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Seeking better rear rim/wheel/tire combo for Elite E

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:57 pm
by bushfax
can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo that will fit a Honda elite 5occ? i am having a hard time keeping air in my rear tire. i have had 3 flats since purchase. i think it is because the rim is too skinny or has too many burrs on it and keeps puncturing tubes. i am looking for a cheap replacement, perhaps off of a Chinese scooter??? does anyone have any experience with this? where can i find a cheap replacement rim, or better yet rim and tire combo? cheapest on ebay is around $100 for a used one. i imagine i can source one that is the same size off of a Chinese scooter, as the oem honda rim is just too expensive. any advice is much appreciated. thanks j

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 9:18 pm
by veedubh20
You can use rear honda metro rim and tire is tubeless.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 9:52 pm
by bushfax
thanks for the suggestion. are there any chinese clone's of the honda metro? and if so where can i get a used rear wheel and tire?

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:13 pm
by veedubh20
Ebay.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:13 pm
by veedubh20
Taiwan rim rpm.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:25 pm
by bushfax
does anyone know the name of a specific model Chinese scooter that is a Honda metro clone?

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:56 pm
by veedubh20
Honda dio. Metro are from. Japan.

It is not China clone. Taiwan is independent country

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:27 pm
by bonesv
bushfax wrote:does anyone know the name of a specific model Chinese scooter that is a Honda metro clone?
As far as anyone knows, there are no Chinese clone wheel/rims. The Honda Metropolitan wheel is about all there is unless you want to spend lots of money. Maybe get one from a Daelim Cordi, but it's not made in China either.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:22 am
by curtis966
Why do you want something Chinese any way? Metro rims are a great upgrade and a fairly cheap.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:53 am
by bushfax
iam not against having a metro rim and tire, they're just expensive and i want a few of them so i have a spare. i have purchased entire parts scooters for less than what one used wheel and tire costs on ebay. for example, i purchased a chinese yamaha vino clone made by motobravo for a parts bike (see similar pic here: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hVto8vlexwc/S ... azzi50.jpg). this has been a great source of parts for my yamaha vino restoration project. everything bolts right up, its almost an exact clone. the motor is junk and completely different, but the bike itself looks identical cosmetically. I was able to use all of the plastics and wheels. i paid $75 for the whole bike, including two good tires and wheels. I am looking to source the wheels and tires off a honda metro or metro clone for my elite 50cc, so i need to identify a chinese knockoff brand scooter that is the honda metro equivalent of the motobravo vino clone. Any suggestions???

or, does anyone want to sell me a spare honda rear wheel and tire that will fit my eliteE50cc? how much?

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:00 am
by bonesv
Oh, it's an sb50? elite E?

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:59 am
by 1man8scoots
Fwiw like people said before CHINESE cloned wheels will NOT work on a JAPAN honda engine. Those bikes do not use our spline count.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:00 pm
by bushfax
yes sb50 elite E

@1man8scoots did you read my post? it worked w my vino....

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:31 pm
by veedubh20
None will work on China clone rims.

The spree rear rim fit on the Honda e.

Re: can anyone recommend a better rear rim/wheel/tire combo

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:41 pm
by 1man8scoots
bushfax wrote:yes sb50 elite E

@1man8scoots did you read my post? it worked w my vino....
you're talking about your YAMAHA working, not the HONDA. If you know it works go for it even though we have all told you it won't work.