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Offline RetroTexan

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Knobby Tires
« on: May 25, 2016, 11:52:33 AM »
I may be getting ahead of myself on this project, but I'm trying to get the big ticket items ordered so they'll be here after paint and ready for the rebuild.

I'm trying to figure out how to get some gnarly knobbies on my 1990 K100. Does anyone have experience with putting a larger tire into the front forks? What the largest size I can get away with?

I've posted a photo of a reference K100 but it's from pinterest and I can't find any other information about it other than the photo. Also, I did a search on this site and didn't find much information.

Any helps is appreciated!
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Offline johnny

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2016, 01:55:14 PM »
whats your wheel sizes and your spec tior sizes... you want tube or tubeless...

conti tkc 80 yeeehaaaaa...

now look at this link... i simply typed tkc 80 k100... fecking amazing aints it...

i feel like a fecking den mother to a pack of hapless juvenile delinquents... its rather disturbing...

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Offline RetroTexan

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2016, 03:20:32 PM »
Dang Johnny! Those are the EXACT tires in the picture. Googling TKC80 K100 also turned up the website with the build of that bike in the posted picture. I couldn't find it for the life of me, now I've got all the specs to pick and choose from.

Tire sizes:
Front = 110/80-18
Rear = 140/70-17

Those are what's on there currently. The bike was well taken care of and I've got plenty of documentation to sift through.

I'm planning on making her into a scrambler for long road trips/random back country camping. I'd imagine running tubes would be a bit of a better option in case I get stranded in the middle of the woods and need to do a repair. Thoughts?
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Offline johnny

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2016, 03:41:48 PM »
yawl...

you need to get a donkey in your avatar... and your year model location in your profile or signature...

then...

if you want to know what parts fits your moto...

1st... getts the last 7 digits of your vin and put in here to see what your moto really is...

2nd... then pick your moto here...

3rd... after you figger out the exact part number put it in here to see what all motos it fits...

4th... then put your questions in here and  search it...

5th... make your post... include the part numbers you looked up... include screen prints to demonstrate you doing the minimum...

when you do the minimum your post will stand on its merits... if you choose to not do the minimum... mystic red will have your post locked and pinned up on the wall of shame... and you will  be sanctioned for a time... plenty enough time to figger out how to getts part numbers and screen shots in your next post...


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Offline RetroTexan

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2016, 06:08:11 PM »
This forum has some weird guidelines. And being from Austin, anything weird is good in my book!

Thanks for the tips, Johnny. I'll make sure to get on it!
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Offline billday

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2016, 09:32:28 PM »
That is a preposterous looking K100.
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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2016, 10:49:26 PM »
1+........slap your Grandma, ugly! That exhaust was made from parts from the plumbing section at Home Depot..........
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Offline RetroTexan

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2016, 12:43:17 AM »
Judgmental much? Not everyone loves the stock look. Some of us prefer to put our own signature on our bikes instead of allowing the company to tell us what to like.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2016, 01:28:14 AM »
I'm with you there..........got my own modified,stripped down, knobby tired K100GS, but that Honda Scrambler exhaust is UGLY! Besides, this whole Forum is nothing but judgemental, opinionated, & self-righteous.
 No one has ever been wrong, though many have been mistaken!
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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2016, 09:01:02 AM »
It happens to be really great that we don't all like the same thing  :boxing::hehehe...Retro, post a picture of your bike!  It it an SE by chance?
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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2016, 09:09:25 AM »
Quote from: jackgeiger on May 27, 2016, 09:01:02 AM
It happens to be really great that we don't all like the same thing
You're just plain wrong, Jack. :buttkick  It's great, though, that some of us are wrong so the rest of us can feel better about ourselves.
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Offline jakgieger

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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2016, 09:29:10 AM »
 :hehehe You know laitch, my generation (X), gets tired of mediating between boomers sense of entitlement (like they were born w/a silver cobb up their a**) AND millennials with their unbridled naivete.  It is possible to live and let live w/o being a wanker.  There are not that many people who are drawn to what a motorcycle represents ie., freedom, self-reliance, individuality, exploration, etc. and can then sustain this concept (lifestyle riders :nono).  It appears to me that the tent is big enough that we would rather have them in the tent pissing out as opposed to outside the tent pissing in. :bmwsmile
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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2016, 10:11:07 AM »
Nah, JG, let'em piss.............now you're gettin's all erudite on us, where's your keen sense of anarchist irreverence?
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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2016, 10:14:05 AM »
Quote from: jackgeiger on May 27, 2016, 09:29:10 AM
You know laitch, my generation (X), gets tired of mediating between boomers sense of entitlement (like they were born w/a silver cobb up their a**) AND millennials with their unbridled naivete.
:musicboohoo:
A sense of entitlement is what brings generations together here, jack.  :hehehe
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Re: Knobby Tires
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2016, 12:05:32 PM »
Quote from: TrueAce on May 27, 2016, 10:11:07 AM
Nah, JG, let'em piss.............now you're gettin's all erudite on us

 :bmwsmile Trying to be inclusive with our friends across the pond :bmwsmile  BTW, I was certified organic when everyone called us tree-huggin radicals.  No problems with anarchy here :clap:

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A sense of entitlement is what brings generations together here, jack.  :hehehe
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