Powder coating anyone? Here's a great place to have it done.

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I'm in the process of having my wheel rims powder coated and was turned on to this place in California by a local custom Harley shop owner in town. After talking to TC out there, I'm sure they will do a great job. They are all gearheads out there he (TC) said. Here's the link. Check them out. Tell TC the guy from Indy sent you. http://powdercoater.com/index.html

I will be purchasing my wheels from Buchanan's spoke and wheel. http://www.buchananspokes.net/
They are close by the powdercoater above and will deliver your wheels to be powder coated if you make the arrangements then will pick them up and lace your wheels and send them out.
flyboy
 
$100 to lace and true a wire wheel is pretty cheap. I laced the front wheel on my Harley myself and paid $40 to have it trued, which was cheap. It took me about 5 times putting it together before I got it right, pretty big pain in the ass.
 
That was my thought too. It IS a PAIN IN THE ASS!!! Not to mention that lacing spokes too tight will streach the spoke in time and cause more problems keeping the wheel true...or possibly distorting the nipple hole in the rim. Better to leave it to the professionals who do it everyday. If your time isn't worth anything...go for it.:banghead:
 
If you are tightening your spokes enough to stretch them, you are doing it WAY wrong. I would think the threads would strip before you could stretch them a measurable amount. Spokes don't require a lot of torque to be properly tightened.

Lacing your own wheels is not hard at all, if you do a little research first. Take pictures of your wheels and make a diagram of the spoke pattern BEFORE taking the old spokes out. There are many good sources of info on wheel lacing online that are helpful too. Here's a site I found very helpful:

http://www.xs650chopper.com/2009/12/how-to-lace-a-wheel-from-scratch/

I did mine last winter, and had almost no problems. I made a mistake when I started lacing the first wheel, and had to redo part of it, wasting about 5 minutes. After that, it was a breeze. Truing them was easy too, and went quickly. I did the initial tightening as evenly as possible, so they were pretty straight to start with.

I rode on these wheels all this summer, and they are still fine. I now have one less thing that I have to depend on someone else for. I'll be doing a set of CB450 wheels this winter.
 
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