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2. Comstar wheel - Wikipedia

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   The Comstar wheel, sometimes referred to as Com-stars or stylised as ComStar, [1] [2] was a composite motorcycle wheel that Honda fitted to many of its motorcycles from 1977 [3] [4] to the mid 1980s. Its design allowed it the option of being fitted with tubeless tyres and its use on the Honda CX500 was the first time tubeless tyres had been ...

3. Motorcycle wheel - Wikipedia

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   The Steffey motorcycle in 1902, essentially a bicycle with a two-stroke engine attached, used wooden, rims with wire spokes. [1] This style of wheel evolved into a stouter motorcycle-specific wheel, still with spokes, up to the 1960s and beyond. [2]: 134 In April, 1922, Borrani started production of motorcycle wheels with an aluminium rim. [3]

4. Wheelbuilding - Wikipedia

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   Motorcycle rims are dimpled toward the hub at each spoke location, and the holes for the spokes are drilled into the dimples at an angle. This angle is a function of the cross-pattern used to lace the wheel, the diameter of the hub flanges, and the width of the hub at the flanges.

5. Suzuki Intruder - Wikipedia

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   Rim/Wheels [ edit ] Cast rims aka "Snowflake" rims were available as an option on the 1985 through 1987 VS700 (US Models) and VS750 (Rest of the world) standard rims were Wire Spoke; 1989 VS800 got 21" front rim/wheel combo that lasted until the 1999 model year. 2000 through 2009 VS800/S50 Boulevard run a 19" front 15" rear combination/.

6. Wire wheel - Wikipedia

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   Wire wheels, wire-spoked wheels, tension-spoked wheels, or "suspension" wheels are wheels whose rims connect to their hubs by wire spokes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although these wires are considerably stiffer than a similar diameter wire rope , they function mechanically the same as tensioned flexible wires, keeping the rim true while supporting ...

7. Rim (wheel) - Wikipedia

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   On a bicycle wheel, the rim is clearly just one component of the assembly, and it can be purchased separately and replaced if damaged or if the sidewalls have been eroded by rim brakes. [17] In discussions of automobiles, however, the terms wheel and rim are often incorrectly used synonymously, as in decorative wheels being called rims. One ...