Saw this bad boy pop up over on the CF Facebook page and it made me want to see more fighters (preferably fairly modern or with modern parts, such as the USDs on this one) with wire wheels. Sadly, searching didn't pull up too many.
I know you guys will have some sweet bike pics tucked away, so let's see them.
New member thought I could contribute a little to this thread. A while back I found a front hub that Cognito Moto makes for GSXR forks. I'm not sure what they do for the rear but I guess you could contact them as I didn't see anything on their site for that.
Here is a 17'' in 5.5'' wide. Chrome plated aluminum. Maybe you can order it before chromed? Regardless, it does exist! Order straight from Excel and pay less? Buchanan's is notoriously expensive on everything.
Oh, if you go on the hunt for spoked rims to swap on to something else be cautious of British hubs. Many of them don't use cush drives. Most dirt bike hubs have cushions, but they are pretty small. A high powered sport bike might puke it's tranny out without a proper cush drive, so be careful with that.
was: Sorry for the triple reply. I'd like to see some easily obtainable/affordable wide rim swaps come out of this thread. So post up anything you find
my current build im finishing up (this is the 4th pair of wheels on this bike -
these are brand new discontinued Buell XB Alpina tubeless wheels that use the Buell ZTL perimeter brake and since i already converted my bike to XB wheels, it was a simple bolt on.
So perfect. The early model GS's with spokes make me drool and bringing that thing into the modern era with tires and harkening back to the early days with spokes is so proper. I almost put a 4.5/3.25 17" setup on my GS1000 before I decided on blade or Bandit mags for it. I'm going to be scrapping 4 sets of snowflakes in the next few weeks due to how terrible they look. :fu:
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