GS 21" front wheel
Posted: Fri 05 Apr, 2013 1:43 pm
I finally got to try my 21" front wheel on my 1100 GS this week.
The bike was fully loaded (bush camping).... no supprises there and two-up
.
The first U-Tern in the road was slightly wobbely whilst I adjusted to the minor change in dynamics (one stab of the foot
), by the second U-Tern there was no problem (no foot stabs 
).... perfectly exicuted ..... if you don't belive me ask Angela!
At speed (110 on Bitumen) the bike seemed much more willing to change direction... quite a supprise, I had expected the opposit.
Slow manovering responce was slightly slower; I have to say only slightly detectable so not a problem to very quickly adapt to.
The big bonus is that the speedo is accurate according to the GPS !
We did do a lot less dirt than planned as Angela had to unexpectidly work on Tusesday only leaving us Tuesday late pm and Wenesday therefore only one night out.
The first section of dirt was very loose bulldust and pea gravel with lots of lovely criss-crossing wheel ruts/marks. Dispite maximum tyre pressures and hardest suspention setting this was handeled at 60-70 kms./hr (30-40 in the unpredictable parts) very well.
The next section was much better, i.e. the gravel was not as deep until we found the bit where the grader had pulled all of the loose material evenly over the road.... brilliant, no escape
. We sat at about 80 kms./hr for the whole length of the gravel, nice and stable and relaxed.
It's difficult to say how different this would be on the 19" wheel as I have not done a simmilar two-up ride as a comparison.... but smileing faces so far with good vib's from the pillion seat (probably pleased that the concerned qustion "it can't fall off can it
?" were unfounded)
More when I have managed to try it out under different conditions
DFS
The bike was fully loaded (bush camping).... no supprises there and two-up
.The first U-Tern in the road was slightly wobbely whilst I adjusted to the minor change in dynamics (one stab of the foot
), by the second U-Tern there was no problem (no foot stabs ).... perfectly exicuted ..... if you don't belive me ask Angela!At speed (110 on Bitumen) the bike seemed much more willing to change direction... quite a supprise, I had expected the opposit.
Slow manovering responce was slightly slower; I have to say only slightly detectable so not a problem to very quickly adapt to.
The big bonus is that the speedo is accurate according to the GPS !
We did do a lot less dirt than planned as Angela had to unexpectidly work on Tusesday only leaving us Tuesday late pm and Wenesday therefore only one night out.
The first section of dirt was very loose bulldust and pea gravel with lots of lovely criss-crossing wheel ruts/marks. Dispite maximum tyre pressures and hardest suspention setting this was handeled at 60-70 kms./hr (30-40 in the unpredictable parts) very well.
The next section was much better, i.e. the gravel was not as deep until we found the bit where the grader had pulled all of the loose material evenly over the road.... brilliant, no escape
. We sat at about 80 kms./hr for the whole length of the gravel, nice and stable and relaxed.It's difficult to say how different this would be on the 19" wheel as I have not done a simmilar two-up ride as a comparison.... but smileing faces so far with good vib's from the pillion seat (probably pleased that the concerned qustion "it can't fall off can it
?" were unfounded)More when I have managed to try it out under different conditions
DFS