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754 · « **Reply #2075 on:** June 22, 2009, 07:23:26 am »

Havoc, most wheels were heavy back then, and a 16 could end up on an E'Glide.. not the lightest bike..

digging thru my stash, the other day I found an HD 16in Centreline.. sorta cool wheel.. not sure if its good..

Have at least 1 cracked 16 in, used them for mockup..

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #2076 on:** June 22, 2009, 08:25:51 am »

Quote from: 754 on June 22, 2009, 07:23:26 am

Havoc, most wheels were heavy back then, and a 16 could end up on an E'Glide.. not the lightest bike..

digging thru my stash, the other day I found an HD 16in Centreline.. sorta cool wheel.. not sure if its good..

Have at least 1 cracked 16 in, used them for mockup..

I think I have welded more 16" HD wheels than I care to remember. People either forget to true them or they loosen and they don't check. One good hit from a pothole or rock and they start to fall apart.

Any good wleding shop can fix it for you.

Anyone know where a guy can get bosses for a perimeter brake rotor?

754 · « **Reply #2077 on:** June 22, 2009, 08:42:25 am »

Are you talking the steel stock rims, you actually welded them?

Them first 21s that were made the regular way (not rolled over), sure got hurt easy..

Yesterday I saw a cool set on Goldammers bike.. Stock Vrod, with the disc mount trimmed off one side, both wheels painted black.. black Gforce fork.. at the back of the forks he had guages mounted, air/fuel, and tach.. has airlift front/rear. has a XR type tracker tailsection he built, its zinc chromate green, and he is running it at Bonneville... his shop bike..

Back to the perimeter mounts.. when Roger did his first ones, I believe he carved the blocks, drilled & tapped, then welded to the steel rim.. then milled them again after truing wheel.

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #2078 on:** June 22, 2009, 08:58:31 am »

The steel ones and the occasional aftermarket alloy ones.

It takes some getting used to, I made a wheel press to keep from warping but they turn out just fine. More often than not you end up welding every inch of the wheel becuase the original steel is crap to begin with. But that takes months to years of hard abuse.

Only seen a couple like that.

Don't get me wrong, I only did it for "period" correct builds and such. Some wheels were just too screwed to fix. Most of them actually.

754 · « **Reply #2079 on:** June 22, 2009, 09:14:46 am »

Are you talking welding an Akront, or Sun or similar.. to save it?

I alway thought it might be weaker, as I am pretty sure they are factory welded, straightened, then heat treated. When you weld, the WAZ is most likely in annealed state.. plus, if you polish, you sometimes have color match/filler rod issues.

But then you know, Kosman used to widen a lot of Gixxer type mag, with a full weld around the wheel, both sides

seems to be a lot of wheel repair places these days, and modern bike wheels are very THIN..

I got a question, for you, as I have picked up a few wider wheels like 04 or O5 sportbikes, do you think I can still handmount tires, or is it easier on the rims, to do by machine.
I dunno what if find scarier.. mounting the tires, or thinking about folks doing 175 or more on them rims..

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #2080 on:** June 22, 2009, 10:54:18 am »

Well hand mount is def easier on you, there is no substitute for machine mounting on the newer rims.

Far less stress and opportunity to crack, bend, chip, mar the rim. Especially if you have plastic coated stuff.

At the Kawi dealer we had plastic coated EVERYTHING. Rods, clamps, runners, bead pinchers, everything.

The gold color kawi used was extremely easy to get off if you weren't careful.

I cannot tell you how many times I watched guys say they mount their new tired by and and then brought them in b/c they didn't hold air. Sometimes I could fix it with a rubber mallet and sometimes they had to buy a new rim b/c it was ruined.

My vote goes to machine for the new stuff.

CaféElite · « **Reply #2081 on:** June 22, 2009, 04:15:22 pm »

Ecosse · « **Reply #2082 on:** June 22, 2009, 04:26:09 pm »

i'd like to see it when done too. like it.

bzr · « **Reply #2083 on:** June 23, 2009, 04:17:39 am »

Quote from: boxnife on June 21, 2009, 12:54:12 pm

there's more on this blog:

http://northcityvintagehonda.wordpress.com/the-stables/1974-cb550-green-pearl/

This guy is officially, and certifiably, awesome.

alltherightpills · « **Reply #2084 on:** June 23, 2009, 08:18:58 pm »

The ever inspiring Garage Company

Ecosse · « **Reply #2085 on:** June 23, 2009, 08:28:52 pm »

Quote from: alltherightpills on June 23, 2009, 08:18:58 pm

The ever inspiring Garage Company

totally lusting for these three.

alltherightpills · « **Reply #2086 on:** June 23, 2009, 08:36:46 pm »

More purdy eye candy...

Guzzi by Ritmo Sereno

alltherightpills · « **Reply #2087 on:** June 23, 2009, 08:44:19 pm »

Last one, just for Bill.

Go here for a crap load of pics of a bunch of different trackers he's built:
http://mulemotorcycles.net/

Industrial Rat400f Killer · « **Reply #2088 on:** June 23, 2009, 09:09:30 pm »

Quote from: alltherightpills on June 23, 2009, 08:44:19 pm

Last one, just for Bill.

Go here for a crap load of pics of a bunch of different trackers he's built:
http://mulemotorcycles.net/

Bad.......Ass......

afastman · « **Reply #2089 on:** June 23, 2009, 10:39:39 pm »

I was just at the Garage company this afternoon looking at a Suzuki GS 1100 that Yoshi is trying to get rid of. That place is like Mecca, Valhalla, and Nirvana allrolled into a pudding bucket with goggles to boot. It would have been too rude to start snapping pictures, but...talk about a '73 SOHC 750

alltherightpills · « **Reply #2090 on:** June 24, 2009, 07:19:01 am »

More from Ritmo Sereno...

I don't know where they got that speedo, but I want one bad.

Ditto for that tach.

MMICAFE · « **Reply #2091 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:05:07 am »

a badass bmw bobber

most of these bikes are built in japan by a shop called ace cycles

my dream harley

the only customization i would do to a flathead

not this is what i call rake and stretch

MJL · « **Reply #2092 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:35:08 am »

Quote from: alltherightpills on June 23, 2009, 08:18:58 pm

The ever inspiring Garage Company

wow, wonder how well that exhaust works.

sangyo soichiro · « **Reply #2093 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:58:58 am »

It always floors me to see a SOHC with so much work... and the owner doesn't seem to be a member of this forum. $:-\$

If he/she were a member here, I'd nominate it for BOTM.

Quote from: afastman on June 23, 2009, 10:39:39 pm

I was just at the Garage company this afternoon looking at a Suzuki GS 1100 that Yoshi is trying to get rid of. That place is like Mecca, Valhalla, and Nirvana allrolled into a pudding bucket with goggles to boot. It would have been too rude to start snapping pictures, but...talk about a '73 SOHC 750

j-conn · « **Reply #2094 on:** June 24, 2009, 12:31:13 pm »

this may be one of the best pages in this thread... u guys rock!!!

Spikeybike · « **Reply #2095 on:** June 24, 2009, 03:00:52 pm »

Quote from: j-conn on June 24, 2009, 12:31:13 pm

this may be one of the best pages in this thread... u guys rock!!!

i was just gonna say something to that effect ... Pills, thanx for steppin up when the thread slows down , i've been kinda slackin lately ..my hat is off

Spikeybike · « **Reply #2096 on:** June 24, 2009, 03:11:29 pm »

so last year i posted a bunch of pics from Mods vs Rockers .. but this year, my camera is broken so I'm gonna "borrow" other peoples pics ... courtesy of members Cleveland and Inkscars