Looking for a cheap rim, as was the OP "BryceGP" on the first page? I SUPPOSE the Harley rims would be somewhat of a good fit for the smaller hub of the GL1000 twin disc or single disc CB hubs, but you can get a pretty good Boranni rim for cheap from Motocicli Veloci Milano in Italia. Dunno about drilling yet, I'm going with custom spokes from Buchanan's on mine, 'cause I wanted big arsed stiff fat spokes on mine, to corner carve a hopefully 1123cc'd DOHC supersport, so I want STIFF wheels etc. But yeah, they'll supply the rims blank, or presumably drilled to suit the CB500 racer they built. They've got some beautiful gear, beautiful repical Bimota stuff at Veloci so I'd say it's a must see anyway.
As is THIS BUILD - GOOD LARD what an awesome bike. ME, I like a two seater, but to each his own. Dunno about the white walled coker tires, you can get those little stick-on white-wall things and put 'em on ANY frickin' tire you want, I figure that's the way to go. Mind you, it's a pretty cool tread on them old cokers. It's just a little bit lame to get hung up on the tread, rather than what the tread DOES - which is stick you to the damned road.... So yeah, makes more sense to go with the radials, keeping in mind the weight loading and NOT going with an over-loaded ... say,, 150/70-17, or 160/60-17 - rather than a 160/60-18 due to the bike's heavy-assed old-school construction. In any case, I figure it's far better to go with a radial but if you're going for an older bias-ply tire, then go with some Avons or Bridgestones, rather than some crazy assed vintage #$%* that came half baked out of the mind of a guy who collects cars for a freakin' MUSEUM, like old man Coker......
All the same, an AWESOME bike right there. Beautiful. Just ... next time save the money on the boutique TIRES, and get a new alloy rim, a fat assed Boranni (a 3.00" x 18" perhaps? Oh YEAH!!!) from the Italians, and worry about the rubber later. After all, if the bike's done right it's gonna outlast more than one set of rubber in the first place. Right?
'Nuff said.
-Sigh.