MasterSpoon
Well-Known Member
Don't have much dirt where you ride? wanna try out mini motard? you need a set of these !
They are a motard wheel set to suit pit bikes.
What you will expect to get from most sellers in the package is
1 x complete front wheel (bearings, hub, spokes, rim, tube, tyre)
1 x complete rear wheel (bearings, hub, spokes, rim, tube, tyre)
Although this is all that comes in the package from most sellers I strongly recommend if you are still planning on doing some dirt riding and using your dirt wheels to grab front and rear disks and a rear sprocket to make changing wheel sets a breeze.
What to look for when buying mini motard wheel sets are ones that will suit your bike, you basically want as wide of a rim as you can fit and get easily. Off the shelf you will find that the biggest you can normally buy is 12 x 2.15 and i strongly recommend getting them. The rim size is normally written on the side of the rim somewhere and will look like this
If you hunt around and import some rims yourself you may be able to get some 2.5's or even 2.75's but you may have some fitment issues with different bikes and the rims themselves will not be cheap (then you still need hubs, spokes, bearings, tubes, tyres)
Fitment wise was ok, hubs were the same spacing as my existing ones so no different spacers or anything required but will vary from bike to bike. This is what the hubs on most of these wheel sets will look like
Front hub
Rear Hub
I did have issues with one of the tyres not seating on the rim properly and took some effort to get them to sit right, details here
http://www.miniriders.com.au/forum/tech-talk/15034-seating-minimotard-tyres-12-x-2-15-rims.html
Quality wise they are ok, rims are not perfect but what china rim is? Tyres are only cheap but will outgrip a knobby anyday so for low budget fun will get you on the track and get you into mini motard. If you want to get more serious simply replace with better tyres after you wear the kendas out. Alternately most sellers will sell you the wheels without tyres and tubes for a reduced price.
The verdict?
At the end of the day you have basically doubled the usefulness of your bike for a couple of hundred dollars. If you have a track that you can ride locally it would be something to seriously consider. Motard is normally described as so much fun it should be illegal and even racing is cheap as.
They are a motard wheel set to suit pit bikes.
What you will expect to get from most sellers in the package is
1 x complete front wheel (bearings, hub, spokes, rim, tube, tyre)
1 x complete rear wheel (bearings, hub, spokes, rim, tube, tyre)
Although this is all that comes in the package from most sellers I strongly recommend if you are still planning on doing some dirt riding and using your dirt wheels to grab front and rear disks and a rear sprocket to make changing wheel sets a breeze.
What to look for when buying mini motard wheel sets are ones that will suit your bike, you basically want as wide of a rim as you can fit and get easily. Off the shelf you will find that the biggest you can normally buy is 12 x 2.15 and i strongly recommend getting them. The rim size is normally written on the side of the rim somewhere and will look like this
If you hunt around and import some rims yourself you may be able to get some 2.5's or even 2.75's but you may have some fitment issues with different bikes and the rims themselves will not be cheap (then you still need hubs, spokes, bearings, tubes, tyres)
Fitment wise was ok, hubs were the same spacing as my existing ones so no different spacers or anything required but will vary from bike to bike. This is what the hubs on most of these wheel sets will look like
Front hub
Rear Hub
I did have issues with one of the tyres not seating on the rim properly and took some effort to get them to sit right, details here
http://www.miniriders.com.au/forum/tech-talk/15034-seating-minimotard-tyres-12-x-2-15-rims.html
Quality wise they are ok, rims are not perfect but what china rim is? Tyres are only cheap but will outgrip a knobby anyday so for low budget fun will get you on the track and get you into mini motard. If you want to get more serious simply replace with better tyres after you wear the kendas out. Alternately most sellers will sell you the wheels without tyres and tubes for a reduced price.
The verdict?
At the end of the day you have basically doubled the usefulness of your bike for a couple of hundred dollars. If you have a track that you can ride locally it would be something to seriously consider. Motard is normally described as so much fun it should be illegal and even racing is cheap as.
