What wheels are these?
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What wheels are these?
14 Dec 2012 21:35
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Re: What wheels are these?
14 Dec 2012 22:47
No idea on the wheels but that kinda looks like a Rickman framed MkII. Never seen that before.
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Re: What wheels are these?
14 Dec 2012 23:09 - 14 Dec 2012 23:09
Yeah that does look like a rickman frame/swingarm 
Suzuki wheels?

Suzuki wheels?
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Re: What wheels are these?
15 Dec 2012 18:16
A very nice looking bike. The wheels look very much like what you see on an 80s Nighthawk
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Re: What wheels are these?
15 Dec 2012 19:30bluezbike wrote: A very nice looking bike. The wheels look very much like what you see on an 80s Nighthawk
Yesh, very close!
Look at the valvestems though, on the Nighthawk, the valve stems are between the dual spokes.
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Re: What wheels are these?
15 Dec 2012 19:35
Also, looks like the KZ (and makes sense) that it'd have a disc in the rear.
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Re: What wheels are these?
15 Dec 2012 22:01
The valvestem location is different between the two bikes me thinks. But they are very similar otherwise.
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15 Dec 2012 22:51
If the guy spent that much money on the rickman stuff and the turbo Im gonna guess those are some sort of magnesium wheels to go with it

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16 Dec 2012 01:43Yep, no cheap H***A junkwireman wrote: If the guy spent that much money on the rickman stuff and the turbo Im gonna guess those are some sort of magnesium wheels to go with it

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Re: What wheels are these?
16 Dec 2012 14:09
I just noticed he had my favorite tire from back in the day on the rear of the bike,I wish metzeler still made the old me99

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Re: What wheels are these?
16 Dec 2012 19:56
Yep, definitely is a Rickman frame. The owner doesn't know what kind of wheels are mounted on it.
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