Jdsmitty10
Active Member
I am having a difficult time deciding on tires for my wheel set I am about to order. I am told, the metzeler me880's "might" bolt right on with a set of renegade tahoe's. 180-55-18 onto the rear my 2007 deuce.
The thing that I "might" run into is, if the pulley needs spaced out a 1/16" to get the belt away from the tire, the pulley might be too close to the swingarm then. If thats the case, I am told I will need to move everything over a 1/16" therefore needing to shave a 1/16" off the caliper bracket to make that 1/16" space on the left side for the pulley.
Another option mentioned was to just add a washer/spacer to the left side to push the swing arm out just a tad(like a shim) to make the clearance for the pulley. Is this a safe thing to do?
Or go the easy way and just put the dunlop d207zr 180's on which are slightly narrower, which will bolt right on. and mate those with the dunlop elite 3's for the front.
any pointers/help is much appreciated. I really want to go with the metzeler me880's but they are slightly wider causing these "possible" clearance issues. Anyone out there with custom 180-55-18 wheel/tire combo on a 07 deuce with me880's?
Thanks,
Jon
The thing that I "might" run into is, if the pulley needs spaced out a 1/16" to get the belt away from the tire, the pulley might be too close to the swingarm then. If thats the case, I am told I will need to move everything over a 1/16" therefore needing to shave a 1/16" off the caliper bracket to make that 1/16" space on the left side for the pulley.
Another option mentioned was to just add a washer/spacer to the left side to push the swing arm out just a tad(like a shim) to make the clearance for the pulley. Is this a safe thing to do?
Or go the easy way and just put the dunlop d207zr 180's on which are slightly narrower, which will bolt right on. and mate those with the dunlop elite 3's for the front.
any pointers/help is much appreciated. I really want to go with the metzeler me880's but they are slightly wider causing these "possible" clearance issues. Anyone out there with custom 180-55-18 wheel/tire combo on a 07 deuce with me880's?
Thanks,
Jon