Rich_j wrote:Ticking things off one a time to try cure the front end going crazy at 80mph I had the front wheel balanced today.
As it happens it wasn't too far out but the guy doing the balance was less than impressed with my wheel.

The spokes on the disk side aren't straight.


Is this normal for a Commando?

Rich

willh wrote:
Hi Rennie,

Those wear marks might have been from the 16" rim that had been on it when I bought it 15+ years ago. Then it wore a 19" standard rim for 2 years, followed by the 18" witch you bought of ebay.

Willh, AKA WillNorton850 on ebay

L.A.B. wrote:I can't see there's any way spokes could have left that pattern of witness marks in normal use?

I thought maybe those marks could have been made by somebody cutting through the spokes with a hand tool (bolt croppers or an angle grinder?) but the marks appear be too uniformly made? Or maybe a certain number of spokes broke at that point, (although maybe not all at the same time?), and the broken ends made those score marks.

Coco wrote:

builder wrote:
Long story short, I'd never trust anyone other than Buchannans to build a set of wheels.

Yeah, they'll be doing my wheels for a Triumph project when I get the cash. 21" shouldered Akront up front and an 18" shouldered Akront WM4 out back. It's a mish mash of brands and years so we'll see how they do. Front wheel is going into a set of Harley narrow glide forks and the rear is an old Triumph cotton spool hub all together with a '73 motor and '70 frame.