I saw someone mention they turned the front wheels around to make it a bit wider, I haven't tried it yet but is there room for a short air valve on the inside or do I need to do something about it?

Thanks,
Rod 86 250R

 

don't try this with stock wheels but you can get aftermarket 3+2 offset, you can switch them around to widen frontend. go to tire shop take sells Weld Wheels, they market flush valve stems that use a special adapter to air them up.you will probably atleast have to increase the preload on your shocks or go to a heavier spring.

 

Or just put a normal valve stem in upside down, and drill a new hole on the other side of the wheel and insert a valve stem th normal way. Works great and cheap.

 

You don't need to make any modification to the wheels to flip them around. Because of the offset of the Honda wheels you will probably get an extra 3-4" of width on each side because stock Honda wheels are 6" wide. This will however put extreme stress on wheel bearings and spindles so you better be willing to pay for the maintenance.

 

I have never tried this, nor have I seen anyone flip factory Honda wheels.

Although I have a question about it. What do these guys do about the lug nuts? The factory Honda wheels have a seat on the outside of the wheel for the lug nut to rest in. The inside has nothing. How does that work?

 

the lug nuts are no prob. the metal races will knock right out and you can insert them in the other side.

 

I have a 86 TRX250r and I flipped the wheels around after learning to do this on my blaster I didn't even have to do any thing to the valve stem
I wouldn't recemend this for woods riding due to the extra width and the easier possibilty of the front tire meeting a tree. I use my 250r for MX and so I don't ussauly have to worry sabout trees

 

We've done it on a 400EX. We used special valve stems. We smashed an upper control arm right away though.... Although I believe it had been "pre-stressed". The control arm has since been replaced and hasn't failed again.

I agree with the woods statement. We went riding recently and the EX with the wheels turned around was trying to grab stuff on the sides of the trails & such.

This particular EX also has a tendency to bend tie rods also. They may have also been "pre-stressed", but they are easy to bend back. It definately adds stability, but makes the suspension "squishier".