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I cannot lace those... But, A friend of mine was the Only person who laced those wheels for Kuryakyn, for a very long time, Right in Minnesota!!
Talk about Hard to Clean!!!!!
My Heritage looked great with spokes...gave it a classic look. Broken spokes and flaking chrome on the hoops kept me from re-lacing, so I wound up going with mags which changed the look of the bike.
The mags are easier to keep clean though.
Looking real good Tony... Glad too see the white wall gone.... More masculine looking...
Originally Posted by Racepres
O.E. Wheels, and Hubs, and Spokes, have Never given me a moments problem.. Aftermarket, especially Chrome, from the far east is always troublesome, and I avoid it..
Without a don't overseas **** it's just that... S H I T.....
Originally Posted by JustDave13
One would say you don't ride enough. My rear spoked wheel started to give me problems after 20k.
So another would say, maybe it wasn't maintained properly... Most anything properly maintained will last a lot longer than 20k..
Originally Posted by Architect
I like spokes, but I always ditch the stock spokes in favor of Stainless Steel from Buchanan, the stay nice and are much easier to clean with a smooth finish. I also seem to like black wheels, so I powder coat the rim and hub, no more concerns with rust. I also park my bikes in a tempered space not outside or in Florida near the beach. But I do live on an Island, still no issues.
Always liked Stainless on black powder coat... Looks really sweet Bill..
Plain on having to re-tighten the spokes /truing the rims every few years (even if your not riding it), and having to re-lacing the rims with new spokes around the 10 year mark.
Also, keep in mind that although the front rim is center dished on the hub, the rear rim is off set dished on the hub isntead. So either know the off set you need to maintain, or before the rear rims get out of true, mark up your truing stand so you know the off set to maintain for the rear rim as you are re-tigtening the spokes.
Hence mag rims, replaced spoke rims for the above on-going maintenance that was needed on them.
What ever floats your boat.
That would be my last choice. I'm far from lazy but to me, spokes make about as much sense as whitewalls.
Spoke wheels weigh a ton and balance crappy unless care is taken when they use spoke weights. Least mine did as compared to the thin cast Star on my front.
First thing I did was get rid of the Fat Boy discs and put on spokes. But, I have more spokes per wheel than most.
Had a set of those a 16" & 21" , great looking wheels. Second time I got out on a long trip with some real rain & road grime and had to clean those SOB's I started looking to the ThunderStar mags you see on my shovel now. Really pissed me off to American Wire Wheel wheels and the spokes started rusting, upkeep was going to be too much. Still sitting in the attic.
Had a set of those a 16" & 21" , great looking wheels. Second time I got out on a long trip with some real rain & road grime and had to clean those SOB's I started looking to the ThunderStar mags you see on my shovel now. Really pissed me off to American Wire Wheel wheels and the spokes started rusting, upkeep was going to be too much. Still sitting in the attic.
Hey TwiZted if you run across another set of those 16" & 21" ThunderStar wheels with tapered bearings please let me know.
I've been looking for a while and can't seem to find a good set.
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