Whitey80
You're all idiots.
Have a question here that I cannot find the real answer to after serious searching all over the place.
I have had quite a number of 450's. Every one has had the rim noticably offset to the left side in relation to the forks.
The problem I'm working out currently is on a '68 CL450. I have been running a 3.50" trials tire on the front for about 5 years now. It has always come withing a couple of millimeters of the left side of the fender. This time around, with a new tire, it's actually touching it. Have always had a slight variance in the tires when I buy a new one, so I expect it. But if the rim offset (again, in relation to being centered in the forks) were 0, then I'd never be dealing with this.
All my other classsic Honda bikes (160s, 175s, 350s, 360s) have had 0 offset in relation to the hub, and results in being nearly centered in the fork. Every 450 I've had has 0 offset to the hub, and been offcenter in the forks to varying degrees (drum brake bikes have been from 8-10mm to the left, and disc bikes 5-7mm) EVERY one. The CL450 I'm dealing with at the moment, I know the complete history of, and the front has never been redone, never even needed a rim truing.
These cannot be changed by axle spacers, due to the speedo drive gearbox and the lip on the drum plate.
So this leads me to the real question. Why are they set from the factory to be so offset (which they are most certainly)? I would assume this would negatively affect handling, and also find it tremendously annoying when fitting tires. Secondly, would it be acceptable to rebuild the wheel with about 8mm offest to the right, to center the rim in the forks?
I have had quite a number of 450's. Every one has had the rim noticably offset to the left side in relation to the forks.
The problem I'm working out currently is on a '68 CL450. I have been running a 3.50" trials tire on the front for about 5 years now. It has always come withing a couple of millimeters of the left side of the fender. This time around, with a new tire, it's actually touching it. Have always had a slight variance in the tires when I buy a new one, so I expect it. But if the rim offset (again, in relation to being centered in the forks) were 0, then I'd never be dealing with this.
All my other classsic Honda bikes (160s, 175s, 350s, 360s) have had 0 offset in relation to the hub, and results in being nearly centered in the fork. Every 450 I've had has 0 offset to the hub, and been offcenter in the forks to varying degrees (drum brake bikes have been from 8-10mm to the left, and disc bikes 5-7mm) EVERY one. The CL450 I'm dealing with at the moment, I know the complete history of, and the front has never been redone, never even needed a rim truing.
These cannot be changed by axle spacers, due to the speedo drive gearbox and the lip on the drum plate.
So this leads me to the real question. Why are they set from the factory to be so offset (which they are most certainly)? I would assume this would negatively affect handling, and also find it tremendously annoying when fitting tires. Secondly, would it be acceptable to rebuild the wheel with about 8mm offest to the right, to center the rim in the forks?