Well theirs one factory rim DOWN the drain or not?

I was riding the 400EX today and as I was coming home, I glanced down at my rear right tire, and I noticed the thing was wobbling like a leaf on a tree. I pulled into the grage and took a look. The rim was BENT! crap! You can see the rim is slightly bent on the inside facing the swingarm. I was wondering if I might be able to straighten it back out??? Any suggestions?? It is wobbling. I have a set of ITP rims and new tires that came with my bike so I guess I would put them on but I don't really want to put on my new ITP rims if I don't have too. It seems to me that Honda factory wheels aren't all that tough in my opinion. They seem to bend easily, like they are real soft or something. I haven't done any big jumps or anything like that so I don't know how it got bent. I know it wasn't like that when I bought it though. Any help would be great. Thanks


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[liltazz]

i know how you feel i bent a front rim on my first long venture with the new 400. i hit a rock not that big and now its scard for life. there is no hope to straitin it because of the rolled edge. if you try it will break the rim.

[barbwire44]

I'll have to disagree with not being able to straighten the factory rims. You can straighten them we use a porta power a block of wood and a hammer. the bends we have straightened were the type of bend that affects the inner hub of the rim we could place a porta power inside add some pressure give a few hits and good to go bend another day.

[liltazz]

but how many of us have a portapower.

["BLAHH"300!!]

i go in the portapotty
hit the rim a few times
and i'm good to go for another day....