Hawg Classic tire?

Help me find a replacement please!

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Hawg Classic tire?

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Post by Motocooney »

Hawg Classic 5.10-16 is all that's written on the tire.

It has a diameter of ~25" which is quite a bit shorter than any other tire I can find in this size with a whitewall.

My issue is that I'm fitting my fender and sissy bar around this tire and if I were to get a flat, I'd be screwed because the fender and bracket would be too low.

I'd like to maintain 1/2" between the sissy bar bracket and the tire.

Can anyone give me any info on this tire?
I can't find anything but an old eBay listing for a NOS hawg classic.

This isn't Panhead specific but i am working on a Panhead.

Thx!
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Re: Hawg Classic tire?

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Post by bangkokbob »

My advice would be to chuck it in the bin.
Buy a new Shinko WW tyre and work around that.
At least your back end will stick to the road.
Shinkos are cheap but work well in the dry and wet.
Mileage is not great but that means they are soft and stick.
Your call. Your bike. Your neck.
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Post by Speeding Big Twin »

I was reading your thread about the brake drum and I noticed your rear brake operating lever but I wanted to get a better look at it so I searched your other posts and ended up here. Is your operating lever the wrong way around? Please compare it to the one in the factory photo below. (It’s a 54 prototype with 52 engine.)
Eric

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You have already stated that your present tire measures differently from those currently available, no?
Beware: If you fit the fender and sissy bar to an off size tire, you surely will wind up in a trick sack when you have to replace it with a conventional sized tire....
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Re: Backing plate assembly: Do we have the cam installed in the right direction? Have you centered the shoes? If not that rear brake will not work at its best which ain't really all that bad if set up correctly..... RooDog
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Re: Hawg Classic tire?

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Post by lpd1snipe »

Speeding Big twin. I agree. I am seeing this a lot lately. Even in books like "Harley-Davidson an American classic" by Doug Mitchell c1996 and "This Old Harley" by Michael Dregni. The brake lever is wrong and needs turned around with the angle in towards tire to be more effective. I've even gotten in mild disagreements with younger riders. I'm 62 and been owning, riding, and maintaining Panheads most of my life.
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Post by Speeding Big Twin »

Cheers. We see a lot of those levers fitted the wrong way and I’ve posted the factory photo on some other sites too, including CAI last month for a guy working on a 52.
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I fail to see how which way the lever is turned can make much of a difference in braking effect. Ok it's not "original" but then how much is on a radical chopper?
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I fail to see how which way the lever is turned can make much of a difference in braking effect. Ok it's not "original" but then how much is on a radical chopper?
And that statement is one of the reasons so many "radical choppers" are such piles of junk. It is all about looks over function, the exact opposite of what customizers originally started out to do.
It actually does make a difference how the arm is attached. The hole orientation is such that with the arm in the proper place the the cam is activated quickly with a greater leverage factor than when it is backwards making the brake much more functional and reducing the arm travel eliminating the issue of the cross shaft contacting the frame before the brake is fully on. But hey, do whatever you like on your bike. No risk to me as I am not the one riding it. :roll:
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Re: Hawg Classic tire?

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Post by Speeding Big Twin »

Thank you Robbie. And thanks again to Ipd1snipe.


Ace, I’m not too concerned with ‘original’ or ‘non-original’ and it wasn’t why I mentioned the lever in the first place. However, in this instance ‘original’ is good because there is indeed a proper way for the lever to be fitted, as demonstrated by the factory photo I posted.
Eric
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