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CB500K REAR WHEEL - EQUIVALENT?

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kmn:
Ooof, bet that hurt..

Should you happen across a std wheel sir please... please let me know!

There'll be a question about forks coming soon...

matthewmosse:
cb650 comstars were cheap(relatively) when I last looked - probably why I have 2 sets stockpiled in the shed, Wish I'd seen some at £5 though. Yamaha xs250 and 400 rear wheel can also apparently be fitted, sadly I think I stuck the one I had on ebay @99p and it went for that poxy sum. I rarely see cb500 spoked wheels go for an affordable price, unless ripe- last one I picked up for £40 had painted spokes and they snapped in service as the paint was masking some really bad pitting, so check for that, wasn't very bad on my bike,it's a sidecar outfit, so I just swapped for a sprare from the shed and carried on - lost me an hour waiting for other half to bring the spare, no so easy on a solo. I'm considering selling a few spares - either a set of Melbur alloys or perhaps the cb650, though I've not decided what I'd sell or keep yet - need to sort the relevant shed and see how many of each type I have. Don't be put off doing a re spoke job yourself - it's doable on a diy basis - I've done a couple as I had some cracked drums to re line and didn't then have a lathe big enough to take a complete wheel so I had to un lace the spokes and then re lace afterwards (being a tightwad I re used the best spokes and rim from 2 or 3 wheels to do a good one) One Wheel I probably will get rid of is a 500 rear which has been re laced with a 15 inch rim and tyre - the tyre rubs the stock brake torque arm, the wheel is not pretty.

Ewan 500 K1:

--- Quote from: kmn on February 12, 2014, 11:25:00 AM ---Thanks for all your help. The hub & drum are in fine order, ideally, I would go for a Silvers' new rim & spokes but the £200 rebuild cost is out of my league right now. I'll pm yer man and keep tabs on the ebay link..

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about £60 for budget DSS rim + spokes and build it yersel.  Its not that hard really

LesterPiglet:
I built my own wheel with new rim and spokes but couldn't be arsed trying to balance it, maybe next time.
I paid a professional £25 to true it up.

kmn:
My capacity for making a balls of something holds no bounds. But I can't resist a challenge so I might have to give building a wheel a, er, bash.

I'll keep an eye out for a decent prefab rear wheel though, it's always good to have a spare anyway - what with them being rare and all that. And not because any wheel built by me will only be fit to go on a clown's bike.

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