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Installing a 160 tire into a stock frame just might be easier than you thought. A few additional modifications are necessary, but can be performed by you, at home with the right tools. We need to add some additional clearances to make this tire fit, but the final affect is sure worth the time. The massiveness of a 160 tire requires more room under the fender so we have to narrow the fender lip to 1/8-inch and eliminate the internal wire harness brackets. Using a strip of 1/8-inch masking tape, lay it down on the outside edge of the fender.
Next locate and remove the metal tabs inside the fender that are used to hold the wire harness, we’ll re-install one later.
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Use a plastic cable harness and silicone it to the highest inside point of the fender.
This will relocate the harness out of the way for additional clearance. Don’t go too big here; use the smallest size necessary to hold your wires. For re-mounting the fender, we have two simple options. One, you can use a half width nut on the inside of the fender, or two, use a buttonhead allen bolt from the inside out and secure with nuts on the outside of the struts.
Either way will work, the choice of fastening is up to you. Here are the basic hand tools used by the folks at Damon’s Motorcycle Creations to perform the job.
Make sure the wheel spacing is correct for the center of the bike and you’re ready to roll! Source: |
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