Topic: Year for front aluminum spoke rim

[confish86]

 I have sitting in my garage is a spoke rim from  (so i was told) a 750 Honda , an aluminum rim with steel spokes and one rotor. Did 750`s come with this rim or is it and aftermarket rim ?? 

Gerard

[Sam Green Racing]

They came with steel rims when first introduced.

The ally rim will be an after market product.

Sam.

[STLrocker]

the automatics came with aluminum rims. i dont have much info on the stock aluminum  rims. i believe they were made by D.I.D... yours could be an auto rim, or aftermarket i guess.

[eldar]

I think my 78k rim is a DID rim and I think it is aluminum. It is stock.

[Geeto67]

a 75-77 goldwing rim is aluminum and it was opoular to swap goldwing front end pieces onto the cb750. I think 77-78 was the year that the goldwing rim itself was interchangable with a cb750 rim.

[Flood]

a 75-77 goldwing rim is aluminum and it was opoular to swap goldwing front end pieces onto the cb750. I think 77-78 was the year that the goldwing rim itself was interchangable with a cb750 rim.

AFAIK, all GL wheels have a double disc brake setup.

Aren't there any markings or brand names on the rim? Borrani was a popular aluminium rim supplier back then.

Cheers, Remi

[Geeto67]

AFAIK, all GL wheels have a double disc brake setup.

Yes but if you were swapping a GW wheel onto a cb750K and didn't have the second caliper then what is the point of having that second brake disc bolted on there. I don't know if the 77-78 K bikes are dual disc but the F bikes are (and have comstar wheels). The GW wheel will take a cb750 rotor (not sure which year rotors) and if you were using the rim on a set of cb750 forks you would need to reuse your cb750 rotor because the brake spacing is different and the GW rotor won't line up with the cb750 caliper. The GW wheel by itself is slightly lighter than the cb750 steel rim (most of the weight in a GW front end swap comes from the added girth of the forks and the dual disc setup).