After much deliberation, looking and worrying I have finally found wheels for the front end that will do the job. Woohooo.
I originally opted for Suzuki RG125 wolf wheels which by all accounts would be the same size as Honda RS125 wheels, well nearly, however upon further study I found that the rear is in fact too narrow at 2.75" when the RS rear is 3.5", add this to the worry I had that the RG wheels dont appear to have much meat on them at the hub, I have now shelved the RG wheels, they would have also been a nightmare to space correctly and fit the spindles into, ie. not enough material to start with in order to machine the hubs to suit. Now no laughing at my decision, I am now the proud owner of.....wait for it!......Honda CB500s wheels, but just the fronts as the rears are too wide at the hub to fit the CRF swingarm. The advantage of the CB500 wheel is that the bearing seats are big enough to accept a larger bore size bearing to accept my spindle and to top all that thay are the racey looking 6 spoke design that will suit the bike down to a tee. Fingers crossed to find a matching rear with correct-ish hub width.
The spec. has always been to try and keep the build to just Honda parts, and so far so good.
It is all moving along at quite a nice pace at the moment, dont blink you may miss something!
I originally opted for Suzuki RG125 wolf wheels which by all accounts would be the same size as Honda RS125 wheels, well nearly, however upon further study I found that the rear is in fact too narrow at 2.75" when the RS rear is 3.5", add this to the worry I had that the RG wheels dont appear to have much meat on them at the hub, I have now shelved the RG wheels, they would have also been a nightmare to space correctly and fit the spindles into, ie. not enough material to start with in order to machine the hubs to suit. Now no laughing at my decision, I am now the proud owner of.....wait for it!......Honda CB500s wheels, but just the fronts as the rears are too wide at the hub to fit the CRF swingarm. The advantage of the CB500 wheel is that the bearing seats are big enough to accept a larger bore size bearing to accept my spindle and to top all that thay are the racey looking 6 spoke design that will suit the bike down to a tee. Fingers crossed to find a matching rear with correct-ish hub width.
The spec. has always been to try and keep the build to just Honda parts, and so far so good.
It is all moving along at quite a nice pace at the moment, dont blink you may miss something!
4 comments:
What rear wheel can you get to fit that Belongs to the Honda family and where will you get one to match that lovely gold racey looking one you have for the front?
The first few that spring to mind are, nsr 125, cbr 125, cbr 400?and aprilia have a similar spoke patern but not sure about them yet.
The biggest problem is still finding a wheel with enough room to change the bearing fo a bigger internal size. Damn it! why do I start these projects.:)
seen some of the wheels mentioned on ebay for cheap money.what size is the internal size?
Looking at the rear spindle I would estimateclose to 22mm, I may have to get a smaller diameter spndle made, although I would worry about flex. All usefull ideas welcome.
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