Triumphrat

Hozer

Anybody have a good lead on this apparently "lost art"?

Is this something that can be learned with a simple jig and patience?

Thanks in advance.

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'07 SY Tiger
05' Y Thruxton...sold
05' B Thruxton...sold

I hope to open/acquire a Triumph dealership in a few years...

Monkey1

I'm VERY interested in the answers to this one -- back in my prime I used to build bicycle rims for racing bikes, calculating hub offsets, spoke length against 3-cross lacing patterns, tensioning and truing, the whole deal. In my mind it can't be THAT different and the prices I've seen flying around here make even lacing the rims yourself worth the time and effort.

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'06 Thruxton, black, AI removed, TORs, hacksawed battery box and K&N's, 42/142.5's, one shim, 2.5 turns out, tri-bar headlamp with Hella yellow bulb, bad attitude

bikefactor

if you can true a bicycle rim you can true a motorcycle rim the principles are the same

Tbone4j

Its an art, my opinion after seeing rookies true wheels, Send it to: http://www.buchananspokes.com/aboutus.htm ~T~

vertwrks

I am with bikefactor. I have built many bicycle and motorcycle wheels and motorbike wheels I find are easier. Keeping the spokes the correct tension is absolutely the hardest and most critical part. If you don't feel comfortable take it somewhere. Friend of mine with a HD got a new rim laced locally for $40 which I think is pretty reasonable.

Don't need a jig or stand, you can lift your bike on your trusty motorcycle ATV lift and true it on the bike. For a guage you can bend up a coat hanger and bolt it to the bike so that it just rubs the side of the rim and tweak it as needed to guage the runout. Also use this to check the up and down hop in the rim, works like a champ. Perhaps the mental picture I painted is not clear.....hmm, with imagination?

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04 Bonneville w/904 kit, 1mm over valves, ported, ARK'd, Bub's, HSR 42's, F3 forks, kyb rear shox, F3 clip ons, Brembo M/C, 6 pot caliper, 17" Excel's, this & that

typhoo

my daughter helped me re laced the rear wheel off my trials bike at the dining room table, (yes, there were some black looks from my better half).
i took photos of the spoke pattern and layed the wheel flat and put some pieces of wood under the rim to get the off set right, then after stripping the old rim we used the photos to loosely fit the new spokes,(my daughter liked this part best) the wood back under the rim got the off set right then an hour or so to true it all up.
this wheel was my first and i was pleased with it, its been done over a year now, the bike has passed an mot test and been up rocky streams and over logs etc. and the wheel is still good so i must have done something right, don`t think i would be confident doing the wheels on my road bike though, some things are best left to the experts.