Adapting to 17" CBR wheels?

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Although it's agreed here on the forum that a 160 rear is the most we'd put in, a local garage here recently did a conversion we are talking about, a CBR front end and a 180 rear on a stock swingarm, and it doesn't rub, I think it has to do with the fact that the wheel is a 17"the swingarm might slight taper towards the pivot.

Unfortunately, the owner already picked up the bike, but I'll go back and talk to the mechanics, maybe they can give me some info, and possibly put me in touch with the owner of the modded bike to look at the details

'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed

Would very much appreciate that info! Thanks.

Fair warning, the rest of us have pretty much determined that the widest tire we're going to get into the stock swingarm is a 160. I think the CBR wheel takes a 180 section rear...even if you fit the wheel the tire is going to rub. There again is the difference in the CB1100 RS swingarm. it's shaped differently for a different size wheel/tire, though you'd have to ask somebody that owns one what the widest tire would be.

Somebody on here was going to slap a Ducati Single sided swingarm onto a CB1100 at one point but they never followed up on that project, so I don't think that ever worked out either.

thanks for the input. Just a little background....I take delivery of a 14 from TX to OR this week. It will be a project "donor" bike and not my primary ride. I'm bouncing around as to my final vision for this build but all of them include 17's. I'd sure like to retain the stock swingarm though. Past experience tells me that changing that out can be PITA.