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Check out the fat front tire on this K11LT EML hack!

 
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Flying Duck
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:20 pm    Post subject: Check out the fat front tire on this K11LT EML hack! Reply with quote

Me like. Very Happy


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was another one like that in the Bay Area that was on some of the shop rides several years ago - a blue one. Seems to be the preferred way to set them up. Having owned a Goldwing hack many years ago based on a normal Aspencade chassis I can see the advantage of the "car tire" and a big spring up front, since you can't really lean anyway and it does so much of the work.

<edit> looking at it closer, and the guy - it may be the same rig.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The proper use of a car tire on a bike.

But I've also seen a car tire on the rear of a street bike. What an idiot.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's the same type front end set up I originally had on my EML rig, before I did the center hub steering upgrade.

It works pretty well, even with the old set up on a really twisty road I could surprise some young kids on sport bikes.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those pics remind me that the K11RS is one of the few BMW bikes since the /2 to actually look pretty damn cool with a side car attached Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I chatted with the owner on the phone last week for a bit. He's also got a bunch of extra fuel in the hack and a system that uses the signal from the fuel level sender to replenish the main tank.
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