whitewalls anyone?

[mario]

hey guys, i've looked high and low for valks that may have white walls and haven't spotted any on the pics site.  i have an illusion blue with a white racing stripe and need to get some new rubber. i'm thinking of whitewalls, maybe a narrow one, not sure....  whataya think?

[Houdini]

i'm thinking of whitewalls

No offense .... but .... ewwww!   

Leave the whitewalls for the Hardleys. 

Feel free to ignore me; most of the club does already.

[BnB Tom]

i'm thinking of whitewalls

Feel free to ignore me; most of the club does already.

  You noticed!!

[mario]

i'm thinking of whitewalls

No offense .... but .... ewwww!   

Leave the whitewalls for the Hardleys. 

Feel free to ignore me; most of the club does already.
lol!  yeah, i haven't gotten much feedback but i did find some older threads on the subject.  thanks for responding, anyway. 

[Six Guns]

Mario,  this topic has been brought up in the past and to my knowledge no one has come up with a whitewall tire for the valkyrie.  Unless you paint it white yourself, you will have to stick with the blackwall tire.       

[mario]

hey six guns, yeah, i found the other posts.  thanks for you reply.

[Doc809]

Houdini who?

[Black Dog]

Jim C has done it...  Both by first painting them on (poor results), and then by finding some real WW's, in a Bias ply, in a size very 'close' to the recomended size for our Valks...

Here is a pic, of his 'Lead Sled'...



Hope he sees this, and chimes in.

Black Dog

[Houdini]

EWWWWWWWW! 

That's uglier than rotor covers. 

(sittin' back and waitin' for the flame war to begin)

[mario]

Jim C has done it...  Both by first painting them on (poor results), and then by finding some real WW's, in a Bias ply, in a size very 'close' to the recomended size for our Valks...

Here is a pic, of his 'Lead Sled'...



Hope he sees this, and chimes in.

Black Dog
that snake skin valk in the background is pretty groovy lookin...

[RainMaker]

Jim C has done it...  Both by first painting them on (poor results), and then by finding some real WW's, in a Bias ply, in a size very 'close' to the recomended size for our Valks...

Here is a pic, of his 'Lead Sled'...



Hope he sees this, and chimes in.

Black Dog

that snake skin valk in the background is pretty groovy lookin...

Think of snake skin plus whitewalls and rotor covers on the same Valk - woo-hoo!!!

[john]

its amazing the things people are will'in to do to a perfectly beautiful  valkyrie motorcycle ....       
and at a  p r e m i u m  cost no less ....     
maybe  ....  they are rebuilt wrecks   ... i'm think'in ...
white walls ...     
who ask me ?  ....i know ..i know  ... nobody

[Houdini]

its amazing the things people are will'in to do to a perfectly beautiful  valkyrie motorcycle ....

I do a lot of mods to my Valk that others think are hideous, ostentatious, ridiculous and flaming-death inducing, but I wouldn't put white walls on your bike John.

that snake skin valk in the background is pretty groovy lookin...

Is that snakeskin or carbon fiber?

[f-Stop]

The bike is covered with that vinyl stuff.  Really nice custom...

[JimC]

Mario,
Here is a link of the last time the whitewall discussion (controversy) came up on the board.

http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,23075.0.html

It's a good thing that I did not take a poll before changing my bike to the way I wanted it. It  would have started a flame war to make OIL, TIRES, CENTER STAND, and all the others look tame.

That is what I like about this board, everyone feels free to flame away, but when it comes down to it, none of them would let me stand by on the side of the road because of the color of my bike, or the fact that it has whitewalls. It is like arguing with your brother, you can do it all day long and still be brothers when it's all over.

Personally, I like the look of the whitewalls and I like the look of the bike also. But that is because it's mine, and I made it that way. I have said it before, these bikes are getting to an age where some of them are going to be needing face lifts,. You will be seeing more of the customizing in the future. Even so, there will always be the purists that have to have theirs like the way it left the factory, and there is nothing wrong with that if you like to be like everyone else.

Jim

[HayHauler]

Well, JimC, I like the look.  The color isn't to my liking, but really dig the white walls.  I had them on my V-Star 1100 Classic.

Hay 
Jimmyt

[RainMaker]

Hey JimC

I like the look, too. That color is definitely different but the whitewalls work with it. 

With a little more fender, it would approach the look of an Indian, IMHO.

These are all our Valks and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as we are happy with the ride.

RM

[JimC]

I have to admit that the color is not the one that I had picked out.
I wanted a darker rust red, to look like the red oxide primer that hot rodders used years ago.

I tried a new rubberized top coat so when I looked at the color I thought that it might dry darker but it did not.  I have to admit that it has grown on me though.

Jim

[f-Stop]

Hey JimC, I admit to doing a double take when I first saw your custom at Shanty Creek this past July, but I really like it!  Funny to hear that the color was a bit of an accident.  I assumed there was some sort of creative genius behind the whole thing.

By the way, the white walls rock!   The only thing missing - to me - is spoked wheels.  Probably next to impossible, but is there any chance for that possibility? 

[JimC]

fstop,
I can only dream, I would love spokes, I agree it would look better with them.
Jim

[Dag]

(not for me....)
I found this picture on the Danish VRCC site

[godfire]

(not for me....)
I found this picture on the Danish VRCC site

Even with the walls she still looks fast!

[98valk]

JimC,
I like the "old school" look u gave her. 

[RainMaker]

It looks like a Schwinn!

[john]

i saw whitewall on a motorcycle somewhere not long ago ...         ??? 
they read  firestone  on the sidewall         

[Serk]

To each their own, variety is the spice of life, etc, etc, etc..... But.....