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My wife's 07 Spirit 750 is still up on the jack awaiting USPS to bring our inner tube. I was cleaning splines, wiping down the wheel. This is a beautiful wheel. Nice heavy gauge steel and good chrome plating. Thank you Honda.
It was mentioned here the other day that I should seal the spoke nipples inside to eliminate the tube. Sounds like good idea but....
Most of the spoked wheels I've ever had were Dunlop steel wheels. Every so often they need some tweeking. Check for wobble and adjust, check for "tune" with a tiny hammer and just snug them up a little a couple times a year.
Everyone knows the Japanese bikes have British bikes beat hands down in the maintenance department. English bikes are loved by their owners because they have to be worked on nearly as often as they are used, at least more than Japanese bikes. Do the wheels ever need tweeking? Do they get checked occasionally for wobble? The sealer would eliminate the ability to adjust them.
It was mentioned here the other day that I should seal the spoke nipples inside to eliminate the tube. Sounds like good idea but....
Most of the spoked wheels I've ever had were Dunlop steel wheels. Every so often they need some tweeking. Check for wobble and adjust, check for "tune" with a tiny hammer and just snug them up a little a couple times a year.
Everyone knows the Japanese bikes have British bikes beat hands down in the maintenance department. English bikes are loved by their owners because they have to be worked on nearly as often as they are used, at least more than Japanese bikes. Do the wheels ever need tweeking? Do they get checked occasionally for wobble? The sealer would eliminate the ability to adjust them.