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Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:34 pm
by Ambientek
Got the wheel tonight! Battling a migraine atm. Ill know more tomorrow.

Picture of wheel it's splines and max dia.

http://imgur.com/yyRapgp

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:50 pm
by Ambientek
Thanks for the help guys! :rock: Just ordered a 90/90-10 for this puppy.
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Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:53 pm
by 1man8scoots
Fits like a glove right.
Clean out that tire slime ha.

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:17 am
by Ambientek
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking. Theres absolutley no way to do a Douglas wheel conversion without modifying the shock. Thats assuming their narrowest wheel is a 2+2in.

Although you might be able to put a half inch spacer between the Kymco adapter the 4" douglas wheel just enough to keep away from the shock and still squeeze it within the muffler.


Thanks! :bowrofl:

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:04 pm
by Ambientek
Got the tire in today. Decided to go with a 90/90-10 Kenda K329.

http://i.imgur.com/cI3T1n9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JEn1x9G.jpg

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:14 pm
by Ambientek
Update:

Drove it up the rode a few times turns out the tire is infact rubbing the spring. Not quite sure what would my options are now.

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:13 am
by Ambientek
Solution(?):
rotated spring ~a half turn. If that ain't about a beesdick of space i don't know what is.

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:23 am
by curtis966
Yeah that will rub under load for sure. If you take the rim off and put a thick washer on the axel then the rim you can get a little more clearance.

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:10 am
by Johnniespeed
Why not move the shock away from the tire ? Reshape the lower shock brackets and modify the upper frame. A quarter inch should do it.

Re: Wheel options for a 96' Elite SR?

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:46 pm
by Ambientek
I reacted a little hasty perhaps. I ended up taking the spring off and sticking it in the vice and bending inbetween the 3rd and 4th turn from the botton. I threw a zip tie around a couple of spots to maybe hinder it from turning too much to let it end up in a bad spot. Sat pretty firmly without the ties. I definitely will do this the correct way as soon as I source a spring.