Currently my '06 Standard is sitting in our office parking structure with a rear flatter than my ex-wife's. Luckily when the tire let go near Queen Emma's Summer Palace off the Pali Highway it still held enough air to get the rest of the way to my office in downtown Honolulu. Incredibly, the damage was on the sidewall, of all places.
Anywho, given that the Metz is done I'm thinking about making the switch to the DS. However, I'm now thinking there may not be enough clearance because the rear looks like this:
Maybe my eyes deceive me, but that shock looks shorter than normal and I'm not so sure a 225/55 or a 215 would fit under there without rubbing issues. Am I looking at it wrong?
NOTE: I am the 3rd owner of this machine and the 2nd owner could not tell me anything at all what the original owner had done to the bike, what parts were installed, etc.; all I know is, the clutch was way out of adjustment when I got it plus a few other warts I've since fixed. I must be cursed, because two weeks after I bought my CBR brand new the rear tire went flat with less than 200 miles on the bike, and I've owned this R3 just three weeks and now its rear is done too.
Thank you for your help!