In Cincinnati, the battle of the tall front wheel is raging between at least 4 companies. No more 21″ or 23″, but 26″ and 30″.
What most people still don’t know is that to fit a 26″ or 30″ size wheel on a Harley Touring Model is not just a bolt-on task. For those who want to venture in these new extreme configurations, Ballistic Cycles is offering not only these wheel sizes but also a combo of a special custom machined triple tree to use in conjunction with their “Neck Cut Wedge Kit” requiring welding. Important to know what it involves before making your decision…
Small market due to the necessary modifications.
gettin a bit ridiculous
when did baggers become the DONK of the motorcycle world. I don’t get it! This simply looks stupid. I know, I know, to each their own and all that, but come on….. 30″ front wheel, 5000 watt stereo….. its fine for your pimped out Escalade but for a motorcycke – I give it an F-
Don’t forget you can also get 24″ front wheels from Metzeler, I run one, it isn’t all about Vee Rubber Avons. Though they seem to get overlooked by most wheel shops.
I would never go bigger than 23 or 24″ for both handling and looking stupid issues.
This just lend credibility to my saying:
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!
I meant lends not lend.
Didnt we go down this road with rear tires 300 360 400 and now what back to 180-200…..great for shows as for real world riding ??
I saw several of these bikes at the Int’l MC show in Minneapolis yesterday. My first question is WHY? My first impression was UGLY!
I’m with the How does this improve ride and handling crowd.
At least they can be re smelted and made into something else
when this short lived fad is over.
I LOVE the huge wheels.
LF
Is this big wheel little johnson syndrome?
I think designers are back to taking Acid Trips! Enough crap to give you a headache.
After looking throught these pictures a second time I now have that headache.
Cantrell
Oh geez…. here we go again, trying to re-invent the wheel.
This is RETARTED !!
The people that sport these must think, “Look at me, I have a huge………..AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. wheel”
If you buy bike for riding and if you love to ride bikes then your choice is 17″ or + – 2″. For show bikes and posing, sky is the limit.
This is the gayest trend in motorcycling in years ….and some hokey shit has come down the pike in the last 10 years, But the big wheel look is the king
perhaps the dumbest looking thing I’ve ever seen on a bike.
Can’t wait for the 35″ front with a 400 rear!!
You can’t tell me that you don’t look for the “Big Wheel” pedals when you see these things.
wasn’t this bike the same one from last years show?
Hey , You guys should have been around in the early 70’s when the extended front ends started showing up . You would have been saying the same sh!t ….LoL ….
looks & handling issues? Add making your engine look smaller to the list.
Englishman – right…400 rear, 35 front, & 70s stretched fork
These guys might as well start giving us the look of the 1880 “high wheelers”. bicycles 48 inch front and 16 inch rear wheel!
This is the gayest trend in motorcycling in years YEP
same with 300-330 tires or the 20 up and 20 out OCC bikes
I don’t mean N.C. and S.C. >GETTING WAAAAAYYYY TOOOOO MUCH INFLUENCE IN ” SOUTH Of The Border” Customers ! Pretty soon I’m going to say “I Love Puerto Rico, I go back every year just to look at me Motorcycle, FRONT WHEEL” !
KEITH STONE TOOK THE WORDS I would of used .not for ever one for sure..
Englishman and Hoyt…Right on the money. What a bunch of crap with the oversized wheels. I suppose there will always be those that really want to overdo a good thing, but this is geting a bit ridiculous. What ever someone wants to do with their own bike is fine by me, but don’t try to push this as the latest and greatest ‘gotta have it’ fad. Most of the bikes that will be done with these will be trailer queens anyway. Lets see some really rideable trends on show bikes for those that want to put down some miles in style.
Analize styling trends.
Skinny fronts Less rubber on road,= poorer braking,less contact patch
Fat rears:Hydroplaning on wet surfaces,poor handling.
Sell to novice bikers and today’s style builders.
Ask a “rider”.
Mr, WILLIE@TROPICALTATTOO
I want to apologize… I actually looked at this this wheel, and for a brief moment became retarded. In fact, so much so I spelled retarded wrong like a retard. Cyril, should have given us a warning:
WARNING: dont look or EVEN THINK that you are going to install this type of nonsense on your scooter. It has dire consequences.. It will have you miss spell what you really are, or about to become…… We can all say it together RE………………………….
OK, that was funny I dont care who you are…..
No disrespect intended to the special needs with disabilities in the ‘real’ world…..
110% ghetto. And stupid.
like it or leave it there’s 29 comments before this one so it’s getting attention and doing its job! ….. and yes that is the new B’COOL front fender on that bike that debuted at the V-Twin Expo this past weekend. Don’t wait there going fast!
All this could have been avoided if parents had bought their boys Mattel’s Big Wheel when they were toddlers. Now we’re forced to watch these poor deprived morons try to recreate the toy they never had. So sad.
It’s ironic that virtually all humor and virtually all Harley customization are based on exaggeration. Apparently the less your Harley looks like a Harley the cooler it is. No wonder “there” going fast.
I’m one of the fortunate few who actually likes Brooks Steven’s timeless designs. But then I’m also content with one cam.
I could have got it wrong,
But I would have thought that the bigger wheels put a bigger
footprint on the road than really small ones,and they would ride
across holes/rough roads smoother,
like motocross front tyres.
Be Cool, it might be getting attention NEGITIVE attention if that’s your goal….