Suzuki GT250 or similar wire wheels

[chrisc]

I'm after some Suzuki GT250 wheels, the older spoked wheels not the X7 mag wheels.
Failing that, I'm after something similar such as RD250 wheels.

Located in Auckland for pick up but happy to pay shipping.

PM me
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[husaberg]

i'm after some suzuki gt250 wheels, the older spoked wheels not the x7 mag wheels.
Failing that, i'm after something similar such as rd250 wheels.

Located in auckland for pick up but happy to pay shipping.

Pm me
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54100-18830 HUB SET, FRONT | K,L; TO 54100-18831
1973 gt250 front wheel
1973 gt380 front wheel
1973 gt550 front wheel
1974 gt250 front wheel
1974 gt380 front wheel
1974 gt550 front wheel
1975 gt250 front wheel
1975 gt380 front wheel
1975 gt550 front wheel
1976 gt250 front wheel
1976 gt380 front wheel
1976 gt550 front wheel
1977 gt250 front wheel
1977 gt380 front wheel
1977 gt550 front wheel
Note with the Yamaha some of the RD or XS hubs you can fit the later FZR/TZR/Ducati bembo floating disk
Or maybe just try and find a set of TDR250 wheels

[neil_cb125t]

I'm after some Suzuki GT250 wheels, the older spoked wheels not the X7 mag wheels.
Failing that, I'm after something similar such as RD250 wheels.

Located in Auckland for pick up but happy to pay shipping.

PM me
321486

Hey mate i have plenty of Kawasaki S1/S2/S3 wheel hubs if they would work - no rims thou sorry.

[neil_cb125t]

I'm after some Suzuki GT250 wheels, the older spoked wheels not the X7 mag wheels.
Failing that, I'm after something similar such as RD250 wheels.

Located in Auckland for pick up but happy to pay shipping.

PM me
321486

Hey mate i have plenty of Kawasaki S1/S2/S3 wheel hubs if they would work - no rims thou sorry.

[F5 Dave]

Well the first model X7s had spoked wheels but I'm sure you knew that.

[chrisc]

54100-18830 HUB SET, FRONT | K,L; TO 54100-18831
1973 gt250 front wheel
1973 gt380 front wheel
1973 gt550 front wheel
1974 gt250 front wheel
1974 gt380 front wheel
1974 gt550 front wheel
1975 gt250 front wheel
1975 gt380 front wheel
1975 gt550 front wheel
1976 gt250 front wheel
1976 gt380 front wheel
1976 gt550 front wheel
1977 gt250 front wheel
1977 gt380 front wheel
1977 gt550 front wheel
Note with the Yamaha some of the RD or XS hubs you can fit the later FZR/TZR/Ducati bembo floating disk
Or maybe just try and find a set of TDR250 wheels

Thanks for that Husa. There's none of any of those around for sale in NZ currently though hahaha.
TDR wheels look like great wheels but really wide! Trying to replicate the late 60s/early 70s race bike look on my GT250 (loads of cutting and welding to polish this turd).
Would actually prefer terrible drums because it's just a chill street bike but starting to look at old solid single disks now for lack of supply.


Hey mate i have plenty of Kawasaki S1/S2/S3 wheel hubs if they would work - no rims thou sorry.

Thanks Neil, will keep that in mind. Would prefer not to build a set of wheels but it might come to it.


Well the first model X7s had spoked wheels but I'm sure you knew that.

Yup. Just gotta find some now <_<

[husaberg]

Thanks for that Husa. There's none of any of those around for sale in NZ currently though hahaha.
TDR wheels look like great wheels but really wide! Trying to replicate the late 60s/early 70s race bike look on my GT250 (loads of cutting and welding to polish this turd).
Would actually prefer terrible drums because it's just a chill street bike but starting to look at old solid single disks now for lack of supply.
<_<

Maybe find a chook chaser rear say XT250 or XL250 as they have a 2.15-2.5X17 with a alloy rim
CB250RS had from memory 1.85 and 2,15 18 with a rather nice slab sided rim (but a disk at the front)
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they had pretty decent forks (about 35mm)for the time as well.
If you can't find a decent 7-8 inch drum ie GT or YDS7 Then a GN250 front drum they were 2ls
I have a 8 inch 2LS rear (but you are not getting that.):msn-wink:
Have you seen this thread?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/73487-I-need-help-valuing-a-post-classic-Suzuki-TR250

If you could find a decent T500 hub on Ebay USA me and Grumph know a guy (that used) to do Fontana replica brakeplates
last time I talked to him he still had a few machined left, I don't know where they went or who had the mould.
if you plan on keeping the bike and are dead set on a Drum I would just keep looking on Ebay for a Grimeca 2ls or 4ls.

[Kickaha]

if you plan on keeping the bike and are dead set on a Drum I would just keep looking on Ebay for a grimeca 2ls or 4ls.

I was just looking at a GT750J front, be about $1000 by the time it got here, I gave 2 of them away years ago :facepalm:

T350/GT380 were also 2LS

[husaberg]

I was just looking at a GT750J front, be about $1000 by the time it got here, I gave 2 of them away years ago :facepalm:

T350/GT380 were also 2LS
Some of the 550's also had the 4LS but they are overkill.
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Yeah the Suzuki middleweights all had pretty much the same brake.
The under 250's like the GT125 and 185's had a 6 inch 2ls
But the T500 was a bit bigger, with a nicer classic hub shape.
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[Kickaha]

Some of the 550's also had the 4LS but they are overkill.

GT550J, I had two of those bikes, $300 bike back then, cant even buy the brakes for that now:rolleyes:

[husaberg]

GT550J, I had two of those bikes, $300 bike back then, cant even buy the brakes for that now:rolleyes:

have you seen one of these
ie CBX400 VT250 etc etc
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Turned into one of these
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http://classicbikes.actieforum.com/t2040-harton-project-just-starting
Similar to this
http://motosynthesis.blogspot.co.nz/p/products.html

[Kickaha]

have you seen one of these

I can understand why he did it for the rear but it seems a lot of work for the front when he could have adapted any wire wheel into it

[swarfie]

I have a complete 2LS front wheel from a Honda SL or CL350 twin that may fit the bill. PM me if you think it'll do the job.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah but it looks super cool. I like it. And at least you get brakes, my cbx550 had OK(for the time) brakes. They were easy to service despite what moron journalist types write about them.

[Kickaha]

I would just keep looking on Ebay for a Grimeca 2ls or 4ls.


No need to look on Ebay
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/brakes/auction-1095152687.htm
That'd look good on my BSA

[husaberg]

No need to look on Ebay
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/brakes/auction-1095152687.htm
That'd look good on my BSA

The A10 would look better with one of these
http://motorcycle4sale.com/sale/bsa-rocket-goldie-dow-replica-twin-leader-190mm-1266/uk
list of various drum bakes and sizes etc
http://victorylibrary.com/brit/2LS-table.htm

[Kickaha]

The A10 would look better with one of these
http://motorcycle4sale.com/sale/bsa-rocket-goldie-dow-replica-twin-leader-190mm-1266/uk
list of various drum bakes and sizes etc
http://victorylibrary.com/brit/2LS-table.htm
At 3 x the price ? fuck that, wrong size anyway

Most common mod is a 2LS out of a later Triumph

[husaberg]

At 3 x the price ? fuck that, wrong size anyway

Most common mod is a 2LS out of a later Triumph
I know and it fits in the std half width hub as well. that you likely have fitted.

[Kickaha]

I know and it fits in the std half width hub as well. that you likely have fitted.

Yeah half width, if I could find one at reasonable cost I'd probably do it, the fork leg needs modifying to suit though

You can buy a 2LS off ebay for about $250NZD +postage
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/TWIN-LEADING-SHOE-ROYAL-ENFIELD-BULLET-7-FRONT-BRAKE-DRUM-HUB-ASSEMBLY-/141787029547?hash=item21032a602b:g:9OUAAOSw5ZBWJ1h V

[husaberg]

Yeah half width, if I could find one at reasonable cost I'd probably do it, the fork leg needs modifying to suit though

You can buy a 2LS off ebay for about $250NZD +postage
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/TWIN-LEADING-SHOE-ROYAL-ENFIELD-BULLET-7-FRONT-BRAKE-DRUM-HUB-ASSEMBLY-/141787029547?hash=item21032a602b:g:9OUAAOSw5ZBWJ1h V
Or maybe less
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Twin-Leading-Shoe-TLS-8-Front-Brake-Plate-And-Shoes-1968-Triumph-650-767-/131824988347?hash=item1eb161b0bb:g:d6wAAOSwH6lXQ4n x

[Kickaha]

Or maybe less
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Twin-Leading-Shoe-TLS-8-Front-Brake-Plate-And-Shoes-1968-Triumph-650-767-/131824988347?hash=item1eb161b0bb:g:d6wAAOSwH6lXQ4n x

I thought the 1/2 width hub was 7 inch ?

[Grumph]

I thought the 1/2 width hub was 7 inch ?

There are both 7 and 8 inch half width hubs. You should have the 8 inch front.

Best 2ls conversion is the post 68 BSA/Triumph backplate with the cranked levers giving a cable pull straight up the forks.

[swarfie]

Those 2LS backing plates also fit the latter conical hubs and look heaps nicerer. That's the setup I have in my Briggo Jawa and it works well.

[husaberg]

I thought the 1/2 width hub was 7 inch ?


There are both 7 and 8 inch half width hubs. You should have the 8 inch front.

Best 2ls conversion is the post 68 BSA/Triumph backplate with the cranked levers giving a cable pull straight up the forks.

What he said, there is also a 2ls for the 7 inch hub, I'm not sure what bikes had that, but I have seen them.

Edit
the smaller 7” version was used on the smaller “C” range T100A, Daytona etc. and some BSA models 1968-74.

[Kickaha]

Or maybe less
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Twin-Leading-Shoe-TLS-8-Front-Brake-Plate-And-Shoes-1968-Triumph-650-767-/131824988347?hash=item1eb161b0bb:g:d6wAAOSwH6lXQ4n x
Yeah but it'll go for way more than that, I better start trying to drive the bidding up ;)


There are both 7 and 8 inch half width hubs. You should have the 8 inch front.

Best 2ls conversion is the post 68 BSA/Triumph backplate with the cranked levers giving a cable pull straight up the forks.

Yeah, just measured and it is 8 inch, uses a torque arm which the Triumph brake doesnt, I'll have to check on the A10 forum and see how they adapted them

Now who do I know that is a talented machinist and likes fucking about with old bikes to knock this up for me :msn-wink:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/30920056@N05/sets/72157629892320000

[husaberg]

Yeah but it'll go for way more than that, I better start trying to drive the bidding up ;)

Yeah, just measured and it is 8 inch, uses a torque arm which the Triumph brake doesnt, I'll have to check on the A10 forum and see how they adapted them

I am pretty sure the scramblers had the 7 inch half width, likely the smaller BSA models as well.
the A65 Spitfire and lighting has the correct lower legs for the 2ls likely the BSA and Triumph brakeplates are slightly different as Grumph said there are variations on the levers and fixings depending on the year.
that said you might as well upgrade to real two way damping at the same time.

I seen in a old mag a hub converted to a mini based hydraulic set up. It was supposedly able to lock the front at 60MPH.

[Kickaha]

I am pretty sure the scramblers had the 7 inch half width, likely the smaller BSA models as well.
the A65 Spitfire and lighting has the correct lower legs for the 2ls likely the BSA and Triumph brakeplates are slightly different as Grumph said there are variations on the levers and fixings depending on the year.
that said you might as well upgrade to real two way damping at the same time.

I have already sussed out a cartridge conversion, not sure If I'll go quite that far yet, the Eddie Dow damping set up is cheap enough

Opps fucked that up, bid on the TLS Husaberk put up and it's not actually the one I want

[Grumph]

Yeah, just measured and it is 8 inch, uses a torque arm which the Triumph brake doesnt, I'll have to check on the A10 forum and see how they adapted them


Remember Peter P's starmaker AJS ? I used a '68 backplate in that with an added pickup point for a torque arm. Weld it in, clean it up and paint it. Who in the current WOF system would know it's not OE ?

[Kickaha]

I used a '68 backplate in that with an added pickup point for a torque arm.
They also do it by adding or extending a lug on the fork or backplate so the torque arm isn't needed


current WOF system would know it's not OE ?
No one, I'm counting on that if I do the conversion

[husaberg]

I have already sussed out a cartridge conversion, not sure If I'll go quite that far yet, the Eddie Dow damping set up is cheap enough

Opps fucked that up, bid on the TLS HusaberG put up and it's not actually the one I want

http://www.britbike.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7770
The later forks had proper two way damping without the Dow conversion
I think hele did it.

ps here is the Mead and Tomkin Comical hub hydraulic conversion
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[Kickaha]

Looks like I accidentally bought a 2ls opppps :facepalm:

[Grumph]

Looks like I accidentally bought a 2ls opppps :facepalm:

If it's the one husa put up, it's going to fit. Yes, torque arm mount to go in, yes it has the straight levers which mean the cable sweeps back.
Otherwise it's good.

[Kickaha]

If it's the one husa put up, it's going to fit. Yes, torque arm mount to go in, yes it has the straight levers which mean the cable sweeps back.
Otherwise it's good.
I know it will fit as I have seen them fitted to A10 before

I would just rather have the other type as it looks tidier, probably weld a lug on the fork leg and do away with the torque arm

[husaberg]

Looks like I accidentally bought a 2ls opppps :facepalm:

$150 bucks landed is cheap, maybe plus the taxmans take I guess, but its still cheap.

[Kickaha]

$150 bucks landed is cheap, maybe plus the taxmans take I guess, but its still cheap.

Not the one I want though so I will keep looking

[Kickaha]

$150 bucks landed is cheap, maybe plus the taxmans take I guess, but its still cheap.

Yeah well I got the one I wanted for even less than that, anyone else want a 8inch TLS I seem to have one spare or at least I will once they both arrive