Anyone want to share pics of 61 honda dream?

linemup · Post by **linemup** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:38 am

Paul.........have you NOT noticed the state in which I live...............no one in Alabama is intelligent enough to true up wheel................especially in this town of about 2000 people.../...

Paul Strassmaier · Post by **Paul Strassmaier** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:13 pm

I grew up in Mississippi... It can be done! BTW, sorry our Ducks blew it, we really wanted to play Alabama!

linemup · Post by **linemup** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:48 pm

Oh well now we do know how to play football.........lol. I'm actually an Auburn fan...............yeah......bad season for certain. However, I'm with you on that one. I would have loved to see Oregon play Bama this year. That would be a much better match up than Notre Dame. But......I still don't think anyone can match Bama in the second half....super tough team. It's hard to admit that.........lol

pknopp · Post by **pknopp** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:48 pm

linemup wrote:Yes ok..............I've been polishing using a walmart orbiting buffer and rouge......works extremely well. Im sure the rouge makes the difference. I want to polish hubs but I dont know how to respoke and true up wheel..............so im not messing with them...lol

As Paul notes.......it's not that hard to respoke the wheel but the truing that is the trick. I simply allow the guys with the proper equipment do that.

Doing it two or three times a decade doesn't make anything else worth it.

As far as a lack of places to do it, living where I do makes it difficult to find those who know how to do things like this any longer also but with a little effort I can usually find someone.

jleewebb · Post by **jleewebb** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:37 pm

Re-lacing wheels, truing and balancing are tedious jobs but not that hard once you (eventually) get the hang of it.

Doesn't really require anything fancy in the way of equipment.

Outboard end of axle is suspended by a wire from overhead rafter...

Here's one pretty good explanation, there are plenty of others out there:

http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle- ... ke-wheels/

Paul Strassmaier · Post by **Paul Strassmaier** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:15 pm

That's a nice setup! I've always wanted to learn to tru a wheel, but I'm not sure I've got the patience for it... It already takes me two years or so to restore a Honda, that would add at least one more!

And BTW, not sure if Bama could keep up with Oregon in the second half.... I sure would have liked to see what would happen. I can't imagine Notre Dame hanging with Bama....

Atlas · Post by **Atlas** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:52 pm

I don't know how many there were but i have a good 61 tank and engine. Thinking about taking the engine and putting it in a golf cart. What a hoot.