[dsn_klr650] tubeless spokewheels.

[Fred Hink]

[b]I just had a bunch of Italians in my shop yesterday who were riding Moto Guzzis.  One of them had some broken spokes in the rear of the tubeless spoked wheel.  Called all over the country to try to find spokes.  NO one has them!  The last dealer I talked with called his Guzzi distributor, who told him that they don't sell spokes but they can get the whole wheel.  $800  YIKES!  No thanks.  Had some spokes custom made much cheaper than that.[/b] [b][/b]  [b]Fred[/b]  

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] aches@... [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, August 18, 2000 10:58 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_klr650] RE: Tubeless spokewheels. I too like this wheel as I had them on my '95 R11GSA.  On my '97 R11R with the Cast Wheels., I bent the front enuff to lose air.  Not sure what I hit that hard in a turn to get to them but gunshy about my high speed turns on ruff pavement now more than use to. Problem here is the BMW's Telelever front end just don't care about pop holes , etc. I checked on the new wheels and they were 550 a pop., BMW also did these wheels for this bike in Tubeless wire at 750 or 850 a pop. Can't remem at the present.   I'm sure an industreous person whom likes to wire up rims could get the rims and spokes and do it them selves. I'm just not into it anymore. oh by the way, I send the wheel off with 75 bucks and had it straighter better than new for trueness. Andy Chesley Y2KLR650 '97 R11RA Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com