Motard wheels for my CRM.

[Ghost Lemur]

Well now my baby is in my hot little hands, I want to start getting to know her. So I have a few projects in mind.

As she's going to be used for commuting as well as weekend fun, one of the big ones I'd like to do is get a set of motard wheels which I could throw on for those times when I'll just be solely commuting. That'll mean I can have slightly more agressive ds tyres on the regular rims. As I n00b I'm going to need all the help I can get when it comes to taking her offroad, but don't want to waste money burning through aggressive ds tyres commuting.

Yes I know the cheapest way would be to just have a second set of tyres and change the tyres between the more road orientated and the more offroad. But as I say I'm also wanting to learn about the mechanical side of being a rider, build up my toolbox, get to know my bike inside out, etc.

As I'm not made of money, getting a set of rims built is out of the question. So I'm going to need to adapt something from a roadbike. As hardly anyone has my bike, and few have had much to do with them, I'm more looking for advice on the theoretical side of things.

Now for my actual questions...

Wheels have two dimentions, the height and the width. Height isn't really an issue as 17" seems to be the norm/desirable. But how do I measure width? Is it the width of the hub? Or the rim? Or something else

On hubs? What am I looking for in order for them to fit/work?

Started doing some reading on wheels. Found a few posts of people using NSR wheels over on CRM250.com, and a NZ guy who has a 'tard CRM, but he got wheels which had already been modified for a CR.

What other factors do I need to take into account?

Saw this and this on trademe. What are the factors if I went with the different size front and rear.

Sorry for all the n00b questions, there will be a lot more to come. I'll post the pics I took of my wheels when I can find the damn camera cable.

[inlinefour]

I'd love a set of motard rims for my DRZ, however as you I'm witing for a good set of 2nd hand rims to be up f/s...

[Motu]

Rim width should be stamped on the rim - dunno what size you need as I'm not into that.It'd be preferable to have the same axle diameter,but a sleeve can be made.Same with hub width - you can make wider spacers,or narrow them,keeping the rim centred of course.How is your speedo driven? The speedo drive will need to be interchangable.Take your axle into a dismantlers yard and poke it into a few likely looking wheels.I'd be looking at some mid '90's Honda's,something in the same year range as your bike.

[Ghost Lemur]

Finding more and more info. Including a thread on CRM250.com that talks about spacers and brakes.

As for my goals with my bike. Looks like someone's bet me to it with my own bike. Here is my bike (exact same colour scheme). Shame the site is japanese and so not of much use. Google translation sucks arse.

[Ghost Lemur]

Here's some pics of my wheels.

What's the dial(?) on the swingarm?

Why didn't Haynes make a workshop manual for my bike. Suppose that's one downside to having an interesting rare bike.

[merv]

What's the dial(?) on the swingarm?

I presume you are talking about what we know as the snail cam adjuster and that's for setting your chain tightness. If your chain gets too loose you loosen off the axle nut and then wind the snail cam a click making sure they are set even left and right so your wheel is tracking straight.

[Ghost Lemur]

Cheers Merv.

[Aiolos]

Finding more and more info. Including a thread on CRM250.com that talks about spacers and brakes.

As for my goals with my bike. Looks like someone's bet me to it with my own bike. Here is my bike (exact same colour scheme). Shame the site is japanese and so not of much use. Google translation sucks arse.

Don't you think? so, this with parenthesis!