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Offline DELL BOY

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spoke wheels
« on: July 10, 2012, 10:17:23 am »
hi from sunny England just got a 1980 cb 650 nice bike hate the wheels can some one let me know what spok wheels will fit please dell boy
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Offline lucky

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Re: spoke wheels
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2012, 10:50:24 am »
hi from sunny England just got a 1980 cb 650 nice bike hate the wheels can some one let me know what spok wheels will fit please dell boy

Not clear. Are you saying you do not like spoke wheels???
The spoke wheels would fit other motorcycles like yours.

Spoke wheels are great they can take a lot of abuse. They can bend and flex unlike aluminum wheels. Aluminum wheels can be very expensive also. Aluminum wheels have to be cleaned much more and have aluminum corrosion issues.

Offline curemode2002

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Re: spoke wheels
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 11:42:40 am »
If you are wanting Spoked wheels the 650's came with spoked wheels on the 1980 Standard model and the Comstar's on the 1980 Custom.
One thing to note the spoked wheels do not have the same spacers for the rear hub and only one disk on the front. I would check David Silver Spares in your neck of the woods as he has tons of great stuff for the 650's I even order from him on occasion and I am accross the pond as it were.
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