The Gray Ghost

[OpaTsupa]

Entire world loved and still longs for the SXV.
This is my favorite version.

 

[DaveAusNor]

I really wanted Excel rims with well-known hubs, so I got them directly from Haan Wheels.

Yea i did the same. Excel rims and haan hubs. Really happy with them. Did you space out the rear sprocket to avoid chain rub or did the wheel builder do that?

 

[Karinshi]

Thanks for the helpful breakdown. I ordered 14/45 as my backup combo because I had read a few people saying that combo worked well and don't have to break the chainso

so no need to break the chain but it will be needed to move the wheel backwards right? i mean, the axle... to compensate the chain tension, am i right?

 

[Karinshi]

Yea i did the same. Excel rims and haan hubs. Really happy with them. Did you space out the rear sprocket to avoid chain rub or did the wheel builder do that?

is this 100% needed? so i keep that in mind when i do the SM conversion... how you do it? with some bolt spacers?

 

[Karinshi]

when Stark release the SM version maybe we can buy some SM parts from the website for our EX tuning projects jajaja maybe better brakes, brake rotors, smaller sprockets, better fitted rear sprocket chainguide, shorter chain... lets see

 

[DaveAusNor]

is this 100% needed? so i keep that in mind when i do the SM conversion... how you do it? with some bolt spacers?

I found there was some slight rub so I used 1.6mm M8 washers to space the rear sprocket a little further out.

 

[Karinshi]

wow and thats with a 150 tyre, i dont understand how the other guy fit the 160

 

[DaveAusNor]

Different tyres with different profiles on different size rims.

 

[rs911]

Yea i did the same. Excel rims and haan hubs. Really happy with them. Did you space out the rear sprocket to avoid chain rub or did the wheel builder do that?

I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. I installed the sprocket on the hub without any spacer and mounted the tire myself.

wow and thats with a 150 tyre, i dont understand how the other guy fit the 160

No, they're not comparable because they have different rim widths.
Depending on the tire and rim width, a 150 mm tire can be as wide as a 160 mm tire.
I knew this setup (160mm ContiAttack SM 2 and 5" rim) worked on the Stark, I didn't want to try something else as it's already a very good tyre.

 

[Karinshi]

I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. I installed the sprocket on the hub without any spacer and mounted the tire myself.


No, they're not comparable because they have different rim widths.
Depending on the tire and rim width, a 150 mm tire can be as wide as a 160 mm tire.
I knew this setup (160mm ContiAttack SM 2 and 5" rim) worked on the Stark, I didn't want to try something else as it's already a very good tyre.

yeah yeah i buy the conti sm2 too, it has to be the best tyre for supermoto, im thinking about the wheels, i have the typical dilemma of a 4.25 or a 5.00... since a 5.00 seems to fit with the contiattack i will probably go for that. I dont want to do major ajustments every time i want to switch for the offroad set up, just triying to do as a plug and play as i can

thank you

 

[rs911]

I wanted as much traction as possible with that high-torque bike, and the change was not difficult/tricky at all in the end.
I don't think a 4.5 or 4.25 would have made a big difference for the wheel change.