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Old Jan 11, 2023 | 10:56 PM
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Hello all,
I hope the New Year is treating you well.
Looking on some information from people much more knowledgeable than I. Question is, can a Panhead rim be laced to a Shovelhead hub without modifications? Are the spoke angles the same?
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Yes they're all 40 spoke, same angle. I laced a mid-star hub to a 2011 Road king rim to run a wider rear wheel no problem. The only rim hoop that comes to mind that would cause a problem is a WL where the spoke pattern alternates opposite to a big twin rim hoop.
 
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Now you have a Twinkie pan or is it a kie head
 
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Now you have a Twinkie pan or is it a kie head
All I know is the twinkie rim made it faster.
 
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They changed the lacing pattern again on modern wheels, somewhere in the 90's. I discovered that trying to put twinkie rims on shovel hubs.
 
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Originally Posted by Joe12RK
They changed the lacing pattern again on modern wheels, somewhere in the 90's. I discovered that trying to put twinkie rims on shovel hubs.
I still have the wheel I did, 2011 5" rim, 72 style hub mid-star for my wide glide, no issues. What angle changed when they are 40 spoke with each spoke crossing 4 in the opposite direction?
 
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The inner sets went from same direction to opposite, which lines them up with different holes. Or maybe the other way around, but they did change.
 
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Originally Posted by hellonewman
All I know is the twinkie rim made it faster.
Test results please
 
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Thanks for your responses, once again this site comes up with the answers.
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