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rear wheel conversion

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by pikeymick, Mar 10, 2009.

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    pikeymick New Member

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    I'm wondering if anyone has successfully changed the rear wheel/tyre on an xj 750 1982 ?
    Its a bit on the skinny side to be honest and I would quite like to fit a fat rear tyre.
     
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    I just swapped the rear wheel for one off of a Maxim, which is a 16". Lower and fatter. I believe you can go a few sizes bibber on the rear as there seems to be enough clearance on the shaft side.
     
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    I was thinking more along the lines of an XJ900 rear end ?
     
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    I'm not familiar with that rear end, but anything late model has a FAT tire on it that more than likely won't fit between the swing arms on these bikes.
     
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    Hmmm, I could get a new swing arm made up no probs...........
     
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    Depending on how far you want to get into this, the problem becomes one of alignment beyond a 150 wide tire. You can carve out the swingarm and re-weld a curved plate over the hole, after that, it's offsetting the rim from "square" just for a fat rear tire. 130 is as wide as the stock set-up goes, even on a 900.
     
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