Rim Tape

[Fishy]

A few of you may have heard me mention this product rim tape before, and I got round to fitting it to my rims on the weekend but due to shit weather I have only been able to take a couple of pics of the bike yesterday.

Here is the store where I bought it from and it cost me about $22NZ delivered and took about 7 days to arrive.

http://stores.ebay.com/Decal-Design

Some stores offer it in 2 different sizes 6mm thick or 11mm thick. The store I bought it from offers one size which is around about 8mm I think.

Here are a couple of before and after shots...:2guns:

[DemonWolf]

Easy to clean? and what cleaning product would you use with 'em on ya rims?

[Fishy]

They reckon to just clean as normal with your regular cleaning products but just be careful around the edges when wiping where the tape overlaps itself at the joins.

[vifferman]

Is that the reflective stuff?
A guy on the VFRd forum has some reflective stuff on his bike, and it looks really good at night, and OK in the day.

[Fishy]

Nah I didn't want reflective stuff, thats the last thing I want if running from the cops at night...:Police: they will see you a mile off and you won't be able to say "It wasn't me officer honestly - all bikes have relective rims" :niceone:

[beyond]

Hey, looks pretty good mate. Is it silver?

Like the avatar :)

[Fishy]

Yeah its silver Paul.

Yeah I like the avatar... "Save a whale - harpoon a fat chick" hahaha

[Blackbird]

Excuse my ignorance (only to be expected from someone south of the Bombays I hear you say:eek5: ), but what is the function of this tape? Pure "bling" or is there something I've missed?

Cheers

Geoff

[Fishy]

Excuse my ignorance (only to be expected from someone south of the Bombays I hear you say:eek5: ), but what is the function of this tape? Pure "bling" or is there something I've missed?

Cheers

Geoff

Hey hang on I'm south of the Bombays.....

Its purely for the look Geoff. I thought the wheels where a bit plain before being all black and an all black bike and was thinking of polishing them but then I looked at this cheaper alternative, ordered some and am quite happy with it.

[DemonWolf]

You can also get reflective.. which would add more visibility. So it could be for both.. bling factor and safety\visibility of bike and rider =)

[bugjuice]

lookin good.. did you get any issues with putting it round the wheel weights?

[Fishy]

Yep the reflective stuff would be good for safety reasons...

[Blackbird]

Hey hang on I'm south of the Bombays.....

Only just:shifty:

Thanks for that. I'd agree with you that there's a trade off between safety with the reflective option and attracting unwelcome attention:Punk:

[Fishy]

lookin good.. did you get any issues with putting it round the wheel weights?

Nah its nowhere near the weights. Its only applied to the outside lip of the rim.

[bugjuice]

that's where mine are..
I take it yours are the stuck on ones then?

[Fishy]

I'd agree with you that there's a trade off between safety with the reflective option and attracting unwelcome attention:Punk:

Yep, dead right mate. Cops could tell your bike a mile off.

[sAsLEX]

that's where mine are..
I take it yours are the stuck on ones then?

then they are weird they should be placed near/at the centre of the wheel unless they have one on each side of the wheel I would of thought unless your vipers have some weird side to side unbalance, dodgy

[Fishy]

that's where mine are..
I take it yours are the stuck on ones then?

nah actually I don't have weights. Honda rims are so refined that they don't need weights.

*Cough snort fart* Oh sorry I must have been dreaming - the weights I have are the sort that get crimped over the centre of the rim.

[scumdog]

Put four sections of reflective on that are equal distance apart - gives the 'strobe' effect at night.

BRs have done it using two sections - but smaller wheels of course.

[vifferman]

then they are weird they should be placed near/at the centre of the wheel unless they have one on each side of the wheel I would of thought unless your vipers have some weird side to side unbalance, dodgy
Depends on how the thing was balanced. When I last had a tyre fitted at Cycletreads, their machine balanced the wheel laterally, and they fitted two small stick-on weights at different places around the circumference of the rim, rather than one big blob near the spokes.

[scumdog]

Yep, dead right mate. Cops could tell your bike a mile off.

Only if they're not behind you I guess???:slap:

[sAsLEX]

Depends on how the thing was balanced. When I last had a tyre fitted at Cycletreads, their machine balanced the wheel laterally, and they fitted two small stick-on weights at different places around the circumference of the rim, rather than one big blob near the spokes.

get mine fitted there as well, thought the ,main reason for balancing was due to the air input thing throwing the balance off, only ever had the in the centre, or nudged up against the center raised bump on the rim

[bugjuice]

then they are weird they should be placed near/at the centre of the wheel unless they have one on each side of the wheel I would of thought unless your vipers have some weird side to side unbalance, dodgy
mine have a weight on either side.. Kerry @ MotoHaus set them up. He always uses clip on weights, rarely the stick on ones for some reason.
If they can clip in the centre, that's even better, but my rims don't have the ability for that

[scumdog]

nah actually I don't have weights. Honda rims are so refined that they don't need weights.

*Cough snort fart* Oh sorry I must have been dreaming - the weights I have are the sort that get crimped over the centre of the rim.

Don't need 'em on a Harley - after all what's one more vibe??:rofl:

Makes the rims easier to polish when there's no weights in the way!!:cool:

[sAsLEX]

mine have a weight on either side.. Kerry @ MotoHaus set them up. He always uses clip on weights, rarely the stick on ones for some reason.
If they can clip in the centre, that's even better, but my rims don't have the ability for that

one either side makes sense then, stick on ones can pull away the paint so not the best really, the rims with the raised middle bit like fishys seem like the best option, good old honda with its good engineering

[bugjuice]

well they ran out of engineering ideas on the engine, so they had to work on something else.. :lol:

[Fishy]

well they ran out of engineering ideas on the engine, so they had to work on something else.. :lol:
:Oi: smart ass.

Kerry put those stick on weights on my wheels the first time round but my bike didn't like them and spat them off the same day. Felt like I was riding a fucken jack hammer above 160kph. :slap:

[WRT]

I've been studying those four pics of yours, and can only come to one conclusion. You should'a brought a dirt bike buddy . . . not a sign of tarseal in any of them!

[Fishy]

I've been studying those four pics of yours, and can only come to one conclusion. You should'a brought a dirt bike buddy . . . not a sign of tarseal in any of them!

Yeah man tell me about it.

The blade handles like a fucken fat chick on a mini moto riding it around the farm.

[Toast]

Hey Fishy, looks class, waaaaay better than polished rims. Still got bling, but much, much more subtle.

[danb]

Suggestion / Idea: Need to have it so not all the rim has the tape on it. Say 1/2 the tape but it divided into quarters so it has the spinning effect - good on slow / city riding for saftey - dont know about the bling factor though. Hope you get what I mean.

[Fishy]

Yeah I get what you mean, but it would look stupid when the bike is stationary.

Don't care about the "safety" aspect that some might want to acheive with doing it that way. Just one more way the cops could id your bike if they chase you then see you later somewhere.

[scumdog]

Yeah I get what you mean, but it would look stupid when the bike is stationary.

Don't care about the "safety" aspect that some might want to acheive with doing it that way. Just one more way the cops could id your bike if they chase you then see you later somewhere.

I know what you mean - if I had those strips on my bike I wouldn't be able to get away from myself.:doh:

Paranioa is creeping in here m'thinks.

[HDTboy]

I can't believe nobody's asked if rim tape is for repairing stretched rims.

[Fishy]

Yeah maybe they could be made under the Band Aid brand... for kurbed rims.

[Kwaka-Kid]

i have some yellow, green and pink fluro rim tape kicking around to any rider that is in auckland, proper progrip stuff... not really a big thing over here, doesnt look good after a quick trial on the NC30, i reckon it could look good if it was black on white, or white on black... anyways, lemmie know :s

[sAsLEX]

i have some yellow, green and pink fluro rim tape kicking around to any rider that is in auckland, proper progrip stuff... not really a big thing over here, doesnt look good after a quick trial on the NC30, i reckon it could look good if it was black on white, or white on black... anyways, lemmie know :s

hell my bike is looking pretty ratty whats another colour to the mix


oh and can I get another front brake microswitch off you some time mine has broken again! stupid rocks

[Velox]

Nice!!!
It's cool to see it in silver too cause my bike looks real similar but has red tape.

[Kwaka-Kid]

hell my bike is looking pretty ratty whats another colour to the mix


oh and can I get another front brake microswitch off you some time mine has broken again! stupid rocks

eh? no worries dude buy surely you must be bashing it or something? id never heard of rocks jumping up to bite them till your story, and now again? sheesh! :S

call me or ill call you or something tomorrow dude.