Rear wheel technical questions...
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Rear wheel technical questions...
Originally posted in the wheel section two days ago, but no response, so I'm going to see if anyone cruising the sporty section has any answers for me.
I'm turning my new sportster into a dual sportster for traveling and because it is a fun project. I am definitely putting a pair of Continental TKC80's on the bike.
I bought a used 40 spoke 16" rear rim on ebay cheap, and a 17 X 3.5" rim (off a triumph scrambler), not so cheap. I also have a brand new continental TKC80 130/80 17.
The hub I have is polished and not chromed, so I"m going to leave it alone. The rim is going for powder and getting painted black or that gold color of ohlins shocks. I was thinking that Stainless Spokes for this application would be best, but I'm really not sure. In terms of aesthetics, I am open to suggestions here, but durability and low maintenance is what's important.
I was also thinking of using fat spokes because they might be stronger? As I search for 17" spokes, it looks like they cost a fortune for anything fat, because I can only find them on the custom wheel sites, and I imagine there is some markup? I know SS isn't cheap, I buy it all the time for my restaurant. Maybe there is another material, or in terms of strength there is no difference.
The point is, I don't really know anything about spokes. If I find a set of regular SS spokes 17", can I just order them and put them on (thanks youtube)... Or are they designed to go only on a particular hub and rim combination.
I know it's a lot, but if you have the time?
Peace
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I'm turning my new sportster into a dual sportster for traveling and because it is a fun project. I am definitely putting a pair of Continental TKC80's on the bike.
I bought a used 40 spoke 16" rear rim on ebay cheap, and a 17 X 3.5" rim (off a triumph scrambler), not so cheap. I also have a brand new continental TKC80 130/80 17.
The hub I have is polished and not chromed, so I"m going to leave it alone. The rim is going for powder and getting painted black or that gold color of ohlins shocks. I was thinking that Stainless Spokes for this application would be best, but I'm really not sure. In terms of aesthetics, I am open to suggestions here, but durability and low maintenance is what's important.
I was also thinking of using fat spokes because they might be stronger? As I search for 17" spokes, it looks like they cost a fortune for anything fat, because I can only find them on the custom wheel sites, and I imagine there is some markup? I know SS isn't cheap, I buy it all the time for my restaurant. Maybe there is another material, or in terms of strength there is no difference.
The point is, I don't really know anything about spokes. If I find a set of regular SS spokes 17", can I just order them and put them on (thanks youtube)... Or are they designed to go only on a particular hub and rim combination.
I know it's a lot, but if you have the time?
Peace
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BTW, I found this thing online, but don't really understand it after reading it a bunch of times. mm?
Should I just buy longer spokes and grind them down if they stick through?
Anyway, maybe this calculator can help someone help me.
http://users.senet.com.au/~mitchell/misc/html/spoke.htm
Peace
Should I just buy longer spokes and grind them down if they stick through?
Anyway, maybe this calculator can help someone help me.
http://users.senet.com.au/~mitchell/misc/html/spoke.htm
Peace
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