Spoke kits for 72 CL350

[churlburt]

Can anyone recommend a decent spoke kit for a 72 CL350? They ran a 18" rear wheel and 19" front... I know DCC has some kits but they're pretty expensive. I did a little shopping around on ebay and found some kits from china for like $75 shipped for both wheels. DCC was gonna be over $200 for both wheels.

I'm a little leery of the quality of the Chinese spokes but then again there's not much to fuck up, they're just spokes. Or maybe not, I don't really know. I'm looking for something of decent quality but I'd like to spend less then what DCC is charging (if possible). I'm a big believer in you get what you pay for, so if I have to bite the bullet and the spend the money i will. That being said, I'd prefer not to.

 

[combustioncafe]

Reading around this forum and Honda Twins, I'd bet your two answers for spokes will be Buchannan's or DCC. I bought the DCC spokes to go with some black rims from Mikes XS. I'd love to tell you how they worked out, but I haven't got to that part of my build yet. : I'm ditching the dinged 19" front wheel for an 18" in the front. That's the reason I chose to buy new spokes.

If you don't mind me asking, if you're continuing to run the 19" front and 18" rear, are you replacing your spokes for cosmetic reasons or functional reasons? If cosmetic, why not sand/clean up and paint/clear the originals? If functional, find some stock spokes or rims on eBay? I'd prefer 40+ year old originals over Chinese spokes.