Topic: FAKE 400F Henry Abe wheels on 550K ??? - yet another wheel thread!

[goldarrow]

Here are better close up pics

Front wheel stamped



Rear wheel stamped and cast

[Scott S]

 Mine have been powdercoated, but I'l try to get pics up soon. Those are definitely different.

[goldarrow]

Anyone in the know for sure what these wheels are? Cuz if they are knockoffs, then the price I paid did not reflect on what they are. 

Could they be early production? Prototype? Before HA stamp?

[KAO Built]

Those number that are stamped and the Japan look the same as my HA's.... I do see something that is slightly different than what I have on my 550 but then again these wheel are obviously different casts.

Is this the front or the rear?

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Here's my front. Notice where the spokes come to the edge of the rim and there is a radius that goes to the lips. My wheels do not have that...




I personally believe these are HA's. Here are the ones "Scott S" did and his are like yours verses mine.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=116960.0

-Keith

[KAO Built]

You have your photos set up so I can't hotlink 

The "Japan" on yours matches the "Japan" on my back wheel, obviously it's not the same as my front.

[goldarrow]

Hotlink? I had no idea joe to set or change that...

Thanks for pointing out the difference.  Very detail that I didn't see.  But I'm still puzzled as to why no brand marking. 

[KAO Built]

Hotlink? I had no idea joe to set or change that...

Thanks for pointing out the difference.  Very detail that I didn't see.  But I'm still puzzled as to why no brand marking.

Most likely your photobucket account is set to private. Anyway who knows, it could have been just that particular model that they didn't put the markings on. Maybe these were destined to be reject parts back in the day but got past QC checks lol. You may never know

[Kevin]

Just thought I would throw this picture out there.
This is my old 400F with Lester mag wheels.
They sure look a lot like your Henry Abe wheels....

[Scott S]

Just thought I would throw this picture out there.
This is my old 400F with Lester mag wheels.
They sure look a lot like your Henry Abe wheels....

 Those are Lesters? They sure look like HA's to me.

 Henry Abes on the left, Lesters on the right.

[Kevin]

Just thought I would throw this picture out there.
This is my old 400F with Lester mag wheels.
They sure look a lot like your Henry Abe wheels....

 Those are Lesters? They sure look like HA's to me.

 Henry Abes on the left, Lesters on the right.

Well.....you could be right. I allways thought they were Lester's because that's what the receipt from the Honda shop said they were.
Hey, here's a picture of my old 400F with Henry Abe's ! :-)

[david 750f]

No Henry Abe marking on my NOS CB750F Henry Abe rims. I have the original boxes, they should be the real deal. They may be early or later Henry Abe's.

Here are some pics.

[BLUE71TURBO]

 From what i know, Henry Abe wheels were made in different configurations for various manufactured motorcycles like Harley Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha etc...  There are some factory wheels that look like HA's also.

   Here is a Google search for Henry Abe mag wheels........

  https://www.google.com/search?q=henry+abe+mag+wheels&hl=en&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tEBKUbOJA4bcyQHGtIGwDA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1432&bih=729#imgrc=_