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V2K Length?

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#1 ·
I'm in the middle of designing a cradle for the back of my van to hold my V2K on my travels.
Problem is I'm in Finland and my Bike is in Germany (which kinda explains why I want the cradle).

Could someone give me the distance from the back of the back tire to the front of the front tire. Metric would be nice but I can use imperial. Come to think of it, the actual outside diameter of the tires would help too, I've worked out what they should be from the sizes but it would be nice to check.

I know the wheel base, overall length, Rim size etc, but nobody gives you those sizes in the specs.

I'll post the design once it is finished, assuming it works, incase anyone else wants one.

Thanks Gents and ladies.
 
#3 ·
I don't know the answer, but if you know the wheelbase, check the tire manufacturer for overall height and add half tire height for the front and half for the rear. Tires are different heights for the same size according to the manufacturers. If you are going to cradle both front and rear tires, I would make the rear cradle adjustable to allow for the size difference if you ever change brands.
 
#4 ·
Thanks for the suggestion, but I know all the theoretical sizes, I just wanted a physical measurement to check my calculations.

The whole thing is adjustable to fit any size bike.
 
#5 ·
length from front of front tire to rear of rear tire is 8 feet... plus/minus an inch.
This is with wheels straight ahead...

the width of the stock tire is 6 inches.

the rear fender and lights overhang the rear wheel by 6 more inches.
 
#7 ·
Thanks Tallannie.

Alekkas, I have plenty of spec pages, but as I said above, the overall length isn't the distance from the back of the rear tire to the front of the front tire.
 
#9 ·
94 1/2" +/- an inch or two for potential error. I measured it twice, though, and rear of rear to front of front is 94 1/2 to 95".

Hope this helps.

Edit: I see Annie already answered... but this proved that I do have a tape measure!