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hey guys looking at getting another dirt bike after i sold my KLX650 about 6-9 months ago just looking at prices for motard rims (built) and seen the prices of $1500 an upwards the wheels would cost as much as the bike i plan on buying well close enough so just wondering how much will it cost to lace up a wheel? i will be looking at ordering a motard rim from ebay and a hub from america to keep cost a lower so would need the wheels laced and order the spokes and nipples

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Spokes need to be factored into the cost . $120 to $150 a wheel from what I remember

i've had a few wheels done by darrell top bloke quick turn around and top job!

Gazza give Allfixed a call, I know Glenn has done some in the past.

ok cheers guys i will give them a call soon what do u think about the cheap ebay rims good or bad?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Supermoto-Mo ... 20c6ad3a19

or do u think it would be just better to buy the completed wheel sets?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/YAMAHA-YZ-YZ ... 35baa65760

"....and help last longer your tires for 15%"

I always get cautious when written like this...

What bike are you putting it on???

I have cheaper rims on my ktm525 and never had an issue except....... They were to fat. They were 5.5 inch wide which made a 150 tyre flatten out a hell of a lot. Wasnt a big issue but when cranked you did run off the edge a bit so you just needed to catch it.

For my next dirty I will be getting a 5inch wide rear rim.


Just a thought, not a major either way.

hey mate looking at a WR400F as there cheap and around the 2k mark also seen the odd ktm 520 for around 2-2.5k which i would love even more i just cant stretch the bank for anything newer atm i would have went with a road bike but after riding various bikes from my old ZXR250's to my R6 i get numb hands and arms after riding for an hour and i usually do 200-250km round trips down the coast along the beaches and the scenic route so i thought a motard would be ideally suitable for my needs and i have loved bush bashing since i was 11 when i first put a leg over a dirt bike

i didnt call darryl yet as its a interstate call i will call when i get more credit on my mobile i did call allfixed but no call back yet i sent a email off to a ebayer guy in thailand he got back to me with the following

Rim only Front 17x3.5 $89
Rear rim 17x4.25 $109
Rear rim 17x5.00 $139

with KLX hub $109 each front or rear
assembly with DID spoke 3.5mm $100
Shipping 1 rim $90
2 rim $140

$686 for a set of rims
sounds very reasonable altho i know nothing about spoke thickness something i will need to looking into also not sure how the kawa hubs will go on a yamaha?

i will want to end up with something like this WR400F http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/2405124/
or this KTM 520 http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/455083/

only down side is the WR400F is kick start

Not a sponsor so if you run out of options try http://www.hoeyracing.com in Adelaide, Pete is a genuine good bloke and his dad does magic with the wheels.

gazza2008au wrote:.....$686 for a set of rims
sounds very reasonable altho i know nothing about spoke thickness something i will need to looking into also not sure how the kawa hubs will go on a yamaha?....

It won't be anything like as cheap as $686 to build up a pair of rims from just parts. Unless you supply the rims, the spokes and the hub to the wheel-builder. Then you may be paying around $300-400 for the pair. Unless you know what to order - it is way better to leave the spoke ordering to the wheel builder as they know *exactly* what is required for any hub/rim combination.

The hubs and rims must have the same number of holes - they will probably be 40-hole rims but could be 36. They need to match.

Darryl is doing up a few sets of wheels for me right at the moment - the costs are basically panning out as follows:

Rim - $200
Spokes - $150
Labour - $150

that is per wheel. So you are looking around $500 per wheel if you just supply the hubs.

thanks for the replies i forgot to mention i called a sydney wheel guy and he said it will be $210 to supply the spokes and lace a wheel thats if i supply the rim and hub but the other quote i mentioned from the ebay dealer was PM from him saying how much each wheel cost in parts and to build the wheels he has complete built wheels for sale http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Complete-FRO ... 20c677467c
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Complete-REA ... 20c645bc61
i dont know the strength of the wheel i wont be racing just causal rides and the odd mono up the street

its worth dropping the coin on the best spokes you can afford - I am getting h/d spokes which add a bit to the cost, but should do the job. All the wheels will be used on track bikes. That quote from the bloke in Sydney is pretty good for supply of spokes and also lacing up the rims.......

I guess for almost $700 to supply the bits for the wheels is about right - add another $300 labour to lace them up and you are looking at a neat $1k for the pair. This seems to be about industry standard for most sets of wheels I have seen. Unless you fork out for Talon hubs which will add a bit to the cost

i done some searching and found this site last night http://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/T7W ... el-set-17- not bad $650 for a set of wheels and they sell the front disc spacer to

that is really cheap for a complete set of motard wheels.......really cheap. I wonder what the quality is like and where they source the hubs & bearings etc ?

If they did a dual disc front hub, that would be cheapest way to put fat spoked 17" wheels on any number of old race bikes....