rim

has anyone ever seen a wheel rim width for the width of a tyre? seen a chart? talking 140/80 x 18" really (if ya wanna know!) thanks Taffy

hi , in a short , i ordered a 5 inch rear rim for my 2008fs 650e from my husaberg dealer , and he send a rim from a fs650c model. it does not fim due to the fact that the model fs650e uses a hub with dumbing rubbers but the fs-c uses the enduro style hub. the orientation of the holes for the...

Hi, If one had the option of 5" or 5.5" rim which would be best? The 160 60 Michelin pilot power only just fits, chain rubs on one side and only just clears swingarm on other. Would the wider rim make any difference to this? I would suspect not but would like to hear from someone who has the...

I have an 04 FS650 with 5 inch rear rim fitted. The bike is due for an MOT test this month and was wondering how sympathetic testers are to the chain rubbing on the tyre. The tyres are 17/160/60 Michelin PilotSport and i guess i will have to live with the problem but hoping it is not going to...

hey guys just before a big ride recently at killarney i discovered i had a huge crack in my front rim leaving barely a half inch left of metal in the middle of the rim . I had this welded up as i was going on a big ride in 2 days and didn't have enough to buy a new rim . What im asking...

Any one seen a Takasago Excel rim crack through the weld seam? I was under the impression these were the benchmark of rims, or is that just good marketing? I pulled the front rim off mine to replace it because it is all but cracked through, even though it is not bent anywhere. I was going to...

Is it me? Or does everyone have trouble tensioning the rim locks on these rim? I broke 2 today? I was so careful with the second one and still broke it? I use MSC rubber ones with a metal inner(that you cant see). I have even cut a section out of an old tyre to see what the problem is? I...