New Front Rim Suggestions....
#11
06-16-2019, 10:28 PM
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Course... I never needed a Tube in a 9 spoke Harley mag... Morris and Lester???? yes.. gotta have a tube IMO
#12
06-17-2019, 01:56 AM
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I have no idea why you would need nor Want a rim strip on a mag Wheel... It is specifically to protect the tube from spoke nipples!!!
Course... I never needed a Tube in a 9 spoke Harley mag... Morris and Lester???? yes.. gotta have a tube IMO
Course... I never needed a Tube in a 9 spoke Harley mag... Morris and Lester???? yes.. gotta have a tube IMO
That bike had original wheels and the rear still had its original Goodyear....
Not sure why it leaked but it was bubbling through the cast...like it was porous
Last edited by hscic; 06-17-2019 at 02:10 AM.
#13
06-17-2019, 06:15 AM
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#14
06-17-2019, 06:57 AM
you could wire wheel brush it then use the pink $hit to remove rust couple days keep adding more then wash wire brush again - ( we also glass bead the wheel as well ) then paint it with rustolem primer 2 coats - then I use gorilla duct tape fitted to the center then the rim strip and the tube - its a re pop so all the labor out lives the value of that rim
throw it away and get a new one
some of the antique machines with the -1940 rims we see that and you cant buy new so we fix best possible as they are mostly furniture
throw it away and get a new one
some of the antique machines with the -1940 rims we see that and you cant buy new so we fix best possible as they are mostly furniture
#15
06-17-2019, 07:29 AM
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I suspect so... the old Good Year is probably the first clue on a proper Survivor/Original, even Resto...Maybe??? I don't know very much about Restorations, as I do Not personally Prefer my examples ****ered with at all!!!
If I want New... i Buy new...
If I want New... i Buy new...
#16
06-17-2019, 03:52 PM
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Taiwan rims both they work but the chrome rusts in a couple years on the spokes
#17
06-17-2019, 05:44 PM
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Is the hub junk? To save any hassles with axle and rotor fitment, I would source just a new rim, stainless spokes and lace it to the existing hub. For me I like black hub and rim with stainless spokes, but we know what opinions are like. I powder coat the rim and hub. Just a thought, but if the hub is still good.........
Apparently I like black wheels, everything except my chrome ***** Shovel, all my bikes have them, not a planned thing just one day I looked around and it had happened. I guess Black Wheels do Matter.
Apparently I like black wheels, everything except my chrome ***** Shovel, all my bikes have them, not a planned thing just one day I looked around and it had happened. I guess Black Wheels do Matter.
#18
06-17-2019, 05:56 PM
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a few Norton owners i know have used tubeless tyres on a spoked rim. after a clean up,they seal the spoke nipples with silicon then you have to drill out the valve hole to accept the tubeless valve and run a round of 100mph tape around the inside of the rim with a rim tape as well. they say they have never had any problems with it.........stainless spokes hit with a glass bead gives you a cadmium type finish and looks real nice too.
Last edited by old mago; 06-17-2019 at 05:59 PM.
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06-17-2019, 09:10 PM
#20
06-17-2019, 09:47 PM
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