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Shaft drive mag to spoke conversion?
- Thread starter mvalenti
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doctorgonzo
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TheCafeKid
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My roomie is looking into trying a boulevard wheel. The inner hub spline matches and from what measurements we could gather a 15" wheel with the 170/70 tire would put you back pretty close to stock of a GS 17" wheel and propper tire. It will fit in the swinger with room to spare and it LOOKS like it will mount with little trouble. There will be some necessary mods but they shouldn't be any more in depth than the guys like me doing the gixxer conversions. This wheel coupled with something a bit more
modern up front would go a long way in stopping and helping with handling. These aren't spokes wheels however so this doesn't really apply to the OP but just saying it's possible. Now if you have fab skills I'm betting a BMW or Guzzi wheel could be made to work. They have shaftie spokes and they are also a bit more modern in tire uses as well.
doctorgonzo
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sschering
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15" spoke wheel w disk brake.
No idea if it would work but the parts catalog images look right.
What has to be done to the Maruda wheel? The drive spline part numbers are the same as the 81 GS850G and 86 GV1200
Dan
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When I had a Madura, I would frequent their forum where they were trying to go the opposite way with Mag wheels from gs's. I don't know what was necessary, but check them out to see what they need to do to make them fit. If you do go this route, you will want the GV1200 rear wheel since it was available with a disk rear brake.
http://www.lk3000.com/madura/index.cfm
Personally, the madura spokes were ugly flattened spokes (some would say they matched the rest of the bike's general ugliness
) that tended to rust quickly in my climate. Likewise, the maduras were a limited production (2 years) and so finding them may be difficult and/or pricey.I think the marauder/intruder route will work best since the relative quantity of wheels is high. I believe the shaft drives hubs will match up with other models throughout the years but don't have any real proof.
Dan Ruddock
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