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Hello gentlemen I am new to this forum but have been getting advice for a while. I have two cl77s one I think is a 65 that is basically a parts bike and the second is a rather rough 67 that I have plans on refurbushing. The parts bike came with about 3 boxes of parts, engine pieces trans pieces and misc nuts and bolts. I plan on doing the wheels, brakes, and bearings first and will be needing some advice on where to buy parts. I do see many places via google to get parts and have already gotten advice form this site on where to get stuff. I am curious on spokes I have found a place here in CA that say they can duplicate the spokes in Stainless steel. What kind of advice can I get on spokes?

Thanks
Mike

Mike,

Welcome to the forum! I usually have my spokes replated along with all of the other nuts, bolts and hardware from the bike. Quite a bit cheaper than replacing them, and they look more correct than the stainless replacements. I have my stuff done in clear cadnium, other prefer zinc.

Davo

What about the wheels mine are so badly rusted they are going to need to be stripped and rechromed. Any advice on that? My 65 has better wheels I am not real sure the wheels are the same on the 65 and the 67. I know the hubs are the bigger better brakes on the 67 not sure about the hole pattern on the wheels. I would have to think they are the same.

Sorry to say, but they are different. The 67 has larger hubs, and a 36 versus 40 spoke rear. Rims are expensive to chrome. You may want to shine them up as best you can, and then use rub n' buff metallic wax finish restorer by AMACO, available at Michaels, a craft store. It does a pretty good job of hiding the rust in the valley of the rims.

Davo

I’ll second that rims are expensive to rechrome. I sent mine out and $550 later I am less than impressed and wished that I had just cleaned up what I had or bought a set of aluminum rims from Buchannan’s.

Are the replacement wheels the same funky wheels as the originals with that little water catching lip? I got a quote for $100 a wheel but I am a fraid I will get what I pay for. Unfortunately my wheels need more than just a box of steel wool and polish.

The aluminum replacement rims are the shouldered type similar to the originals. (see http://www.buchananspokes.net/products/ ... m_rims.asp). I got myself twisted up about keeping the bike original and decided to go the re-chroming route and it has proven costly. I have learned with chrome you will get what you pay for. If your rims need to have pitting removed then $100 a rim quote for plating isn’t going to get you a good looking job.

The shop I used got a lot of the pits out in the “water catching valleys” but they didn’t look very good because what was left really showed. I ended up sending my rims back to the chrome shop for rework. What’s another few hundred to make them right? I have been saying that a lot with this project. I am sure it’s an affliction that plagues many people on this forum.