bigdaddy
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« on: July 10, 2012, 12:30:02 PM » |
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Can anyone help me find where I can put a 300 Fat Tire Kit on my 1998 Honda Valkrye? Hitting nothing but brick walls!
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Ricky-D
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2012, 12:43:44 PM » |
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Saw something like that on a Valkyrie.
Mass modification along with mass quantities of money.
And in the end, it did not look that good. Really!
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 01:03:13 PM » |
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I've seen one but it was a custom made swingarm. The original was cut and rewelded with 2 U joints. One at the input cup and the original on the tranny output shaft. Of course the Valks handling is a feature many of us appreciate. You may make it harder to sell someday.
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Gryphon Rider
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2012, 02:29:05 PM » |
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Sorry, but if you think the Valkyrie has a "bad ass V-6", a 300 fat tire kit, if one existed, would probably be quite frustrating to install.
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 06:03:51 PM » |
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You probably need to look up some European websites...maybe German...seems like the few I've seen like you describe were over the lake....
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moreira72
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2012, 06:04:23 PM » |
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Found This online. Don't know who owns it, but it's totally Badass Wide tire kit and a Supercharger!!!!   |
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 06:25:21 PM » |
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Correct me if i'm wrong but I believe that's Dogg's bike. While badass looking I remember him having problems with the offset gearbox not having the balls to keep up with the supercharged motor. http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,28102.0.html |
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fudgie
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 06:45:18 PM » |
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Thats doggs.
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 07:00:23 PM » |
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I'll bet that even though it looks great, It is more than a challenge to ride, not even considering the power. Everyone I have ever talked that owns a bike with one of those says those giant rear tires love a strait line and don't like to go around corners. I would love to be wrong, cuz it looks so cool.  |
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sandy
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 07:15:33 PM » |
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Maybe Dogg will chime in. His bike uses a jackshaft on the tranny output. It widens the drive shaft spacing so only one U joint is needed.
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« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2012, 07:51:15 PM » |
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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2012, 09:35:03 PM » |
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bike = 3-5 thousand
supercharger = 3-5 thousand
rear end = 3-5 thousand
Bad ass factor = priceless
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« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2012, 09:45:24 PM » |
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Can anyone help me find where I can put a 300 Fat Tire Kit on my 1998 Honda Valkrye? Hitting nothing but brick walls!
It doesn't exist. It'd be cheaper to buy a used VTX and put a 250 kit on it. They're readily available for the VTX......for the Valk....nadda. The biggiest tire you can put on a Valk is a 200. |
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« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2012, 10:14:26 PM » |
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so says Pharaoh, despite the photographs to the contrary.
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fudgie
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« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2012, 04:18:59 AM » |
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The biggiest tire you can put on a Valk is a 200.
I got a 205.  |
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« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2012, 07:17:16 AM » |
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I beleive some one once got a 215 or a 225 DS tire on a valk by working the swingarm down on the inside area. The swingarm has plenty of room to remove some of the tube and rewelding the cut out area after making clearance for the bigger tire. IT seems to me like a lot of work for a small gain.
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« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2012, 07:49:23 AM » |
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so says Pharaoh, despite the photographs to the contrary.
Can you prove that there's a "kit" available tank? It can be done, but there's still NO direct bolt-on "kit" available that I'm aware of. Please provide links to all of the 300 tire kits that you're aware of tank. I'm sure others would like for you to share that info. And I stand corrected on the 200 tire, however, it was in regards to a motorcycle tire....not a car tire. |
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« Reply #19 on: July 11, 2012, 06:56:10 PM » |
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In 2004 Hal @ Honda Direct Line was making a wide tire kit for the Valkyrie, but it fell through. Word was cost of producing would not justify making them for sale as the market would be very limited.
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bigdaddy
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2012, 07:26:57 PM » |
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See......I knew it was possible....I love the Black one......Now being from Western MA, its gonna be a chore to find someone that can do that..
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« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2012, 07:40:08 AM » |
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I beleive some one once got a 215 or a 225 DS tire on a valk by working the swingarm down on the inside area. The swingarm has plenty of room to remove some of the tube and rewelding the cut out area after making clearance for the bigger tire. IT seems to me like a lot of work for a small gain.
This is correct. I put a 215/60/17 Michelin Hydroedge on mine by doing this mod. Wasnt much trouble, I cut a strip top and bottom of the drive shaft tube, pressed it tograther and welded it closed. Gave plenty of room, but I did have a problem wirh rubbing on the front fender mounts, and had to do some modifications there. http://vrcc.photostash.com/vrcc_501/Ratbike+transformed+013.jpg |
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« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2012, 10:54:50 AM » |
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ANYTHING is possible. how much you wanna spend?  |
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« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2012, 11:39:40 AM » |
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Ive been wanting a fat tire kit as long as anyone. Ill take a 240 rear and be happy. That should be an option fairly soon. Stay tuned.
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bigdaddy
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« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2012, 12:23:38 PM » |
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I guess the moral of the story is yes it can be done. However the cost is huge....Those bikes that have the 300 kit on them must be in the neighborhood of $30,000....Why will noone touch a Metric bike? Uggh......I should have headed to Arkansa for some good ideas....Maybe next year
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« Reply #25 on: July 24, 2012, 06:21:54 PM » |
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Ive been wanting a fat tire kit as long as anyone. Ill take a 240 rear and be happy. That should be an option fairly soon. Stay tuned.
Dude......do tell!!! |
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« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2012, 08:44:20 PM » |
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+1 on the 240 tire. It would look great and proly still handle decent. I'd rock it if it wasn't gonna be 3g. Custom rim? Our 5 incher is a bit smallish.  . Pun intended. |
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f6john
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« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2012, 09:46:27 PM » |
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In 2004 Hal @ Honda Direct Line was making a wide tire kit for the Valkyrie, but it fell through. Word was cost of producing would not justify making them for sale as the market would be very limited.
The kit was on the directline site for a while. It was $2995.00 if my memory serves me correctly. For that you got the modified swing arm, a custom billet wheel and the rear fender. This is a picture of the Valkyrie used by Hal and the boys in the finishing stage of development. I don't remember for sure if this was a 300 or a 280 kit. I'm leaning toward thinking it was a 280.  As with a lot of great ideas, there success hinges on the demand, and we all know what a bunch of tightwads we Valk riders are. |
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« Reply #28 on: July 25, 2012, 08:18:12 PM » |
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55/16 on my 2 Valkyries. You have to do a little work on the swing arm and the nut cage mod but we ride 2 up all the time with no problem.
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