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?
Thanks in advance

 

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.

 

Now you have a Twinkie pan or is it a kie head

 

All I know is the twinkie rim made it faster.

 

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?

 

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.

 

Test results please

 

In canada is snows all but 6 hours a year - so it dont matter

 

Thanks for your responses, once again this site comes up with the answers.
Cheers