gsxr1100 front wheel

[HARTLESS]

Good deal ! Might the rim be an old FZR (88-87).. ? If so it was a real score, well for that matter if it works it was a score. . Glad it worked for you.     Please watch out if the Metzeler is to old, then get a new tire..
George

im guessing that it is an fzr wheel, he didn't even know he had it. the tire is in pretty good shape, not dried or cracked and has good tread.going to get some new wheel bearings for it though once I find the specs on them. local bearing shop sells high quality ones for real cheap

[HARTLESS]

the original fj wheel has the same size bearings as the fz's right?

[movenon]

Good deal ! Might the rim be an old FZR (88-87).. ? If so it was a real score, well for that matter if it works it was a score. . Glad it worked for you.    Please watch out if the Metzeler is to old, then get a new tire..
George

im guessing that it is an fzr wheel, he didn't even know he had it. the tire is in pretty good shape, not dried or cracked and has good tread.going to get some new wheel bearings for it though once I find the specs on them. local bearing shop sells high quality ones for real cheap

Front bearings 6302 RD that's a KLM number. Seals I think are 1 each 30mm X56mm and 1 each 30mm X 42mm. Yes they are the same size as the FJ. In fact I got the numbers off the bearings that I am going to install tomorrow in my FZR wheel. The bearings are sealed on both sides.
George

[HARTLESS]

Good deal ! Might the rim be an old FZR (88-87).. ? If so it was a real score, well for that matter if it works it was a score. . Glad it worked for you.    Please watch out if the Metzeler is to old, then get a new tire..
George

im guessing that it is an fzr wheel, he didn't even know he had it. the tire is in pretty good shape, not dried or cracked and has good tread.going to get some new wheel bearings for it though once I find the specs on them. local bearing shop sells high quality ones for real cheap

thanks!

Front bearings 6302 RD that's a KLM number. Seals I think are 1 each 30mm X56mm and 1 each 30mm X 42mm. Yes they are the same size as the FJ. In fact I got the numbers off the bearings that I am going to install tomorrow in my FZR wheel. The bearings are sealed on both sides.
George

[movenon]

6302 RD

This bearing comes in both a sealed and a shielded version. Please select between the two below. Select 2RS for a sealed bearing or ZZ for a shielded bearing.

This bearing can be found with the following part numbers on it:
6302-2RS, 6302 2RS, 6302 RS, 6302RS, 6302-ZZ, 6302 ZZ, 6302ZZ, 6302 Z

You want double sealed. "RS" "RD" "2RS" depends on the brand of bearing.
George

[Pat Conlon]

Check the date code on the tire...see when it was made. If it's more than 5 years old..toss it

Don't rely on *only* a visual inspection. Rubber hardens with age and loses it's grip...
....and after all...it is your front tire.

Kudos on the score!!!

[HARTLESS]

thanks guys!

[HARTLESS]

Check the date code on the tire...see when it was made. If it's more than 5 years old..toss it

Don't rely on *only* a visual inspection. Rubber hardens with age and loses it's grip...
....and after all...it is your front tire.

Kudos on the score!!!

So how old is this? DOT EB 32 BXC 448 1589a. Too old? I looked up how to find the year but this doesn't look the same

[Pat Conlon]

I read that as the 15th week of 1989

[HARTLESS]

That's what I thought to but prior to 2000 the date codes were different. Either way, I think I have a new one laying around somewhere....

[Pat Conlon]

........ Either way, I think I have a new one laying around somewhere....

Good call, also good call on replacing those wheel bearings.

[Mark Olson]

this reminds of the time Craig Z. and I were looking for a gxer wheel for his fj upgrade at the wreckers . they did not have a good wheel and kept bringing out bent wheels.

so we asked about fzr wheels , and they brought out some more crap for like 100.00 a wheel.  Well the wrecker got frustrated cause I kept telling him all his wheels were shit bent .(I had brought a axle with me so I could spin them)

The wrecker in his exhausted state finally asks what bike we are trying to upgrade and I tell him fj 1200 and he goes into the back and pulls out what he has marked as a 85 fj1100 wheel .  I see the wheel is a fzr 1000 from somebody's upgrade and is mislabeled . I spin it and it is good , also has new brgs , tell the wrecker It's not really what we are looking for and he says 50.00 and it's yours. Sold....

unfortunately, there were no other parts from the wrecked fj  , I was hoping for some forks or something.

Moral of the story ..... wreckers don't know what they got.   Make friends with them and did around in the pile of crap they have out back.

[HARTLESS]

Thats what I did! Made friends. Now I have part time gig(whenever I feel like it) and have a hook up on tires and a place to work. for reference I can get shinkos for about $50 a pop. Anyone ever run shinkos on their fj? I heard they bought out the Yokohama molds and "recipe" when the earthquake took out the factory back when

[Mark Olson]

Thats what I did! Made friends. Now I have part time gig(whenever I feel like it) and have a hook up on tires and a place to work. for reference I can get shinkos for about $50 a pop. Anyone ever run shinkos on their fj? I heard they bought out the Yokohama molds and "recipe" when the earthquake took out the factory back when

There ya go, good move. 

shinko's  are greasy at first during scrub in . then they wear funny on the front wheel and kinda triangle out .

[HARTLESS]

That's how the dunlops were that I just took of. Thought it was weird