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Posted by jamey wright
- January 07, 2013, 21:45:49 PMIt is the second set of numbers that define which it is for, the 800 or the 1500.
Posted by pcarrell
- January 07, 2013, 21:39:35 PMYou know what? You might be right. The part numbers are misleading. The part number for a rear fender on a 2001 1500 in ebony is 35022-5096-H8, the rear fender for a 2001 800 in black is 35022-5114-B5. But looking at them, they appear different. I stand corrected!
Posted by jamey wright
- January 07, 2013, 21:23:57 PMThe front fenders are the same for the 800 and the 1500, but not the rear fenders.
Posted by Troll
- January 07, 2013, 19:37:25 PMBike Bandit part numbers......rear fender 1500: 805933, price...sitting down? $758.14
800 rear fender:
FENDER-COMP-REAR,SILV 805947 Usually ships within 1 to 2 business days $830.31 The price is a heart stopper, but they claim they have them................Moral of the story...don't break your fender!
Posted by pcarrell
- January 07, 2013, 18:36:06 PMQuote from: jamey wright on January 07, 2013, 15:46:42 PMThe part numbers are the exact same, except for the suffix denoting color. (PN 35022 and then the color suffix)Who told you the rear fenders on the 1500 and the 800 were the same? They are not, because the 1500 has rear shocks and the fenders are notched out for these, and the 800 has a mono-shock underneath, with no notches in the fender so as to resemble a hardtail.
***I stand corrected, see below***
Posted by jamey wright
- January 07, 2013, 15:46:42 PMWho told you the rear fenders on the 1500 and the 800 were the same? They are not, because the 1500 has rear shocks and the fenders are notched out for these, and the 800 has a mono-shock underneath, with no notches in the fender so as to resemble a hardtail.
Posted by Troll
- December 16, 2012, 13:16:43 PMA great deal of the "wiggle" you are feeling is due to the circumferential tread grooves in the tire design. Block pattern tires virtually ignore the surface irregularities, and the "rib pattern" tire follows it. You need to try out the two tire patterns on a steel deck bridge, and it will become obvious which one to choose..but new rubber is ALMOST ALWAYS better....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 16, 2012, 13:13:34 PMtedley what did you change to?
I put on about 5000 kms in the last part of the summer, and I am really happy with my tires and they way they handle, I did a runb from North Bay to Kingston along the back way along Hwy 41 and then the 401 and speeds were in the 120 kms 75 mph and had no issues.Never flet "loose" steering ....so it might not be tires?
Posted by tedley
- December 16, 2012, 12:43:04 PMFrom my experiance my 800 would wiggle abit crossing cracks and road snakes with the original dunlops but not bad. Finaly after 35000 k/m on the old skins, yes you read right, 35000 k/m, i replaced them and oh what a difference. I feel vertualy nothing now. 100% improvement in handling at any speed.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 25, 2012, 10:09:39 AM I do know that when I first bought the bike I don't know why I never checked the tire pressure, it was ok it seemed. Well I did a 70 mile trip, and I told my brother in law that I did not feel comfortable with the bike in corners, he checked the tire pressure and it was way down. So he pumped them up, made a huge difference. But not good yet, or comfortable. I kept my speeds at about 110 km, and no issues rode really nice comfortable ride. then I read the thing here with Troll and Chief about tire pressure and lowered one and raised the other and the last couple of rides awesome change, really good.
I want to keep my ride as stock as possible and so I think I'll keep the tires as per normal just use ww's because I like the looks of that. As for the wobbling when I cross the center line it is not that bad, or were I have a seam on the road, again not so bad, and we do have crappy roads up here, so it might not be that much of an advantage. But good info and a learning curve too.
Posted by Troll
- October 25, 2012, 08:43:30 AMThe front wheel on an 800 and on a 1500, indeed the whole front suspension, is exactly the same. 3" wide front wheel, same as on a Harley...same size tire as an E-Glide, 130/90-16. the rear wheel on a 1500 is 3.5" wide, as is needed for the wider tire to maintain the correct tread profile. Tires make a huge difference in handling, so does tire pressure...
Posted by hoosierfish
- October 25, 2012, 08:25:52 AMIf you find more info on whether wider tires would help out on this issue of bike stability @ highway speeds, please post it here for all to see. Thanks
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 25, 2012, 08:18:42 AMok kind of make sense. I too have an 800 and find it fairly light as such compared to a lot of machines. Now living here in Northern Ont. I too have expereince with the lane markings and patches in the highway, and it does does have a tendency to move me around but I never thought wider tires would cure that, something to look into. I'll have to ask around an see what the ideas are. Thanks.
Posted by hoosierfish
- October 24, 2012, 20:59:07 PMbetter high speed control? When changing lanes at high speed, crossing the center line, i get a wooble feeling were the pavement has a seem in it (maybe just the crappy roads in Indiana), feels like the whole bike is shaking when crossing the white lines?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 24, 2012, 20:26:54 PMmy question is why change the width of the tires? Something I am missing here?