
Cheers Andrew

 

If you cut away the swing arm, you will detrimentally effect the structural integrity of the bike. The guy in the UK (plumber, I think) runs a naked shaft & has rebuilt the rear frame.

 

but i shouldn't have to cut away any right side swingarm juast the casing on the left...... maybe im losing it

 

ok i see now the difference between what i want to do and what "plumber" has done i now understand how it would hurt structural integrity, if i were to only notch the case would i be aright?


of course all is null and void if the tire won't actually fit on the rims

 

If you were able to box the notch back around the shaft you may be ok. Just cutting a notch in it will weaken the tube a great deal. You've got to replace the removed material somehow.

 

i can do that i've notched enough mini truck shouldn't be hard, is that tube actual steal or aluminum?

 

schnarr, if you end up notching and replacing material, I would sure be interested in some pics :wink: ...

skillet

 

by all means i will do that for sure,

my bikes barried right now so i cant go look at it, so all i need to know is 2 things, if the axel tube it steal or aluminum, if it's aluminum im screwed.

and if a 140-150 tire will fit on a seca wagon wheel lol

 

The swing arm is steel, I don't know how much width you will be able to grab, after you have welded in a fillet, it hasn't got that much room in there & you dont want it rubbing or binding.
Good luck, post pics.

 

i gotta get to my bike and take a look to see some detail on what i can gain