spokes

XS650 Direct has a listing for brand new front and rear wheels. Has anyone seen these in person and if so, any comments about the hub casting fit and finish, rim brand, assembly quality and so on. They are pretty spendy, especially the rear, but when one adds up the cost of the components and...

So I just relaced the front wheel from an 81’ special II. Everything went great and my vertical and horizontal runout are all within 1mm after truing the wheel. The one thing I noticed is that the outer spokes (the ones you install from the inside of the hub out), the ends that are supposed to...

Hey Everyone. Pretty new to the site and really new to these bikes. Picked up a 1979 basket case from a guy and went with a TC Bros hard tail. Picked up some wire wheels from a guy who said he had them on a 79 project as well. Had them shipped to me and went to put them on to start my build...

So much info on here, and I'm still confused a tad. I have a 78' with front and rear disk brakes, with mag's. 19" front and 16" rear. I'm wanting to switch to spokes. Easy enough fix for the rear. Find a spoke rear drum, and if able get the whole swing arm assembly. Question, what years will...

Today's task was to take off the back wheel from my new buy 76 Standard because my brief ride down the drive told me the rear brake was largely ineffective. In dismantling it, I was annoyed that the brake stay bolt had been inserted from the wrong side leaving me to find new flexibility to get...

i have 2 bikes with undamaged but grungy wheels. If I disassemble rims hubs spokes, clean, and then relace, would there be issues relacing the old spokes? I read elsewhere that spokes adjust to to the hole where they are originally seated and once undone shouldn't be reinstalled. This is going...

EDIT: having taken a few out to see how inners fit as outers I realize it doesn't even want to line up. I'll leave the original post as it was. end edit. I've just laced up my 18" rear wheel using stainless spokes, the pattern is good, none of the spokes are bending or interfering with each...

I got these old wheels in trade for some work I performed on a friend's guitar. They are from a Yamaha, as there is a very small tuning fork stamp on the inside of the drum. And all the hardware matches all that is on my xs650. So I can tell that they are probably form an older xs650. Other...

I regrettably picked up some rims from eBay and when they arrived looked to match up to the old ones. But after starting to build the wheel I noticed that the taper on the spoke nipples isn't sitting flush with the rim. I'm pretty sure this means I have the wrong rim but I'm looking for a...

I regrettably picked up some rims from eBay and when they arrived looked to match up to the old ones. But after starting to build the wheel I noticed that the taper on the spoke nipples isn't sitting flush with the rim. I'm pretty sure this means I have the wrong rim but I'm looking for a...

WAS...WTB or Trade my spokes for mags...not now I have a spoke wheel set that I want to trade for a mag wheel set with a rear drum. My rear spoke has drum set up. I'll try to get pics up soon. I've cleaned the hubs and rims...the spokes were shot and rusty, but would consider throwing in a set...

Just relaced both wheels with new spokes from mikes. Rear went well, on the front I notice I can see threads on my inside spokes, outside spokes no threads.. I have proper spoke angles inside and out. Is it normal to see threads on spokes after everything is tru within spec.

Help! Spoke hole gauge for '80 drum hub I just spoke w Leah from Buchanans. She is asking me to specify the gauge of the holes in my rear hub. Hub is a 1980 drum rear. She told me the spoke holes in the hub, from the factory, came in different sizes. She is asking me whether they are 8-9, 8-10...

Ok this is probably a dumb question to most people but I don't know the answer. I needed spokes for my bike but it was already gone getting powdercoated. And I don't know how many spokes there is. If I bought too many for either wheel will they still work? ie. I bought 96 spokes and I think it...

I'm about ready to lace up my first set of wheels. Searching on here I've found some great resources on how to do it. Some people are recommending using a thread lubricant on the spokes. This makes sense but what do you use for a lubricant, grease, oil...or does it matter? Thanks Bill