So I'm about to put a rear wheel from a cb500r on to my strada. Everything lines up, the strada axle fits, even the abs ring from the cb lines up with the strada sensor. The problem is the honda abs ring has 50 holes and the strada has 48. When I got the strada it had a 21" front and a 18" rear with the stock abs rings. Am I going to have to figure out a way to mount the stock strada abs ring to this or another wheel? Mainly I'm cheap, but also want to run a Michelin pilot road 4 in the rear. Any thoughts?
I want to run the pilot road 4's on the bike. Michelin doesn't make them to fit the stock wheel. I'm just going to run it and see what happens.
FWIW I run a 150/70-17 on the G650GS/Strada rims. The Pilot road 4's do come in that size. While on the narrow side, I recall confirming that the 3 1/2" wide GS/Strada rim is still in spec for that size. BTW there is some incorrect data out there on the Strada rim size. Some places call for 3" wide but it is 3 1/2" (3.50) wide"
This data on tire sizes vs rim width jives with my recollection. 130/80*17 2.50/2.75/3.00/3.50 130/90*17 140/80*17 2.75/3.00/3.50 140/70*17 120/60*17 3.00/3.50 120/70*17 130/60*17 3.00/3.50/4.00 130/70*17 140/70*17 3.50/4.00/4.50 150/60*17 150/70*17
I've been running 150/70-17 for over 10000km as well without any issues. It wasn't my first choice, but it was what was on hand when we were passing through Turkey. No noticable negative effects because of the size. Not a fan of the TKC70 though. imho they are a 100% road tyre with a "adventure" look.
I have also been running a 150/70-17. I am wondering if that size contributes in any way to steering head wobble, though. At least with my E-07s. Lot's of other factors with steering head wobble, but in my case it may be a small contribution among the many other variables. Won't know until I wear it down and get back to the original 140/80-17 size.
My 19/17 set up with the 150/70-17 wobbled a bit at first, but stabilized after a few hundred miles. Upon recently replacing only the rear it did not wobble with the new rear. My original 21/18 Metzler Sahara set up did not wobble but when replaced with Kenda big blocks with a stock sized 140/80-18 it does wobble and has not stabilized yet with 2K miles. For me it seems to have more to do with the tires themselves than the sizes, and maybe the front more than the rear.
Thanks MatLax, Ogre, and Duibhcek for the repsonses. My original question was about the abs ring and it got side tracked to tires. I don't have the stock rim and do want to use a mag wheel. I am a cheap mofo, and do have a few mag rims in the pile that I can use. The one with the least work involved to fit is the cb500r/f/x rim. Michelin does not suggest using this model tire on the stock rim. In fact I've been hard pressed to find a tire manufacturer to recommend a true street tire of that size for fitment to a 3.5" rim. Some rim/tire charts that can be found on the web show that a 150/70 is a possibility for the stock rim. Even the one you site Ogre has an asterisk next to it. Dual sport tires versus road tires should also be taken into account. Thanks Guys!!!
I am pretty sure that asterisk is just a wild card place keeper between the width/ratio and rim diameter for the various ratings of the tires. 150/70*17 vs 150/70-17, 150/70V-17, 150/70R 17, or 150/70ZR 17 When I researched it I found that many tire manufactures are OK with the 3.5" width. I did see some that called out a 4" width when you got to the higher speed rated tires and I understand that. I also know our bikes cant get anywhere near those higher speeds so I am OK with it. The Pilot Road 4's are ZR rated or good for speeds OVER 149 mph, so they may not recommend a 3.5" rim Either way, if you are not comfortable with it, that's cool. Back to your question. Perhaps making an adapter plate that would bolt to your CB500R wheel that you can then bolt the Husky ABS/Speedo tone wheel to is the answer. That is assuming you have the room for the adapter plate. I am curious how it works out for you. The CBR runs a 160/60 17 tire on its 4.5" wide rim, is that the size you will use?
Just try it and let us know how it works out. You are not running the stock wheels anyway. The odometer was probably off all along, 4% with the 50 on the 17
