Or even a bent fender...

Is it conceivable that the passenger peg bolts could be an issue?  On mine, the right side is pretty close so I inspect it often to make sure its not backing out.  The left has a lot more room but you never know.

Thank you all for checking your bikes and for tips about what parts to check.

It's absolutely possible that the fender is at least part of the problem. I don't know how to properly verify this.

I will try to figure out which bolt it is that makes contact with the tire. I guess it should be visible with a flashlight. If it has touched the tire I'm thinking it must be shinier and more "polished" that the other ones.

The upper belt guard is still in place and has not been removed before to my knowledge but I will try and check what order the bolt and washers go together. Perhaps someone before me has taken it apart and put it back together in the wrong order. I COULD perhaps try and make new spacers to correct the problem but if the issue lies elsewhere I'm afraid I might make things even worse or perhaps make it weird to drive if the front and rear wheel are not aligned.

Apologies for not letting you know that my bike is parked in  my workshop that is almost 25 miles from where I live so I have somewhat limited time and more importantly skill/knowledge to fix this so it will probably take me this winter to figure out where the problem lies and how to fix it. All easily checked things like spacers and washers are controlled and can be crossed of the list. That's about as far as I have come.

The Savage goes almost anywhere is you remove the handle bars , It would make a really ugly  coffee table ,but would allow you to save the 50 mile round trip ,and you could work on it in odd hours ,  watching tour favorite  TV shows .

It's more likely that the fender is shifted right.

Look at your photo with the line that I have attached. The line starts at the steering stem, goes through the center of the tank, the center of the frame, and then the center of the tire. What is out of whack the "sissy bar" or whatever you want to call that contraption. It's clearly cocked to the right, taking the fender with it. Note that the wire through-hole at the center of the fender is right of center.

I don't know what the horns are...the only horn I'm aware of has a button on the left grip.

Anyway. The subframe is obviously tweaked. If the swingarm was moved over to the left, the bike would have some serious control problems and would show significant wear on one side of the tire. That tire looks darn near perfect to me.

If the frame was bent enough for the swingarm to be out of alignment, then nothing on the bike would align (like engine to frame) and the bike should be totaled.

It's possible that the axle spacers were placed in the axle incorrectly, but then the bike would show uneven wear on the final drive belt...the belt probably wouldn't even stay on the bike.