I love my 570 Touring and am looking to upgrade the tires to 26" Bear Claws which is good. Stock steal rims suck for looks but keep the bike under 50" most of the riding I will be doing will be on forest roads and jeep trails but I am planning several trips to areas that have a lot of 50" trails (which I prefer to ride). My question is should I upgrade the tires and rims and hope to stay at 50" or just upgrade the tires and add spacers? I could keep the stock wheels and swap out as I need on these trips. 14" wheels is not an option must stay with 12"

I love my 570 Touring and am looking to upgrade the tires to 26" Bear Claws which is good. Stock steal rims suck for looks but keep the bike under 50" most of the riding I will be doing will be on forest roads and jeep trails but I am planning several trips to areas that have a lot of 50" trails (which I prefer to ride). My question is should I upgrade the tires and rims and hope to stay at 50" or just upgrade the tires and add spacers? I could keep the stock wheels and swap out as I need on these trips. 14" wheels is not an option must stay with 12"