Corndog
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I've read on here something about "golden" wheels, meaning really sought after wheels. What wheels would that be? How do you tell if you have them or lower quality wheels? Finally, what makes them so "golden"?
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"golden" wheels
- Thread starter Corndog
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The only really rare wheels are;
Bright shiny ones with gleaming spokes and rims polished to a mirror finish from ANY year model.....
Then it's the "star mags" sold as Yamaha Accessories. They were third party vendor items and a rear machined to fit the XS with all the brake bits is quite hard to find. Imay be AM biased but like to build wheels that look like the stockers but have wider rims.
Bright shiny ones with gleaming spokes and rims polished to a mirror finish from ANY year model.....
Then it's the "star mags" sold as Yamaha Accessories. They were third party vendor items and a rear machined to fit the XS with all the brake bits is quite hard to find. I
Corndog
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Is that the same wheel??
Corndog
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Nevermind lol
Your picture shows an 80-81 SPII 2.5X16 chrome steel wheel
Corndog
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Yeah I have just heard people talk about wheels that have that raised rib in the center of it
racerdave
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Thats all wheels. Do you mean shouldered wheels? A raised lip on the outer edge? Similar to what Gary posted above.
Corndog
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Well now I'm educated
BWHAHAHA sooo true.
As far as came from the factory rare, that would probably be the one year only U shaped aluminum alloys from '79?
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The old timer I bought it from made some kinda comment about the raised wheels
My guess is he was talking about the piss catchers as golden.
In the thread where 5Twins commented on the rims being gold refered to the availability and the price of the wheels from 74-79 standards........Also could have been referring to the 79SII rims, (that are the same profile and size as your 80GSII Chrome 16" rear and 19" front rims), these are alloy.
I think the "Golden Wheels" are the aluminum rimmed, spoked wheels. The ones that you can take a file to, then 100 grit sandpaper and more, course polish and fine polish. You can change the spokes for prettier ones or just brush on some Rust-Oleum Rust Reformer and metallic paint. When you're done, in a week or two, per wheel, they look almost as good as new chrome wheels. Thing is, you can't do that with old rusty chrome wheels.
Scott
Edit....Ah, I forgot the paint stripper. ( insert having fun, this is a good thread emoticon here)
Scott
Edit....Ah, I forgot the paint stripper. ( insert having fun, this is a good thread emoticon here)
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I've seen a new XS1 front wheel on eBay, for up to $1000.
Thought that was rather steep, until I did a search on "Yamaha wheels", and found multitudes of these:
Thought that was rather steep, until I did a search on "Yamaha wheels", and found multitudes of these:
special-k
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Ive heard those type of wheel referred to as a "raised centre" wheel because where the spokes go in it's raised significantly from the bead area. A normal rim has a more gradual radius than that one.
Yes, I was referring to the flanged alloy wheels like in MTW's post #14. They are a very classic style rim and lots of people want them, even for use on other bikes. This is making them ridiculously expensive now.
special-k
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Thats good. It'll help my pension plan!
