We bent a rim on the Oregon BDR bad enough that it wouldn’t hold air last summer. There was next to nothing near us so we tried to straighten the rim. All we could find was a rock and a cow bone, which surprisingly held up to repeated smashing. So our method was - Step 1; support and hit the rim as hard as you can. Step 2; give up and install a tube. It was worth a shot, but no way that rim was going anywhere without a hydraulic press.
You had that didn’t work, would have been a neat story to tell. Why is the brake disc so close to the rim on the front wheel?
It’s a Buell Ulysses. OG adventure bike. It has one rotor in front, attached to the rim. It’s weird but it works. Eric Buell was a visionary.
More leverage for better braking?