Wheel rebuild needed

[GSers]

Woody's Wheel works in the US

If Phreaky Phil and ADVrider are to go by there's none betterer, and he can make whatever you want.

Yeah Holler Woody on ADV site he will give you the information required we have had alot of discussion with the 21" on the 1100. The up shoot of this is 2.15" is best used for the road 1.85" is a good cross road / trail 1.6" is the best for hard off road as the width of the tyre stops the rim coming in contact with the ground and rocks on hard hits.
regards GSers

[buggsubique]

Yeah Holler Woody on ADV site he will give you the information required we have had alot of discussion with the 21" on the 1100. The up shoot of this is 2.15" is best used for the road 1.85" is a good cross road / trail 1.6" is the best for hard off road as the width of the tyre stops the rim coming in contact with the ground and rocks on hard hits.
regards GSers

wellthe 1.85 seems rare as an economical after market... any thoughts of caution about me going down to a 1.6? they're plentiful. i do ride hard offrd. but also ride a lot on seal . im comfortable handling a dog on the road.

[Squiggles]

Wheel and Spoke in Auckland?

[buggsubique]

Anyone heard of these rims? appraently they've been around ages. Wheel & Spoke seem to be best price at the moment based on these rims, otherwise ~$600 for OEM DID or KTM equiv with several months of fingering my own arse waiting for it to arrive.

He can do one of these rims for $325 which seems reasonable.

[Underground]

Thanks for doing all this legwork Matt , I'll be riding on the back of this someday as part of my rolling restoration ,mine really are rooted but I'll keep them rolling till I can justify the expense.

[Kickaha]

Anyone heard of these rims? .

They are what used to be Akront, Morad bought their tooling but had already been building their own wheels for ten years before that

[Team Buffoon]

Hi you could try Tom Morriss Wheel and Spoke Services 09 576 0312. He has just moved so number might not be right. www.wheelandspoke.nz Not used him but came recommended to me.

[Eddieb]

Buggs, Check the Adv deals and specials thread, there are rims in the Torpedo 7 Boxing day sale.

[buggsubique]

Buggs, Check the Adv deals and specials thread, there are rims in the Torpedo 7 Boxing day sale.

Never really looked at the site, but looks good. If they had my front him size I'd have grabbed a complete set. Have actually opted to order one through Tom at Wheel & spoke services. Have a truing stand here so will see - might just need to get it drilled then get my spokes nickel plated, new nipples and then rebuild sometime in March along with replacing the steering bearings and races and de-rusting the front subframe...and stripping the carbs...

[Transalper]

Wow just what I needed to know too.... for the Transalp.
So Mr buggsubique how are you getting on and should I follow your path to 'Wheel And Spoke' ?

So far I had only found that our sizes are a pain and I would prefer to keep original sizing for the road/trail compromise... and recent info I had been given was the price out of Honda was $470 and Yamaha who use the same is about $110 cheaper, but they may be gold in colour rather than silver (don't care about the colour so long as it's not pink)

[Transalper]

Pictures of my front before I picked and filed it a bit smoother at which point the patch had almost doubled in length.
Rear is heading that way too.
Most of it is around the Valve stem hole.

Rims sizes etc..
Front 21x1.85 36 spokes.
Rear 17x2.50 32 spokes

[NordieBoy]

It's a pity T7 don't do Honda style (32 hole) rear dirt rims. Only 36 hole.

[Underground]

TA, find out what Cooney is painting on the rim that I sent down to him.
3 of my rims look at least as bad as that and I've epoxied them so I recon they will be sweet for a few years in a stabilised condition.

[buggsubique]

Wow just what I needed to know too.... for the Transalp.
So Mr buggsubique how are you getting on and should I follow your path to 'Wheel And Spoke' ?

So far I had only found that our sizes are a pain and I would prefer to keep original sizing for the road/trail compromise... and recent info I had been given was the price out of Honda was $470 and Yamaha who use the same is about $110 cheaper, but they may be gold in colour rather than silver (don't care about the colour so long as it's not pink)

wheel and spoke were good. Got an akron front for maybe $360 if i recall correctly. Undrilled, in silver. For now tho im just maintaining both my front and rear with a dremmel to remove flakes and edges and where possible im taking it down below the oxide layer to try and avoid the sort of delamination thats evident in your pics.

Spokes are expensive so i was looking to get mine cleaned back and nickel plated thru my brother rather than order new or get any made up. Let me know how you get on.

[Transalper]

Yeah, think I'll just be cleaning them up and treating them with marine anti corrosion paint for at least this season if not longer.
Nice to know mine aren't any worse than what others are continuing to use.