what did I just score on ebay?

[hondaman]

Need help....... What did I just buy on ebay? This was listed as off a 98 vmax. listed as 15x3.5. Well its not. The photo before I bought it had a 190/50r17 tire on it so I said shit that looks interesting. Well it showed up yesterday. I'm impressed. Obviously it needs to be refinished but dam. what a find.. Its 17x6. Oddly it appears to be cast as one piece. No welds found. It is thick as hell. It is stamped on the rim. Can anyone out there tell me what I bought. Will this wheel fit on my stock 95. I was unable to find anything like it on the internet. Oddly it still has the 15x3.50 stamping on the hub center. Please let me know what the hell I bought? Thanks all

 

[Traumahawk]

Looks like a rear wheel thats been converted to a 17.

 

[Fire-medic]

After welding, the wheel was machined. That's why it appears to be not welded.

Get your swingarm notched, because a 6" wide rim isn't going to have enough clearance with something like a 190 tire mounted. A 5-1/2" wheel will barely fit on a stock swingarm with a 180 tire.

Here's a pic of a 5-1/2" X 18" wheel my machinist made. A stock swingarm barely allows a 180 tire with it. A 170 is no problem. This is made from a solid billet machined to fit a stock VMax hub.