Great DWI help on the rim. I made my own true gauge years ago when Myself and my two sons were racing flat track, a few rims got bent then. I am a old honda guy myself, just did a 1991 750 Night Hawk restro. and it came out great. I usd a couple of your videos to get through some of the internal engine work thanks again.
That IS an antique truing stand for sure, but it gets the job done! I'm a bit more obsessive and tend to true in within .010, then I recheck after a bit of riding. More often than not, I have to go back through and just tweak things a little and I just do that on the bike with dial indicators. Loved seeing the outside of the shop from back in the day! Cheers my Friend! Zip~
@@TheMotorcycleMD It's my Machining background, where tolerances are super precise. I have noticed a bit of run out on my 1973 CB350F's front wheel as of late that will be getting attention along with a new set of rubber. By the way, Thanks for the tutorials! Many newer riders are able to keep their vintage and even later model bikes on the road thanks to your efforts! Cheers again my Friend! Zip~
I appreciate your videos. They are quite instructive but I must agree with ZippoVarga. The closer you can get to 10 thou the better. At some point when I'm close I'll set up a dial indicator to help with the last bit. I've done gunsmithing for over 20 years and we routinely work with clearances well under 1 thou, so holding 10 thou is a guilty pleasure for me. Back in the 90's I laced and trued the rear wheel of my Kawasaki 900 and took it to the local Yamaha shop to have the tire mounted. They were so impressed with my truing job they offered me a job on the spot. I was flattered, but I was a software architect at the time. You put a lot of love into your work and it shows. Go the extra mile in another video and show the fine tuning part of this. It is frustrating, I know. Your advice of getting up and walking away for a while is spot on. I do it for any difficult task and even though it might take me a couple of days to finish something like this, I know it has been done right.
I've never trued up a rim before. But we have to assume the rim and hub are both are perfectly round. If you start with each spoke and nut let's say at the third thread on the spoke, how far off do you think you would be If you went and tightened each spoke 1/2 a turn at a time?
Great and very informative video. I certainly wouldn't have known where to start without it. Could you just clarify 1 thing for me, when you're truing the hop at 9:15 you adjust the opposite spokes but say turn the wheel through 90 degrees. Was this a wee slip of the tongue and you meant 180 degrees or did you just turn the wheel though 90? Thanks and keep up the good work.
Great info , but I have huge flat spot about 6 inches. Imagine I came off a jump and where I landed on that rear wheel is where its compressed in. Is that fixable ?
Hi I'm going to do this shortly to an old xt 550. I found some cracks in the rims. Can I use my spokes and hub on any same size rim. ? 21 inch front and 18 inch rear. Or do I need rims vehicle specific. This might be a stupid question on but please enlighten me with your wisdom 😁
What can I do if I didnt measure the offset before removing the old spokes. Do all motorbikes have an offset? I cant find any metion of it in the manual, only the horizontal and vertical buckle tolerances
My new rim seems to have a hop of 2mm right at the point where the weld is( weld is not perfectly aligned). Probably a cheap rim. Is this still ok or junk?
Great DWI help on the rim. I made my own true gauge years ago when Myself and my two sons were racing flat track, a few rims got bent then. I am a old honda guy myself, just did a 1991 750 Night Hawk restro. and it came out great. I usd a couple of your videos to get through some of the internal engine work thanks again.
That IS an antique truing stand for sure, but it gets the job done! I'm a bit more obsessive and tend to true in within .010, then I recheck after a bit of riding. More often than not, I have to go back through and just tweak things a little and I just do that on the bike with dial indicators. Loved seeing the outside of the shop from back in the day! Cheers my Friend! Zip~
Whew .010 is pretty straight!
Lots of history at this place. I Love the old photos too. I’m getting that one blown up big
@@TheMotorcycleMD It's my Machining background, where tolerances are super precise. I have noticed a bit of run out on my 1973 CB350F's front wheel as of late that will be getting attention along with a new set of rubber. By the way, Thanks for the tutorials! Many newer riders are able to keep their vintage and even later model bikes on the road thanks to your efforts! Cheers again my Friend! Zip~
I appreciate your videos. They are quite instructive but I must agree with ZippoVarga. The closer you can get to 10 thou the better. At some point when I'm close I'll set up a dial indicator to help with the last bit. I've done gunsmithing for over 20 years and we routinely work with clearances well under 1 thou, so holding 10 thou is a guilty pleasure for me.
Back in the 90's I laced and trued the rear wheel of my Kawasaki 900 and took it to the local Yamaha shop to have the tire mounted. They were so impressed with my truing job they offered me a job on the spot. I was flattered, but I was a software architect at the time. You put a lot of love into your work and it shows. Go the extra mile in another video and show the fine tuning part of this. It is frustrating, I know. Your advice of getting up and walking away for a while is spot on. I do it for any difficult task and even though it might take me a couple of days to finish something like this, I know it has been done right.
Thank you for posting this. Think I will maybe give it a shot myself.
Every motorcycle mechanic should know how to straighten the rim of a motorcycle
I agree. Unfortunately I don’t think that is the case!
Thanks
I am doing my 74 XL100, first time lacer.
Thank you Cody! These vids helped me greatly! Much appreciated man.
Cody, I can't click on anything but I'll take an olive t shirt as shown. Large if they run big. XL if they run small. 100% cotton of course. 👍
4:09 pissing myself laughing. oh yeah. love your work here mate.
I love the poster behind you.
It’s coming out on a shirt!
@@TheMotorcycleMD
What about a wall poster too, for our garages...
I've never trued up a rim before. But we have to assume the rim and hub are both are perfectly round. If you start with each spoke and nut let's say at the third thread on the spoke, how far off do you think you would be If you went and tightened each spoke 1/2 a turn at a time?
Intense video. Inners, outers, loosen, tighten. I think that I'll send you my rims lol!
😂 One spoke at a time brother!
Great and very informative video. I certainly wouldn't have known where to start without it. Could you just clarify 1 thing for me, when you're truing the hop at 9:15 you adjust the opposite spokes but say turn the wheel through 90 degrees. Was this a wee slip of the tongue and you meant 180 degrees or did you just turn the wheel though 90? Thanks and keep up the good work.
Ah! Slip of the tongue! Yes 180 is most often what I am pertaining to when I’m talking about the “opposite side”. Thanks for catching that!
Great info , but I have huge flat spot about 6 inches. Imagine I came off a jump and where I landed on that rear wheel is where its compressed in.
Is that fixable ?
Hi I'm going to do this shortly to an old xt 550. I found some cracks in the rims. Can I use my spokes and hub on any same size rim. ? 21 inch front and 18 inch rear. Or do I need rims vehicle specific. This might be a stupid question on but please enlighten me with your wisdom 😁
What can I do if I didnt measure the offset before removing the old spokes. Do all motorbikes have an offset? I cant find any metion of it in the manual, only the horizontal and vertical buckle tolerances
When you were done trueing the wheel it looked like still a lot of hop. So how much error is ok when you’re done?
They are heavy aluminum but kinda look like steel on the painted parts but I can see the unpainted trim is aluminum
I have original comstar ? Constar ? Rims on my 79 cm 400
Comstar... They are called comstar because they COM apart
Which brings to mind...how the hell they do this at the factory? No way they can take this much time..
My new rim seems to have a hop of 2mm right at the point where the weld is( weld is not perfectly aligned). Probably a cheap rim. Is this still ok or junk?
It's fine.
You'll never feel that weld bump.
Spoke wheels are very forgiving. You'd be surprised how much wobble/hop that you don't feel.
Nice 900x