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Steve. Re: push. Just curious what rear tire and size are you running on that bike?
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I believe it was a 140 s-12 rear and a 90/90 s-12 front.
The rear tire had a 120 michelin mousse insert while the front was a 90/90 insert.
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That 140 rear may have something to do with the push . I have experianced the same phenonoma and now i run only 110's or 120's .It seems to be more pronounced in muddy conditiond?. You might be suprised how much better it will rail on skinnier rears.
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I used to run skinny rear tires on my drz. I could tell the difference from a handling stand point
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I believe the Michelin 140 is a metric size which works out to a 110 or 120 equivalent for Dunlop, Bridgestone, Maxxis, etc.
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Last time I checked the Japanese were using the same metric system as the French and the rest of the world. 140 mm is 140mm.
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That is correct.
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tire size
Steve had everything correct with the exception of the rear tire which was a Michelin S12 130/80-18 not a 140..no big deal at all. As far as the rims go, I've been working with about 3 different companies and all have different opinions and thoughts on the GasGas Hub...all have not quite worked yet, but I'm close to a solution and hope to have complete aftermarket wheel sets available in black, red, blue, or silver within 2-3 months for about $725 retail including rotors and sprocket.
The Rad set up was a KTM front hub with a KTM rotor and special spacers. The rear hub was a early 1990's Honda hub with special spacers, honda sprocket and honda rotor from the early 90's as well. It worked ok, but the rear rotor was a 4 bolt rotor and I'm not too fond of that. The other issue I have with the setup is for the next owner, how does he know the aftermarket set up isn't from GasGas, or the next guy? We've decided not to promote this route due to confusion, or lack of knowledge for the GasGas as it is. Like I said before hopefully 2-3 months I'll have a GasGas solution to the aftermarket wheel sets that will use GasGas rotors, spacers, sprockets.......
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What's the need for a different hub? Is it weight, strength , bling, or all 3.
Wouldn't just stronger rims and spokes do the trick or is the stock GG hub on the weak side? I spoke to a guy named Jeff at East Coast Wheels http://store.eastcoastwheels.com/ who was trying to import some new super strong HypoPro rims from Europe that were on par with the Excel A60 rims and came in a variety of colors. He said they had been using them in Europe for a couple of years with good success. I need to check in with him to see if he got them yet. Skidad in MA |
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