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what wheel for a r1 front end 1998
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:25 am
by dillthedog
dont know what wheels will fit not fussed about speedo drive as will be fitting digital one any suggestions o and i am not made of money cheers
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:00 pm
by philk
R1 1998 - 2003, and i believe the thunder ace wheels will also fit. I know the disk mounts and spacing are the same.though you may need to make up spacers.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:31 pm
by Greg
Hiya - AFAIK any R1 wheel will fit up to 2001/2, but an 'Ace wheel has a mechanical speedo drive so won't fit unless you make a proper spacer, and even then it'll leave the gap around the hub that the mech would have filled...
Greg
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:32 am
by dillthedog
all well and good but theywant silly money for a r1 front wheel
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:41 am
by Greg
Then maybe go for the 'Ace wheel and machine the R1 forkleg instead... by memory you need to take off 8mm from the inside face of the fork lower to accommodate the drive.
If you're set on an electronic speedo I guess you could remove the bevel drive from the housing and rotate it so that the drive output is hidden behind the mudguard... Or just keep it and use a good ol mech speedo!
I might have been lucky, but I picked up a Thunderarse wheel with discs and a useable tyre on FleaBuy for £50.00 The speedo drive cost me another £10.00 and I turned up my own axle spacer from the old R1 steering stem.
G