I wont be working on the bike much this weekend. I am still waiting for the rear hub. I asked the guys at the machine shop to take a little off the inside of the hub because I was having an issue putting the painted spokes into the holes. until Monday there's not much I can do with the wheels :-\. I still have to put the rear together and then have both the front and rears trued by a local motorcycle shop.
Question? Since the rims are painted too, is there a safe way of putting the tires on the rims with out scratching the paint? I saw a video on Youtube of a guy who puts black trash bags over a rim and then forces the tire over the bags to prevent the paint from getting damaged. Then he pulls the bag out from in between the two. I just looked and couldn't find the video, maybe I even saw it here on DTT.
Anyway here's some before and after.
If it's in the way.....destroy it.....instead of properly pulling the tire off, lol.
I love getting rid of old nasty stuff
The only thing worth saving.
Started to lace the spokes. Maegan is very understanding when I work in the living room........You can't hear the yelling in photos,
lol.
I still have to finish the rear wheel!
Front is ready to be trued.