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    Spoked Wheels

    Giving the BMW a bit of a makeover.
    Got the rims polished.
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    Ordered up a set of spokes, only 5 days from the UK.
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    Offset is 7mm so used 3 7mm drill bits to get initial spoke settings.
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    Trued up on Jig using dial gauge.
    Kombi ute makes a good workbench
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    New Tyres
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    Next its put the forks together with the new Sportsvalves and Sonic Springs.
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    Nice work! I've respoked pushbike wheels but never a motorbike.

    Tricky to do, or is it just a case of roll sleeves up and get stuck into it?

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    Nice job. A good skill to have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OddDuck View Post
    Nice work! I've respoked pushbike wheels but never a motorbike.

    Tricky to do, or is it just a case of roll sleeves up and get stuck into it?
    36 spokes are a lot easier than 40 spoke ones, both are fun but it takes pateince

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    Quote Originally Posted by OddDuck View Post
    Nice work! I've respoked pushbike wheels but never a motorbike.

    Tricky to do, or is it just a case of roll sleeves up and get stuck into it?
    As you know from your comprehensive Ducati build its a matter of said sleeve rolling, correct tools and patience.

    I've done them before using a swingarm, and years later a vice, but proper jigs are not that expensive now.

    I was not going to bother as the bike is 40 years old and unrestored but what started off as " just a new set of tyres"........

    Waiting on billet top clamp now, mate to finish off machining fork inners and might invest in some modern shocks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    Waiting on billet top clamp now
    What one? I machined mine from a bottom clamp but was looking at some dropped clamps to make up for the 18 inch wheel
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    Dropped clamps to make up for 18" wheel....?

    I just want to stiffen up the top of the forks as the stock one is pretty crap, more British than German.
    DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.

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