Front wheel offset

[waynec]

I swear the wheels on my beast don't line up front to back. On the right side the front wheel is about an inch further outboard than the rear. No problem. On the left.... the front wheel is about 3 inches further outboard than the rear. This can't be good. I am on the verge of cutting a spacer to shim the rear wheel so the bike is in balance....but before I do that I just want to know if anyone else has a similar situation.

I butted a straight edge tight up against the rear tires and on the left side the line runs right through the middle of the front tread. On the right it just clips the tire by about 3/4 inch.

Waynev suspected a similar problem, but dismissed it as optical illusion. I find it odd that there never seems to be any full front pics of the beast on the Gio site and wonder if this is an inherent problem they prefer not to display. Any advice welcomed.

right side


left side