Hi all,

Can anyone tell me if they've fitted a 180 wide tyre to a standard Deuce rear wheel?  I've had my deuce rear wheel chrome plated, rather than buy a different wheel, and i want to put a 180 tyre on it.

Would just like some comments from someone who has done this, or know someone who has........or in fact whether it's a good idea or not, with regards to belt clearance, etc.

All advice will be greatly appreciated

John

Any idea if it'll fit a 2000 deuce as well??

Great, now i find out this info just after i have bought a new rear tyre. I hope that it fits a 2000 model.

Have you got the 180 on or the 160?

Hi, just thought i'd let you know......just had the screaming eagle 180 wide tyre (Dunlop) fitted to my newly chromed Deuce wheel......looks awesome but there's a problem.........the drive belt hits side of the tyre!!  Now have the dilemma of what to do......put a 160 back on, or put some kind of spacer to bring the drive pulley away from the tyre.

Anyone got any suggestions ? If i put a spacer between the pulley and wheel.....i'll need to do the same to the transmission pulley won't i ??

If i go down that avenue....where do i get these spacers, anyone know ??

Hi ratsmow.....thanks for your input........the tyre was put on by Brisbane Motorcycle tyres, and although the wheel is not on the bike yet, ( bike is being re-built) i could see that the belt would touch the tyre.

I put the belt on the pulley and it really does touch the tyre. So, i put a large spirit level across the tyre and found that the inner lip of the pulley was approx 2mm below the spirit level ! 

As that lip is approx 2mm........the belt will definately rub on the tyre!  Therefore in my case, a spacer will definately be required!

The other problem is, if i put a spacer bigger than 5mm, i'll lose the availablity of the centre spigot on the wheel - that locates the pulley.......unless i find or have made, a spacer with spigot.......will have to look into that !

If you find any more info, i'd appreciate hearing from you...........and i'll certainly keep you all informed of the outcome !

As you said.......some sites say they don't have a problem.......others have needed or used a spacer........i guess this just wasn't my lucky day !

 Hi again.......machining the belt sounds interesting, as i'm only looking to gain a few mm......and the belt is off the bike at the moment.

Can you give me the details of the guy who can do this?

Also, because of the way this Screaming eagle tyre is constructed.....the outside edge of the tyre almost comes to a "point".....i've heard that this edge can be trimmed back too.....you heard of that being done before ??

Lastly, do you know what the minimum recommended clearance should be, between the belt and the tyre ??

sounds about the same as mine......i looked up Vulcanworks,(www.vulcanworks.net) and they do a kit specifically for the Deuce & 180 tyre......it consists of a spacer of approx 5mm, and because this is almost as deep as the flange on the wheel, the kit provides an adaptor to centralise the pulley.

What i don't understand is, they show a big rubber seal fitted between the wheel and the pulley, which they say is OEM........is this a late model item, or an american only item, 'cause i don't have any rubber seal fitted to my wheel........does yours??

Looking at the thickness of the seal.......if i had that fitted, i wouldn't even need the spacer !!

Anyone else heard of this ??