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my guess is that they are supplying it with the 15 because then if they stock tires for it, they have the corner on the market for replacements, but also make the 17 available, so they have the corner on that market too... very smart business tactic if you ask me...
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Well I hope someone at Minsk understand English. I just fired them a email asking if the 17" wheel was a factory(Zongshen) item/
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My guess is that CSC didn't think about it.
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Perhaps a custom build, using the Tusk parts that you found online. I bet they wish they would have spec'd 17".
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I agree. I bet they regret not picking up on the small rim, and the second container that they order will have 17" (or perhaps 18") rims.
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So there are no good 15" dual sport tires available? For a while, I was considering getting one of the TRex bikes, which have huge balloon tires. But, as I looked into it, I found that the size they use are nowhere to be found, other than through Rocketa (I believe it was). Found a foreign language forum on those, and they complained about not being able to get tires. Since the TRex uses the same tire front and back, it's an important issue. And, since I live in Hawaii, shipping would be costly. So, I didn't want to buy a bike, that would wear it's tires out every 3,000 miles (as per a British owner), that I couldn't find tires for.
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Trust me, in North America it is now virtually impossible to find a 15-inch knobby tire which will fit the RX3's rear wheel.
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Over on ADV there were some pics of an RX3 with cast wheels. The cast wheels were also 17" on the rear.
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