Fitting Motard Rims to my FE450 . 5 inch rear can fit ?

my 05' FS650e came stock with a 5" behr rim on a kush hub. Irrelevant i know...

anyway, there was no rubbiing at all with pilot powers. 160/60-17…

every other tire ive tried needed trimming with a block plane. I used soapy water in a spray bottle for cutting fluid.

Eh...tried a non oring chain and it just wore out quickly. (1,500 miles)

back to X ring chain and still had rubbing.

eneded up adjusting the wheel over with the spokes.

i loosened all the sprocket side spokes half a turn, then tightened all the disc side spokes 1/2 a turn.

i think i did 1/4 turns after that, two more laps around the rim. it moved it over considerably. it put the tire within 1-2mm from ghe swingarm.

i had some tire/silencer interference aswell, so keep an eye on that with a fat tire..

wide tires that rubbed bad in order… (had the most rubbing with first ones on the list)

dunlop q2
bridgestone 003
avon pro xtreme rain
distanzia


hope that helps..

theres a tire width thread on supermotojunkie.com