fatty rear tire question By eaglevip (Read 417 times)

[eaglevip]

I'm new to the whole scooter thing but I have a unknown brand VIP 50cc and love the look of the fatty rims. My question is do you have to do a stretch to fit a fatter tire or no

[rob63]

You don`t have to do a stretch but your handling will be a bit odd to say the least.
There`s also more to it than just popping a wider rim on. You need to off set the engine to one side of the centre line of the scoot, then get an offset rim, then get a hub to accept the rim. Quite a lot of work is involved.
Best place to get an idea of what is involved is to have a look at the Total Ruckus forum.

[eaglevip]

Thanks for the reply I checked out total ruckus before that's where I got the idea but a second question is what if any parts for a ruckus will work on mine. I'm planning on pulling the body panels off anyway since most are trashed and i like some of the handlebars for the ruckus

[rob63]

The only way of telling is to take measurements unfortunately. Most of the Ruckus on the forums have a GY6 150 engine as a base. Yours being a 50 has different mounts to the 150. Have a search on there for 139qmb, it should throw up a few 50cc bikes

[jct842]

Also factor in that it takes a lot more power to push a fattie tire around, the rolling resistance doesn't mean as much if you are using a larger motor.