bigger rear wheel on curvy

hey everyone i was just wondering if anyone has fit a swingarm from a different bike on to the curvy sv to be able to put a bigger rear wheel without too much modification.

thanx

why?............ what advantage would there be to this?

You dont need to swap the swingarm. Quite a few folk have put 1200Bandit wheels in with few problems. Then you can fit 180 section tyres.
Just need new spacers and bearing swaps i think??

PM northwind or billy for details

Wait for Northy to come back from the Annual Swim Out. I think he's fitted a bandit wheel of some sort to his curvy at some stage.

Originally Posted by hovis

why?............ what advantage would there be to this?

There's no advantage to having the bigger wheel on there, it might even make the bike corner slower, i just want to see how it looks with it on. Just for looks, that's all. I've streetfightered it and have cut my end can to a stubby one and put renthals and headlight conversion.

thanx haggis & rigor i'll look into it now and also send northy a pm and he can get back to me when he gets back.

Originally Posted by haggis

You dont need to swap the swingarm. Quite a few folk have put 1200Bandit wheels in with few problems. Then you can fit 180 section tyres.
Just need new spacers and bearing swaps i think??

Might be useful on a trackbike, I'd need to experiment. I have a spare set of GSXR750L rims which are the same as Bandit 1200 and loads of 180 and 120 sticky tyres here, I may have to delve into the garage and have a play to see what needs doing.

not quite relevant as mine's a pointy but this winter i managed to get an sv1000 s.arm on with gsxr600 shock, caliper wheel etc and i've got a 190 rear tyre on..it handles FINE and just as important for a fighter,looks good... you'll have plenty of people on here saying you'll mess up the handling but you don't know till you try and as i said, my handles fine..(although i'm no great rider!!!)the bandit12 wheel would be much easier than the route i took as i don't think you'd have to worry about the chain lining up..good luck..!!

Originally Posted by big_dawg

There's no advantage to having the bigger wheel on there, it might even make the bike corner slower, i just want to see how it looks with it on. Just for looks, that's all. I've streetfightered it and have cut my end can to a stubby one and put renthals and headlight conversion.

thanx haggis & rigor i'll look into it now and also send northy a pm and he can get back to me when he gets back.

Originally Posted by sfstu

not quite relevant as mine's a pointy but this winter i managed to get an sv1000 s.arm on with gsxr600 shock, caliper wheel etc and i've got a 190 rear tyre on..it handles FINE !

I want to fit a set of racing wet tyres to a pair of spare wheels, and as I already have the Gixer wheels I'll try and make them fit properly.

didn't billy do the 180 rear tyre conversion?

If I knew who Billy was I'd ask him