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Originally Posted by Edalsaadio
With the 17 "rear tire you will always brush with the filter box as this motorcycle originally has a 15" rim, that bike is designed for that rim measurement
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Hi Edalsaadio, take a look at a photo of the RX3 with 15" rim and compare with the bike with a 17" rim. You will see that the 15" has a much taller sidewall. As I recall, the outside diameter of each tire is almost exactly the same. Maybe that's why it is so difficult to mount the 17" tire on the rim, not nearly as much sidewall to flex over the rim. I'm certainly open to being proven wrong, being an old fart.
Peter Y.