GS850 Wheel Swap

[Guest]

I would like to swap out the 17" wheel on the back of my GS850 for a 18" wheel....being it is a shaft drive and a mag I know that my options are limited, anyone know something that will work....

also i would like to do a 18" wheel swap for the front and keep the dual disc brakes any help here would be appreciated...

[Who Dat?]

Never heard of any interest in an 18" swap before, for the front or the rear.

What's the incentive?

EDIT: Had a look at your intro post, saw that you mentioned you were about to get an 850L. In this post, you mentioned 850G.
Which one do you have? The L has a 16" rear wheel, the G has a 17" wheel.

In the long run it probably doesn't matter, not sure you will find an 18 that fits.

[bwringer]

First, figure out what you actually have (G or GL) and what size rear wheel it has (16" or 17"). All 850 G/GL models had 19" front wheels. There are a few detail differences by year.

If you have a GL with a 16" rear wheel (some early GLs had 17" rear wheels), you can swap in a 17" rear from a G model fairly easily, although you may need to do some finagling with washers to get the brake disk to line up correctly.

There is no 18" rear wheel compatible with the G/GL shaft drive. I can't even begin to imagine why on earth you want 18" wheels, so you may want to clarify that at some point.