Hopefully here is a pic of a chainguard I ordered from Germany to replace the plastic one that had worjk through with the 180/55 tyre on. Might not be tho, cos every time I try a pic it simply will not display BAHHH!

Anyway here goes:

Apols for the durty bike (If the damned things visible) we had just done our 2500 mile tour....

Ara


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LOL if i had the RIGHT pic of course

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Looks cool

 

Looks great, Ara !
Maybe if you buff it, it would shine up nicely........?
Funny, my 180 never chews up the chainguard.......

 

What is the biggest tire we can fit on our bikes? My '91 has a 170 - can I go larger (i.e. 180) on a stock rim?

(EDIT) Wow, I can actually post on the forum again!

 

Hi,
A 180/55 will work fine, but as I say, for me the chainguard wore through. You can bend the small posts that the guard mounts to if you find it does rub, but I decided on the stainless one. You MAY find the bike a little slower to "fall into" a corner, but its hardly noticeable to me....

The 180's are definately easier to find where I live, and there is much more choice too...


Ara

 

+1 Ara, everyone's using 180's now as the 170's are hard to find (especially here) and a LOT more expensive. Don't go bigger than 180, Amac, or your handling will suffer - see earlier posts on this one.

 

Nice mod, how difficult will be to have it looking great, I mean, the plastic ones barely always look clean, now I guess you must use stainless stell or aluminum for those, what material should be better to use?
Regards and V's,

 

Hi,
This is an "off the shelf item" available from a German supplier you can find on good 'ol EBAY! I think it cost in total about forty quid ish. I will try to add the link directly to it later. When I clean the bike this weekend, I will take a better pic so you can make your mind up on it.

Ara

 

Hi,

Looks great! What year do you have?

Chris