mark99 said:can I use a pre MKIII front rim on my MKIII?
Well that's the question, can I take a disk brake, pre-MKIII rim and hub take it apart and lace that good rim to my current hub?
I don't see why not but thought I would ask
nortriubuell said:FYI, if you use your MK III hub, have the disc on the "primary" side of the motorcycle. If you use a pre-MK III hub, have the disc on the "timing" side of the motorcycle. Something to do with the lockring being left hand or right hand, can't remember which ... and ya sure don't want that unscrewing.
mark99 said:Would I 'turn it over' so the side of the rim that had the disk remains the side with the disk, meaning is there and angle difference to the spoke holes?
mark99 said:The rim on the bike is stamped MC 275 the rim on the pre Mk3 I have is also marked MC 275
mark99 said:I can see they are laced differently
If I flip the pre MK3 over so the disk is on the same side, an outside spoke on the top points back, same if I flip it over
On the MK3 an upper outside spoke points forward
This means if you start at the hub the nipple end would be forward on the MK3
I measured the length of an outside spoke, from the hub hole center line to the end of the dimple, on the pre MK3 it is about 7.8 inches and on the MK3 it is about 8.2 inches, noticeably longer
Why can't I use the spokes from the MK3 and lace it up the same way, the way it was on the MK3?
mark99 said:On the front wheel page it shows the clip, 06-2090
and the rim as 06-1951
Someone wrote next to it MC288