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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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Hello!

I don't think it's available but is there a manufacturer that makes a billet rim that looks like spokes?

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http://image.hotbikeweb.com/f/323439...poke-wheel.jpg

Mahalos!
 
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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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If it's got nipples on the end of the spokes then they are spokes and not billet that has been carved out. I've seen billet rims that look like spokes, but can't remember who made them. I'll look around and see if I can remember who made them.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 10:16 PM
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Here is a true billet wheel that looks like spokes, but there are others as well.
http://www.hotbikeweb.com/tech/0612_.../photo_03.html

http://www.chopper-kit-usa.com/SuperSpoke-wt-200.htm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-FRONT...-/251094587125

https://www.denniskirk.com/chrome-23...prd/557847.sku
 
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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron "Gunner" Retzlaff
Here is a true billet wheel that looks like spokes, but there are others as well.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-FRONT...-/251094587125
I'm digging this one. Unique.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 10:26 PM
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Check out this site. http://www.primoforged.com/ Under the wheels heading have a look at the "cali wheel"
 
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Awesome. Thanks all!
 
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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 10:09 AM
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Exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks buddah. Mahalos!

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Check out this site. http://www.primoforged.com/ Under the wheels heading have a look at the "cali wheel"
 
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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by brunosrk
Check out this site. http://www.primoforged.com/ Under the wheels heading have a look at the "cali wheel"
Those wheels are Extra Sharp!
Would really look sharp on the 'King.
And this would make the tubes obsolete...
Hmmm - Thanks for posting!
 
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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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Hear horror stories from friends about loosing air, flat tires in the rear and not knowing until your 50 miles away from home, and having to (maintain) straighten spokes. I figured billet would be the way to go...just didn't know if they existed since a google search didn't turn up anything.

Agree. Thanks for posting.


Originally Posted by TheGrandPoohBah
Those wheels are Extra Sharp!
Would really look sharp on the 'King.
And this would make the tubes obsolete...
Hmmm - Thanks for posting!
 
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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Mana Tribe
Hear horror stories from friends about loosing air, flat tires in the rear and not knowing until your 50 miles away from home, and having to (maintain) straighten spokes. I figured billet would be the way to go...just didn't know if they existed since a google search didn't turn up anything.

Agree. Thanks for posting.
Sure thing.
I have never had any issues with my spokes, of any kind.
My thoughts are about plug and go repairs if anything happened out on the road. I have used them many times on other vehicles, and would use them on a MC tire without hesitation. Beats waiting on a haul to get a tube fix...
 
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