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Tootal
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2020 - 02:34 pm: | 
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Back on topic, my brother is building a trike with two front tires, side by side seating and a Yamaha V-max plugged in the rear. He wanted to put a car tire on the V-max rim but was told that car wheels and bike wheels are different in diameter and he ended up having to send his rear wheel out to have the edges machined off and new automotive rims welded on and then remachined. In the video they didn't mention diameter, just pocket shape. |
Tootal
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2020 - 03:02 pm: |
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I just talked to my brother and it was the drop center in the center of the wheel that is different on 15" wheels. He had to have it machined out .100" so a car tire would spoon on. The bead area was removed and an automotive one welded on. They spoke of this in the video. Since it's a trike all the other issues are not there. |
86129squids
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2020 - 03:22 pm: |
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Greg- pics or it didn't happen! Sounds like you and your brother were born gearheads... awesome sauce!
I helped my best buddy acquire a V-Max years ago... an engineer from ORNL traded it for a H-D. Carbon fiber edition, had all the right farkles. I remember test riding that thing... DANG but it was fast, and the V-Boost was quite noticeable.
Do post pics as that thing comes together, my friend! |
Shoggin
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2020 - 03:30 pm: |
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THANKS Pwnsor for both those suggestions! I haven't been to either but I promise to go very soon
I looked up Jalama Beach... One star "windy dangerous roads to the beach" LOL, damn Prius drivers...
Tootal, thats totally my backyard. We go almost every weekend from Pasadena to Lake Hughes, so we pass right by that beautiful resevoir. Its all fenced now. Has been for years
Back on track: I think a car tire in the back of a trike is fine. No leaning... and they're right. The diameter is good, but the bead profile is wrong. Might be easier for him to get a 15" car wheel and adapt the hub? spokes?
We dealt with that putting 22" low profile car tires on 22.5" 10-lug truck wheels. The mid 2000's was a weird time |
Tootal
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2020 - 11:38 pm: |
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This is where he stopped a couple of years ago. He's redoing his basement which includes a nice milling machine. Once set up he'll continue. |
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