New spokes or clean old ones?

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16 Dec 2007 01:47 #185276 by oldkaws4ever
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im going to start tearing into the z1 in a few weeks. I was crusing Z1 enterprises, and seen a spoke set for the front and rear wheel for 135.00. The spokes on the z1 are rusty but solid, would i be better off trying to clean them or just splurjing and getting brand new ones?
74 Z1a 900 (Apart and making it better than ever)
77 Kz 650b (Threw a rod, going to sandwich in a 900 or 1000 motor)
76 Kz 400d
05 ninja zx-636
81 Kz 750 Ltd
Darien, Illinois

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16 Dec 2007 02:44 #185277 by Little B
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I'd only go with new ones if the old ones have worn past factory specs. Save the splurging for a part you must have new and there only 2 left in the country. Unless, of course, you really hate cleaning things! ;)

Post edited by: Little B, at: 2007/12/16 05:47
1981 KZ750-H2 LTD

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16 Dec 2007 08:38 #185302 by arobsum
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re-lacing a rim can be a major pain.......

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16 Dec 2007 10:51 #185314 by Patton
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Could try using strips of crocus cloth. Place around spoke and pull back and forth. Then protect with treatment of choice (clear-spray, wax, Pam, whatever). :)
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16 Dec 2007 11:23 #185320 by Shoe48
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Lay out how the olds were laced before taking apart ;)

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16 Dec 2007 12:10 #185326 by Little B
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Well, now I feel like an idiot seeins how you actually said spokes and not sprockets like I had thought.:S
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16 Dec 2007 13:45 #185335 by Patton
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Little B wrote:

... feel like an idiot....


Hey Little B -- join the crowd. Have blown it enough to take comfort remembering a monkey fliping a quarter is right half the time. :lol:

Besides, had me going with the bit about spokes being worn beyond factory specs. :)
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16 Dec 2007 16:57 #185352 by KZErider
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I read sprokets the first time around and got real confused when arobsum said "relacing a rim..."(?):huh: :unsure:
81 KZ750E2(project), 81 KZ750E2(parts donor), 87 BMW K 75C - got it runnin, didn't care for it, holding for family member, 79 CB650(project) Nomad 1700, VStar 950

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