Motorcycle Wire Wheel Rebuilding

Woody s wheel works crafts custom motorcycle wheels for adventure riders around the world.

Motorcycle wire wheel rebuilding. For this kind of wheel nominal accuracy is fine nominal being 1 16 of an inch each for run out. 21 wheel rim replaced re laced and trued. I made it around 2005 2006 and it shows how to. Now you re ready to true the rim if you have the correct sized spokes and have completed the above steps.

New wheels just like magic rebuilding spoke wheels is one of the rights of passage in the custovation of an old bike. Accuracy as good as 04 mm 002 t i r. Whether you re building a set of custom wheels or simply getting your old wire wheels repaired the buchanan s spoke rim crew are the go to guys for all things wire wheel related. I hope you will find the information contained in this website useful and as a guide to how i can help you.

Once completed make a second pass and tighten each spoke to leave about 1mm of thread showing with even tension on all spokes. Located in denver woody s also specializes in auto moto wheel repair and rim straightening services. I use copper wire held by a convenient clamp. Superlace superlite options allow for a stronger lace true pattern on spoke wire wheels.

Cast alloy wheels 000 to 004 tir. Old school wire spoke wheels meet today s technology. For the repair and adjustment of wire spoke motorcycle wheels. This video is one of my earliest videos that i made for dvd and i ve decided to add it to my youtube channel.

Our goal is to provide a high level of precision. Rebuilding a wire spoked wheel involves replacing both the rim and the spokes it is pointless just replacing one or the other rather than both as this is a labor intensive operation. Assuming the old rim and spokes have been removed the replacement process starts with laying the new rim inside the hub and lacing a few spokes to locate the. Lightfoot is all about wire wheel restoration rebuilding and associated component restoration with an emphasis on high quality product and workmanship.

Manufacturer of motorcycle spokes and rims. Frame straight is raising the bar once again. Begin to tighten the nipples down onto the spokes go around the wheel and tighten every spoke 1 by 1 so as to leave about 3 4mm of thread exposed.