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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim) Reply #15 - 06/30/11 at 11:43:50 Looks to me like the holes are drilled so the spokes pull straight rather than from the top of the dimple at an angle. Should be stronger that way. My guess would be the wheel is dimpled so a variety of spoke crossing patterns can be used. Max
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim) Reply #16 - 06/30/11 at 15:43:47 Ordinarily, with spoke at this angle, the holes wound be on the side of the dimples, not down where the dimple meets the rest of the rim.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim) Reply #17 - 07/04/11 at 06:03:42 If they would have drilled the holes so that the holes were in the dimple, they would have looked like this (the wheel from RYCA): Both solutions stink. To Ryan's credit, though, he did offer to make it right through a refund or a redo. We just don't want to wait.
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phantom YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18	Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim) Reply #18 - 09/03/11 at 12:25:44 The rim is generic. It does look as if the spokes are straight not bowed. I wonder how well the nipples are seated. I'll bet not very well unless they weld a raised area and reground a new seat. That is exactly what I did with my RYCA wheel. Have fun!. Phantom
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim) Reply #19 - 09/03/11 at 13:42:48 I think Babyhog is right, the spokes they used were too long so they compensated by drilling where they did. I would send it back and get it done right. Don't want to be doing 60 mph when you find out it isn't going to work right. Plus it doesn't look right.
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Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim)
Reply #20 - 09/03/11 at 14:48:50

The wheel is drilled for a rear wheel when the spokes must be at quite an angle. If the hole was in the center of the dimple, it would be for a front wheel when the spokes are straight,...perpindicular to the wheel.
I'm not sure there is anything wrong about it.
The hole is for sure drilled on the correct side of the dimple, but maybe a touch to the extreeme.

When I look at the fartherest spoke in this pic of my rear wheel, I see very little difference. And I see that mine are not all identical.

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Reply #21 - 09/03/11 at 15:45:41

Routy, with all due respect we are refering to an 18 inch wheel which changes everthing. I believe by your photo yours is the stock 15 inch. The spokes on the 18 inch wheel are not too long and are laced properly. As I stated earlier the wheel rim is generic. No, I don't care for it ether.The whole safety factor is in the spoke (nipple seat). If the nipple is not seated properly then the spoke is not going to carry the required load. Have Fun! Phantom

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Reply #22 - 09/03/11 at 16:52:26

Pardon me, but I don't understand why an 18" wheel make any difference. But if you are convinced that the nuts are not seated good enough to carry the load,.... Roll Eyes

then so be it. But then I'd guess mine aren't either. As I said, I see little difference between the seating between mine and yours. Just looking at my stock wheel, I'd say this spoke nut seating is not rocket science, nor does it need to be to be dependable.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Doesn't this look off? (Rim) Reply #23 - 09/03/11 at 18:45:17 Routy wrote on 09/03/11 at 16:52:26: Pardon me, but I don't understand why an 18" wheel make any difference. I think Ryca is running the spokes to the wrong holes in the hub. There are various lacing patterns that would work. It means having the right length spokes, though.
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