refreshed rear wheel

[Qckslvr]

it is a slow project rebuilding a bike. Especially when it is your only transportation to work. So any down time results in mass amounts of work fitted into little time. So when my carb boots broke and my carbs fell off causing my bike to die. I decided to put the new tires on. (yes the bike ran fine, and the boots looked good).

So here is a picture of my rear wheel re-done. Sorry no before picture it was pretty nasty. I will post a pic of my front tonight when I remove it. Glassbeaded the rim here at work, red scotch pad, 0000 steel wool, finished off with a nice wax to seal the bare metal lip. I wanted a little more modern look and opted not to polish the spokes. Painted with a semi gloss paint. I used our 80 ton press to pop in some new bearings, and have a new sprocket set and chain at home.

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Yum. Very nice! I love black spoked rims with a polished lip

[SqDancerLynn1]

Always nice to have the tools !!

[pete]

Thanks Qckslvr, that's exactly what I was planning to do with my rims this weekend, now I know it will look good

[Octain]

I came real close to painting mine the same way. Sure would have been easier.
Took me a couple hours per wheel.

[Flaming Chainsaws]

It's really a hard decision for me. There are 3 choices.

1. Paint the wheel all black (what I originally planned)
2. Paint only the spokes black with a polished lip like Qckslvr
3. Or just bring the wheel back like it came out of the factory like what Octain is doing

Decisions, decisions...

Post up a picture when you put the wheels back on the bike. I really want to see it when it's done

[nvr2old]

I came real close to painting mine the same way. Sure would have been easier.
Took me a couple hours per wheel.

They do make 1/4" tape, ya know...

[crazypaint]

ya they do make 1/4 inch tape its called fine line really easy to streatch it tho

[OldSchoolCruiser]

Nice subtle change with only the lip being polished. Since you posted this, I guess you don't mind people copying you????

[Octain]

They do make 1/4" tape, ya know...

Yup, lemme know how that works out for ya.
It would still require trimming to be perfect.

[Qckslvr]

First to do the spokes I wouldn't have used 1/4 fine line but 1/8" and edged both sides. Sure it would use more, but beats razoring.

I like em more this way, slightly more modern look. I was thinking of painting them white with a polished lip or solid white with Marvic decals stuck to them. Don't think I would fool any one though

Feel free to copy them

[Steve]

First to do the spokes I wouldn't have used 1/4 fine line but 1/8" and edged both sides. Sure it would use more, but beats razoring.

Oh, I don't know about that.

We painted the wheels on my son's bike. Masked off the lip and painted the rest without masking. Next day, used a single-edge razor to scrape the paint off the edges of the "spokes". Worked very nicely.













Sorry, no pictures of the wheels on the bike.

Not long after putting them on, we traded the wheels for a set of wider wheels off an '82 1100.

[nvr2old]

You can also spray the spokes, wait 10-15 minutes for it to tack up and just wipe off the edges with a rag tightly around your finger tip dipped in lacquer thinner. There's easier ways than doing a lot of masking and trimming. It's always worth it no matter which way you choose.

[GEE-S]

this is probably not what your after, though its just an example of masking. I didnt know what to do with the rim like everyone so here is the end result... matt black spokes and a metalic flake edge with gold pearl clear coated.

[Smokinapankake]

Wow! DIG that chainguard! I love it!