I put a wider than stock rear tire on the 83' 550 and learned a couple things. Yeah, it looked nice and cleared the drive shaft fine, on days of average temperature, tire pressure and load. But when it got hot, or the tire pressure was too high (or too low) or I actually rode two up, it would rub. It does not take too much to make the clearances go away. AND THEN WHEN IT DOES it starts to rub slightly and then the problem accelerates dramatically until you are smelling hot rubber. All-in-all just a little bit more trouble than any perceived aesthetics or performance value. Once again, Honda did it right the first time.
If you have a chain then I suppose the rub pattern would look irregular, maybe like that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
