Wire Wheels anyone?

Does anyone know if there are any wire wheels that will fit the Maxim 750 with a shaft drive?

oh and i DID search...

A little bit of research shows that a suzuki boulevard has a wire wheel with a shaft drive system....
has any one tried this?

 

You must be kidding! Why would anyone want to go back to using tubes?

 

I think you'd have better luck with the wheels from a Virago 535 than a Suzuki. I know there's a 535 rear wheel listed on eBay as we speak. $50 starting price if I recall correctly... Here you go:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... :IT&ih=007

 

You completely missed the benefit of adjusting spokes!

 

750/1100 Viragos had a wire wheel option for a number of years. It would probably be a bolt-on proposition, since the rear drive has the same ratios. Your steering will change due to the wheel differences, maybe your speedo readings will go out of kilter, but that;s most likely easily fixed. That would definately be easier than trying to modify Suzuki wheels to work.

 

OOH thanks!

 

What about a 650? Is there anything that would fit the 650 (shafty)?

 

yeah see i'm not the only one who thinks wire wheels are dope as all hell.... lol
maybe its because i'm mexican?

 

Don't tell anyone... But I'm kinda watching out for some for myself.

Sshhhh....

 

I think the wire wheels would look pretty sweet on a bobber or chppoed Max!

 

I also think the wire wheels would look pretty swift. Have thought about it doing myself

 

every time i look at my bike its just begging me for some wires....

 

Funny, we envy the wire wheels and all my buddies with wire wheels dig the mags on the maxim. Grass is always greener, eh?

 

I have wire rims on the front of mine now hopefully at some point I can do the same for the rear.

 

Then check out the link for that auction for the Virago rear. Closes tonight!

So... I'm guessing those aren't the stock forks and probably not a Yamaha wheel you have on the front. Whatcha got there?

 

Unless you have the skill and the tools to keep a set of Wire Wheels "Trued" you are better off looking at them on somebody else's bike than having them on your own.

Wire Wheels come Stock on several "Domestic" Bikes and I haven't talked to one guy who's had a good word to say about them.

 

I've had a few jap bikes in the past with wire wheels and never had a problem with them.... but i never really rode those bikes alot... I'm not looking to build a canyon carver out of my maxim... I want a chopper that looks hot...lol

 

I intend putting wire wheels on my XJ550 Cafe racer project, admittedly a lot easier than doing it on a shaft drive bike

Wire wheels are quite often lighter than "mag wheels" hence a bit less unsprung weight, as for "tuning them" they require very little maintenance and I wouldn't be checking them more than once a year if that

For a "classic " look they can't be beaten

I'm also doing wire wheels into my RD350LC race bike

 

Here's where mine is at right now. I need to get new bearings and fab some correct spacers. Before I'm barraged with the "it wont work, it's not safe, etc..." let me say-- thanks for your concern. I'm going to put an Avon speedmaster on it, and mod the disc to fit correctly.

 

I love it!! I was tossing the same idea around in my head. (Lot of space in there for tossing...) I guess ideally I would've hoped to find something with correct spacing "out of the box" but that's probably being over-optimistic.

Can't wait to see how it works out for you!

 

The V Star 650's and 1100's are shaft drive and some years use spoked wheels.

I'm not sure if the rear would be a direct swap, but it might be worth checking out.

 

TX750 fork and wheel.