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Old 02-20-2001, 09:42 PM
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I took off the rims of the shee, and mounted them the inside out (on purpose) to see what changes it would do. I gained 1-2" in width, BUT, my brakes seem very exposd and the valve should be relocated (no big deal). What other bad stuff could happen? I guess bump steer, more bottoming maybe...what advantages? stability? look?(<- YES).
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Old 02-20-2001, 10:44 PM
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I'm not sure, but I ran them flipped in/out like that on a Blaster for most the winter. I only flipped 'em back because I needed it to fit in the bed of a small truck with a bed-liner. No problems though. Valve stems almost hit, but not quite. Peace.
 
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Old 02-20-2001, 11:02 PM
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I have heard that eventually it will mess up your hubs/exc... pretty hard on them, I wouldnt imagine that it would do much damage if any to ride them for a little while, though if you keep them like that you might have future problems, then again you might not.
 
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Old 02-20-2001, 11:22 PM
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i run the front rims on my shee turned around and have never had a prob and i do 20 - 40 ft jumps and dont have a prob with them like that and i run my shee in motocross
 
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Old 02-20-2001, 11:58 PM
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What did you do with the valve?
 
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Old 02-21-2001, 12:05 AM
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what i did is where the original valve stem is took a new one and turned the valve stem around so it would face the inside of the rim so it would be inside the tire and on the other side of the rim opposite of there the original valve stem was and i drilled me a new hole and put the valve stem in the right way and now u have the front rims turned around
 
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Old 02-21-2001, 03:07 AM
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I turned my rims and I took a 20 foot jump and 2 of my rims blew out. I only weight 195 pounds so it wasn't because I was too heavy or any thing the just gave-out.
 
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