Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:41:29 +0100 - Message No. 3772
From: Sheridan Coulter

Subject: RE: Super Moto


We tried to do this with a friends Dominator a few years ago, the route we
took was to try and get some second hand hubs and lace them to some smaller
fatter rims. Unfortunately the dominator has an unusual number of spokes and
rims in anything other than stock sizes were very difficult to come by. In
the end my friend gave up and bought a Nordwest.
I haven't looked into the @ number of spokes so don't know if you will have
the same problem. The second method you could possibly take is to change the
whole wheel for a wheel off something else. The best way we have found of
doing this (We have had to do this for racing a few times) is to compare
part numbers on the wheel spindles of the relevant bikes. If the part
numbers are the same, the wheel will be close to a fit may just need spacers
making, (early CBR 600's disks look similar so would be a good starting
point).
I have also thought of doing this (born tinkerer) but have always decided
there was no point. I can get the pegs down easy enough, and I instruct on
high speed advanced riding courses, which are mainly run on bendy A & B
roads where very few if any bikes get away, so why change it (just my
opinion anyway).
Good luck. And let me know what it is like if you do it.

Sheridan Coulter
Technical Project Leader
'Sheridan.Coulter@UK.Versatility.com'

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	pure@dircon.co.uk [mailto:pure@dircon.co.uk]
		Sent:	19 August 1998 15:04
		To:	XRV Mailinglist
		Subject:	(XRV) Super Moto

		Hello all,

		At the risk of being thrown out of this fine organization
for blasphemy, I'd
		like to ask a quick question. Has anyone ever had any
experience of turning
		the @ into a SuperMoto style machine? I think that this type
of bike is also
		known as  'Fun Bike' (stupid name). Small rims, fat
tyres.......that sort of
		thing. I saw an XRV650 like this at the Le Mans 24Hrs when I
was in France,
		but that was only a very brief look as he passed me on the
otherside of the
		road and waved (take note UK riders ;-) 
		What reminded me of this was seeing a Purple and Silver
Transalp in the
		Fulham Road, here in Londom yesterday. He had done the
SuperMoto style
		modifications to his machine. He also passed me on the
otherside of the
		road, so I never had the chance to have a talk with him.
		Oh well, I'm just curious really................Any info?
Has anyone any
		knowledge of this kind of thing? Does it work? All replys
will treated with
		strict confidence :-)

		Cheers
		David

		Pure.
		0171 385 4030
		pure@dircon.co.uk



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