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Mort

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on: July 16, 2021, 10:17:13 pm
I don't hate it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_usXgizW7X0

It's actually kinda got the 70s vibe, almost.


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Reply #1 on: July 16, 2021, 10:46:16 pm
Those wheels have been available for quite a while and they seem representative of the Indian aftermarket "design" sensibility.  They are quite inexpensive.  Too bad these folks don't do a nice clean five to ten spoker.

Two or three months ago I remember talking forum member Wachuco off the ledge as he was ready to order a pair but he came to his senses.

I think we're all eager to see the OEM alloys that supposedly are on the way for the twins but no one seems to have a clue as to when that might be.


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Reply #2 on: July 16, 2021, 11:53:57 pm
Too blingy for me.  was hoping for some RD400 type deals..


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Reply #3 on: July 17, 2021, 12:20:42 am
Ugly!!  IMHO


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Reply #4 on: July 17, 2021, 12:25:05 am
Yeah, that design is used in universal wheels, often for HD Sportsters.
I looked at those early in my quest for a 4 pot caliper. Even though I claim not to be fashion contiguous, they were too far beyond for me.
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Reply #5 on: July 17, 2021, 12:30:55 am
Would it help to "black out" part of the spokes? Just seems too "blingy" for me, but it would be great to find some alloy tubeless solution.


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Reply #6 on: July 17, 2021, 12:58:49 am
Would it help to "black out" part of the spokes? Just seems too "blingy" for me, but it would be great to find some alloy tubeless solution.

That was my first thought. There's got to be some basic black alloys out there that'll work for us. I don't have a problem with the aesthetics of the spoked wheels, but I'd love to go tubeless. And not juryrigged tubeless.


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Reply #7 on: July 17, 2021, 01:01:34 am
Would it help to "black out" part of the spokes? Just seems too "blingy" for me, but it would be great to find some alloy tubeless solution.
I'm afraid that would be in the "lipstick on a pig" category.  Some decent alloys can't be too far away.....can they?

You can get some gorgeous wheels from Italy but they cost half what we paid for the bikes.

Be patient, it'll happen.


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Reply #8 on: July 17, 2021, 02:47:39 am
2.37 on the vid was my reaction to the look of that bike. The exhausts.....🤢


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Reply #9 on: July 17, 2021, 02:54:44 am
While those wheels might not be my cup of tea such that I might mount them myself, or those blingy "poseuresque" or "show-offy" muffler/silencer covers, if that bike came to me used like that I wouldn't take an angle grinder to it. I wouldn't wanna clean 'em, but they're fine. The glitzy chrome tank kinda makes it all work somehow. I don't know how they'd look on, say, an Orange Crush or Baker Express though.
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Reply #10 on: July 17, 2021, 07:40:39 am
Has anyone tried mounting wheels from a thunderbird 500? They look good, don’t know if they fit.
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Reply #11 on: July 17, 2021, 08:03:07 am
2.37 on the vid was my reaction to the look of that bike. The exhausts.....🤢

You'd be the king of Mumbai with those wheels and exhaust. The Interceptor Elvis would have ridden.

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Reply #12 on: July 17, 2021, 11:41:37 am
You'd be the king of Mumbai with those wheels and exhaust. The Interceptor Elvis would have ridden.

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Reply #13 on: July 17, 2021, 12:27:01 pm
I think I threw up a bit in my mouth. Not for me.

I actually like the spoke wheels
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Reply #14 on: July 17, 2021, 02:26:40 pm
I think I threw up a bit in my mouth. Not for me.

I actually like the spoke wheels
You and me both. Though I might be tempted to fit a set of 70's style Lester or Morris mags.