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bigmac103
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#16 PostAuthor: bigmac103 » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:13 pm

Thanks guys, I think my question has been answered.
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#17 PostAuthor: Pasc » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:01 pm

Pigford wrote:But people often take the opportunity to give the hub & rim a good buffing at the same time... :lol:


Buffing your rim Piggy ????
Each to their own BUT you're starting to scare me. :lol:
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#18 PostAuthor: mick znone » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:13 pm

its bigmac103 you want to worry about, says his rim gets used to much every day to bother cleaning it :smak
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#19 PostAuthor: Pasc » Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:02 pm

:hys :hys
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#20 PostAuthor: toycollector10 » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:37 pm

I'm pretty sure the spokes were Bright Zinc Plate ex the factory and the nipples are Yellow Zinc Plate. I'm happy with that look as it's not all **bling** and bright versus the rest of my bike which isn't so flash.

Agreed, let the professionals re-lace your rims.
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#21 PostAuthor: Garn 1 » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:05 pm

Bigmac, stainless is the way to go with spokes, I have several Z's and the spokes, whether zinc plated or cadmium will rust before any other item. With stainless it's an item you can forget.

I don't think it is possible to do one spoke at a time.
I lace the spokes myself then pass to an expert for truing and tensioning, usually half the price. The first time is not easy after you have done a couple you get the drift.

With standard rims for Z1, Z1A, Z1B and Z900 A4 the hub is symmetrical to the rim so you don't have to measure the offset, unless you have an offset sprockets/ swingarm. Do watch the z1000A1 & A2 spoke structure as the rim is omni-directional.

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