Changing rear wheel
Hi everybody,
I've got a 2001 xt600e which I will use to go to Nigeria this summer. I wanna fit Michelin Desert tyres, because I will travel through Atar and Nema.
Problem is, the rear tyre comes in 18 inches and my rear wheel is 17 inch. Now I also own an 89 Tenere, which is too unreliable to use for this trip, but it does have an 18 inch rear wheel. Problem solved? No, the Tenere has drum brakes and the other bike has a disc brake system.
Questions: will I get into trouble when I just change the wheels or will I be OK doing so? Will the sprockets be in line? Do I have to swap the entire rear end?
Or, alternatively, does anybody have a better tyre plan?
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