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Bunghooooolio!
28/05/2001 at 23:09
if you had to replace your bent one?

I ask because I have a bent rim to replace, do I buy a second hand one? Or buy new one?

Reason I ask, is that some mates of mine say buy new, since you then know the history, i.e. no weaknesses and no risky thread like cracks.

While a couple of others say to go for it, depends how the donor bike has been broken, i.e. high speed bin, or frame ding which writes the bike off?
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Derry ZX7-R
28/05/2001 at 23:15
If a 2nd hand wheel lets go on you you may regret not paying the extra for a new one.......We only have 2 contact points with the road and I would not compromise either of them.

Would you fit 2nd hand tyres?
Bunghooooolio!
29/05/2001 at 00:04
very good point, I was thinking on those lines...
You may be right, and welcome to the mad house...
Crazee Kid
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doc
29/05/2001 at 09:12
a wheel repair specialist rather than a replacement wheel, you'd be suprised what they can repair! As long as it's properly annealed then it should be fine. Maxtons used to do this a few years ago, dunno it they still do though.
SCOOTERMAN
29/05/2001 at 09:15
Why not? What do you get when you buy a seconf hand bike? Why, of course, second hand wheels...

If you buy them privately, ask the seller why. They might be foolish enough to have fitted a fancy lightweight pair, and then be selling the original wheels (but don't tell them that...)
If the bike is being broken, asses the damage for yourself...Frontal damage? Front wheel is a no-no...

Ring round places like Harris Performance and such - they might have a spare one knocking about
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Mutley
29/05/2001 at 09:27
Second hand wheels........why not.
As has been said before just get it checked out, theres alot of wheel specialists out there who can give it a once over, a friend of mine took a wheel with a dinked rim to Hagon and they sorted it out for a resonable sum.....considering the cost of new wheels.
If cost is not a problem then go for new....but I know that theres alot of people out there who cannot afford that option..so to the breakers it is, or autojumbles, just be careful.
Cheers people,

Mutley [Toxic Inc.]
KFZ
29/05/2001 at 09:28
Have you spoken to hagons, they can repair most cast wheels.

www.hagon-shocks.co.uk


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Mutley
29/05/2001 at 09:45
Deja-vu..............:burnout:
Cheers people,

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Bunghooooolio!
29/05/2001 at 23:34
Thanks Guys,
Given me food for thought, I know my rim(ooooeeerrr) is dinged for about 4-6 inches, and *may* be bent. If it is I may/may not get it repaired, I'll approach the specialists and also the guys you recommend, if more than 50% say 'new' I will.

Sod the cash I want to be safe!!
Crazee Kid
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