Prw3
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Like many of you I wasn't happy with my reach when sitting on my 2019 FTR with the factory 19 front and 18-in rear wheel and I preferred to have a better Tire selection. Upgrading to a saddleman seat helped, making sure the SAG in the rear snd in the front was correct helped but still tippy-toed at stop signs wasn't very fun. After doing a little bit of parts catalog research I decided to take the leap and see if 2022 in Wheels could be fitted with the ABS functional. If you're not concerned about the stability traction control/abs then changing your wheels out is pretty straightforward and painless and will simply bolt into place. If you're like me and want the ABS/TC to function correctly you'll need to add the front ABS disk to the new wheel. The 2022 models now have a special front left wheel bearing and a new wheel spacer that has the pickup that senses the rotation/signal from the bearing. I did try using the new spacer sensor which does have the exact same two wire plug as the original sensor but unfortunately the 2019 computer does not accept the signal from the new setup or at least I wasn't able to figure out how to make it work. The new Wheels do have the castings similar to the 2019 Wheels where the ABS ring system attaches to the wheel. I simply built a jig drilled and tapped the castings on the wheel and mounted the disc on the new wheel which is pretty straight forward but does require a bit of care to make sure it is centered, believe it or not the distance away from the pickup which is attached to the fork is more crucial than the disc being absolutely centered but for obvious reasons you want it as centered as possible. I did have to add a half millimeter shim on the pickup sensor Mount to get it that much closer to the wheel, the air gap needed is no less than 1.5 mm but no more than 3 mm. Overall I'm pretty happy with the way everything turned out today is day one with this setup so I haven't logged a lot of miles on it but the miles I have convinced me that I should have done this earlier, now all I have to do is wait for the 17 inch front carbon fiber fenders to be available as you can see in the photos you will have a little over an inch Gap until the new fenders are available. You'll also want to consider spending the money and getting the 2022 side stand as it is a full inch and a half shorter than the 2019 length which doesn't work well with the 18/19-in wheels and would be a disaster with 17s. Hope this info is helpful for anyone thinking of making this change in the future.
