Are RSVR Mille Oz Wheels worth it?

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HisNibbs · #16 Post by **HisNibbs** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:34 pm

They are worth having and when you are done you can get your money back. So a no brainer really. The thing I noticed was that the bike would stay down when applying the power rather than tending to stand up. Made it easier to hold a line and power out. That and the bike felt "lighter" all round.

#17 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue May 01, 2012 10:59 am

I've finally got my Oz wheels powder-coated and ready to fit to the bike, and I've decided to go with a 190/55 Sportsmart rear. The 190/55 gives a useful increase in rear ride height (and turn-in) over the 190/50 (nearly 10mm, actually) and, as Ben points out, a 6" rim is really designed to be used with a 190 section tyre.

Full report once I get my headers back from the welder/platers and this bloody rain goes away...

D-Rider · #18 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue May 01, 2012 11:02 am

mangocrazy wrote:I've finally got my Oz wheels powder-coated and ready to fit to the bike, and I've decided to go with a 190/55 Sportsmart rear. The 190/55 gives a useful increase in rear ride height (and turn-in) over the 190/50 (nearly 10mm, actually) and, as Ben points out, a 6" rim is really designed to be used with a 190 section tyre.

Full report once I get my headers back from the welder/platers and this bloody rain goes away...

I wonder how much a 190/55 rear tyre will affect the accuracy of the speedo reading?
Worth being aware that it would tend to make it under-read .... but I'm not sure by how much.

#19 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue May 01, 2012 11:06 am

Good point. Compared to a 180/55 , the 190/55 has a 5.5mm increase in radius/ride height. I guess the only real way to tell is to measure the circumference of both tyres mounted on the rim and do the calculations.

HisNibbs · #20 Post by **HisNibbs** » Tue May 01, 2012 12:14 pm

Increace in ride height down to Increace in radius so no meed to measure the circumference. (2*pi*R)

#21 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:34 pm

HisNibbs wrote:Increace in ride height down to Increace in radius so no meed to measure the circumference. (2*pi*R)

That only works when you actually know the radius. All I know is the difference between respective aspect ratios (5.5mm in this case).

Measuring the circumference is easy, anyway. All you need is some level ground, a piece of chalk and a tape measure.[/list]

HisNibbs · #22 Post by **HisNibbs** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:47 pm

Wheel spindle center to ground? More than one way to skin a cat as they say but best start with a dead one.....