The Easiest Way To True Motorcycle Wheels!

[@CameronNiemela]

This can be done with the tire on as well btw

[@niranvandenende3254]

I even used your method on my bicycle

[@anthonywilson8535]

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[@anthonywilson8535]

Tusk

[@johnciha2928]

Tusk

[@musangxkuat1649]

I am from malaysia...give me

[@hrsey71]

also as a little tip, its good to stick a piece of blue tape on the high spot you're working on so you don't lose track of where it is. And on the bike, use a zip tie as an indicator, so you don't have to hold a marker.

[@julengarmendia]

Nice video, as always!! Being one of those cheap bastards (Im still studying, don't really got money), I ve found that a couple of zip ties around each side of the swing arm or each of the fork legs work pretty good for truing the wheel. The plastic that sticks out rubs against the high spots and doesnt touch the rest of the wheel and makes it very easy to pick where to tighten the spokes.

[@sebmeister8483]

Tremendous tip dude

[@kravanamjesecu]

Good tip,will try!!! 🍻

[@Trevor2497]

TUSK Man you are killing it with these in-depth tutorials! Once you have a big enough library to choose from, I do not see why people would watch anything else when trying to tackle one of these jobs!

[@MrCalifornia1234]

Nice work! Do I get that cardboard shim from Rocky Mountain? 😆

[@jewermank8536]

Gotta say thank for the video. Really helped me and my son get his close. He has a Chinese bike and all the spokes got loose, even one fell out. So we basically had to start from scratch. You helped us with your video

[@thedriverofallthings]

Beards looking sweet dude 👍 Good to see you back

[@coreypierce4888]

Tusk! I like to use zip ties on either the fork tubes or swing arm to gauge the high/low areas.

[@tacko834]

Dude, your videos have helped me tremendously when performing my own maintenance. I now feel confident enough to attempt fixes on my own. Love the channel @Cameron Niemela

[@berube361]

Tusk This will come in handy if I decide to tackle this job on my 1986 Honda cr500. Wheels will be the last on the list for the restoration. Will have the stock hubs powdercoated and then get some stainless spokes, either reanodize the stock wheels or buy new. Great video!

[@Dylan_van_Tonder]

Always been nervous to true wheels but now after watching your vid it makes me want to get my hands on my wheels and true them haha! Great job! TUSK!

[@dylanspaulding7324]

Tusk... Love your videos. Please please please finish this cr. Can't wait to see the direction you go for the plastics.

[@BIPBROS414]

TUSK! Keep these videos coming. Good to see you back at the grind and rock that beard dude!

[@jimmadonna1436]

TUSK Thoes wheels turned out beautiful! I've used the SOUND of the spokes since I started riding. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of all things pertaining to maintaining our bikes correctly.

[@zakcourt7419]

TUSK great video man, I didn't know how to true a wheel until I watch this👍

[@hlpang1075]

Great video. One question. Won’t torquing the spokes down to a set torque then throw out any adjustments made previously?

[@jocrp6]

15:53 sounded like jingle bell's,, And my truing stand is pair forks and coat hanger, lol

[@lukemancuso5751]

I’m trying to make a home paid one can you explain this great invention you have described 😂😂

[@mikedeuk9351]

Great video.. I have Little tweek in my rim. Can I just adjust the spokes by the tweek instead of loosing all the spokes?

[@aussiehonchar3606]

shortest 21 minute bathroom break i’ve had

[@dylangatzka2699]

Broke my collar bone last Sunday wrecked my 13 rmz250 but I binged all your how too’s so it’s gonna be fresh when I’m back on it !

[@RadioJunkieUK]

That's BUTTERY! 😀

[@mitchelljerry914]

my first time tuning a rim been searching many sources this video very informative don't think i will have any problems

[@dakotanewman4443]

T U S K Now I might be ready to put an 18in rim on my hub.

[@shanefoote4808]

In a case with an old rim that takes a lot of truing of spokes and tightening... what do you do on final spoke tightening and torque when some spokes are already at torque or above torque spec?

[@dwhips1385]

TUSK love the vids man, cant wait to see the 250 come together soon!!!!👌 keep it pryme!!

[@benatkin5273]

Great video. What was your cost on the torque wrench? Are all spokes reverse threaded?

[@TheDervMan]

Thanks for putting this video together, fascinating stuff. I had no idea you torqued the spokes after truing them

[@kylesorrells9]

TUSK, got a 95 xr250 and a 1990 xr80 that need new spokes and a fresh set of rubber this is awesome

[@jrlfunk3584]

The Tusk spoke torque tool is awesome to use to torque the spokes.

[@MichaelSabo]

Excellent video and tutorial as always.

[@teeztoyz]

So when tightening or loosening the spokes is the direction to tighten counter clockwise and loosen clockwise or is it the same as when you tighten a bolt righty tighty lefty loosey?

[@Bick5402]

TUSK Just did this job on a vintage Honda rebuild. I muddled through it but would have been nice to have this video before I started. I love the videos! Keep them coming!

[@blakeporter5295]

TUSK Its awesome seeing your hair grow back. You have taught me so much and have helped me save tons of money working on my own bike. Keep up the good vids!

[@fitriderteen199]

TUSK always good to see a video where you give other options on how to get the job done for the people that dont have some of the good tools.

[@anzzz619]

Brilliant video here bud! Kudos to you. I was wondering if theres' any alternate tool/method for the torque wrench, as Tusk is'nt available in my country

[@rebelndirt8830]

Hey there!! I followed your guide on building and truing the wheels and now my 2003 XR80R is good to go!! Great tutorial, it worked like a charm... Now only if i could have finished my wheels like yours!!

[@johnmeurer4780]

Sound method always works for me. Cross my fingers. Never had spokes go untrue or brake on me, although I have only done a classic honda cb750 wheel with oem parts. Now I'm doing a supermoto set of wheels for a xl600r with custom Buchanan spokes and warp9 rims

[@evanbikes2160]

Love the videos keep up the good work Can’t wait for the next tear down my suggestion is a YZ 125 I would love the gas tank off of it or if you can point me to a cheap don’t have a hole lot of money just bought the bike and had to get a new clutch. The bike fell over and cracked the gas tank and new ones can be almost 400 dollars and I can do that. Thanks man love the beard

[@CameronNiemela]

Thanks for watching the videos dude! Your best bet is to find one on ebay

[@evanbikes2160]

Thanks man

[@inthesPhila]

Up and down wobble: Hop; high and low, not out of balance, Side to side wobble (not high and low) . Eventually you can ping each spoke to listen for a very high or low pitch( ping, thunk . . .) and tension more evenly. "Balance" is finding the heavy part of "frictionless" rotations and offsetting with weights, might be with stem and rim lock(s) and then add tire and tube

[@GTMarmot]

Great video and explanation, thanks. Is it unsafe to ride with the wheel not properly trued?

[@anzzz619]

Yes you can slip and fall while turning/cornering

[@밍꾸집사]

Its very helpful for me. My Motorcycle's Front wheel Spining with left and right. Now, Im trying torque recnch and adjust my wheel. Thanks a lot

[@DRONE-kr6le]

TUSK IT UP. I went out today and bought a sandblast enclosure, cleaning tank and grinder. I would love that tusk wrench. I need to get some of your Scotch-Brite pads. I will order whatever I can from your links to help out thank you for your videos.

[@CameronNiemela]

Thanks man! Watch out though you might just get addicted to this fixing dirt bikes thing haha

[@DRONE-kr6le]

@@CameronNiemela too late for that. My order finally went through I was having trouble with my phone. I'm interested in starting a website so I could sell parts any advice and did you build your on website?

[@CameronNiemela]

@@DRONE-kr6le Thanks man! I'll get them shipped out today. Yes, I did build my Revive moto website. I went through Shopify for that. Not too hard to do. Id recommend doing ebay for a bit before doing your own site

[@DRONE-kr6le]

@@CameronNiemela Thank you, just trying to find something to do on my time off. I remodel bathrooms and all types of floor covering. But there's something about breaking down a bike and rebuilding it while being real detail about it. You should make your own how to videos or even start a patreon channel,you are good at what you do I'll be the first one to sign up.

[@alexh2075]

TUSK I am building a 2003 yz250f and it’s coming along great hope it gets finished by this summer!

[@Franz_il_cinghiale]

thank you for all the advice! it would be nice with a 80 spokes wheel as well. you would be litterally the only one showing how to do it on KZbin.

[@wideopenmx5382]

TUSK been watching you videos for years still here watching em today and that means your doing something right good work mate

[@mirose5553]

Best and most complete video on how to true up wheels. Thanks!

[@chadsugden411]

TUSK ! im going to be anodizing my rims and cerakoteing my my hubs on my crf450 next week! going to need one of these!

[@jaredamoroso8273]

I know this is a older video but I came across my back tire being a little out of true. Can I true it with the tire still on? Also some were lose and I tighten them up but that was before I bought a spoke torch wrench so can I loosing them all then retight to spec?

[@PercyJackson93]

What can I do if I didnt measure the offset before removing the old spokes. Do all motorbikes have an offset? I cant find any metion of it in the manual, only the horizontal and vertical buckle tolerances.

[@drrjim]

Ron Howard's working on bikes ! Cool !

[@MrTommer2]

I’m doing a 40 hole rim. Do you still skip two when final tightening he spikes? Thanks

[@Agv_Eric]

Hey Cameron I have a question what’s the different between a CRF and a XR. TUSK

[@brentfaulkner1980]

Ive seen on other videos where they 1/4 turn on the final torque in pattern all the way around until spec is reached, even on the RMATV video. You just torqued one spoke to spec then moved to the next in the pattern. Which way is proper? Obviously in your video you rotated the wheel after torquing it and it stayed true. Just curious, as I have to do this

[@goonygoogoo2]

great tutorial...thank you very much...I just broke 6 spokes on my HD Sportster Nightster...I ordered new spokes and will make good use of this video you shared...thank you again...hope I can get my wheel turning true :) ...

[@thareal1318]

TUSK Could really use this cause I’m probably not buying one 😂 can’t wait for the next video!

[@modernrider1398]

My wheel is straight but it’s not center. It’s to the left as you face the bike about one or two centimeters. The spacers are cleaned and greased and I did make sure the forks are lined up. Could this have something to do with the “dish”? I read that on a forum. No idea how to fix it. Any help greatly appreciated!

[@tylersgarage3553]

Sorry dumb question! Never trued a wheel before. Does the tire have to be off the wheel before adjusting?

[@dustymorris9191]

I have a tusk spoke wrench and agree they are nice!

[@nmsmitto]

TUSK. Always struggled with trueing wheels till now hopefully, very clean info thanks!

[@joshrunion5594]

TUSK Had a 2002 xr80 as my first bike watching this brings back alot of memories!

[@PremixandPedals]

Tusk...thanks for the great info. I never tried building a motorcycle wheel, but have never had luck with a mt bike wheel. Time to practice, practice, practice!

[@pauloconnor7951]

Very thorough and professional as always Cameron

[@modernrider1398]

I bought that tusk kit and it was missing one or two sizes for my ktm but I just went with a size up and a size down and it did the job but annoying

[@anthonycaldi7056]

As always...Great Video! Question.....do you double check the true once the tire is mounted? I would imagine it can get out of spec when you are installing the tire.

[@keith64093]

Tusk. Working on a bike with my son. learning together. thanks for the info.

[@wingsonbikes4351]

TUSK... probably a little late. What a great video. you are such a great teacher. I feel that this is a job i am capable of after watching and learning from you.

[@foxman362]

Pretty cool tusk wrench would this work on motorize bicycles?

[@CameronNiemela]

The attachments are too big for bicycle spokes

[@ethanyoung5160]

the idle on my 01 cr 250 in extremely high almost wot i cleaned the carburetor after sitting for a long winter i check the throttle valve on the carb and its at idle. i don't know what too do

[@taylorschwab9301]

Thanks for the videos. My dad used to show me this. Having your perspective bring some new light. Thanks again and well done on the win!

[@BrokeDown724]

So if I spend all day doing this and I cannot get the hop out of a new wheel, does that mean it’s bent? New wheel hub is perfect spikes are all exact same length. New tusk wheel stand

[@shawnpost6915]

Tusk So ready to see what these rims look like on the bike!

[@codystacey267]

TUSK! Thanks for the vids and taking your time to do them the way "how to" videos are supposed to be made. I actually feel like I really learn something with every one I watch!! Thanks brother. Its good to see you getting and feeling better! Still sending prayers your way good sir!

[@mrblonde2112]

Do you true with the wheel bearings in? Does it matter? Thanks!

[@jackmehoff6688]

TUSK I hope I win won of these! I was very clueless on how to do this and was wondering why my bike was hopping. Now I know how to fix it! Love your videos!

[@bren_6137]

TUSK Not just doing this for the give away but I’ve genuinely find your videos useful to me! Thank you for the content and keep it up!

[@jakeurbano8268]

When you did the truing on front wheel, instead of looking for all spots that needed truing, couldn't you just have tightened all spokes to the recommended factory specs in the supposed sequence and therefore have a true wheel? I noticed when you went back to set the torque specs on the wheel it became much more even, than just finding which spokes needed truing. Or am I just stupid idk lol.

[@CameronNiemela]

Nope, just torquing the spokes will not true it. It needs manual truing

[@captainbedside8436]

Tusk! Great video! I tried truing my mountain bike wheels about a year ago and had a super hard time! This video would have made things 100% easier

[@jasonrodriguez5558]

Tusk Your videos have been very helpful over the years

[@FarmerFpv]

Will, this process work for an electric hub motor and rim? Basically, the hub is a motor and the wheel is a 26 x 80 mm fat bike wheel, beach cruiser lowrider kinda e-bike. I'm getting my frame powder coated and wanted to powder coat the hub and wheel but they require me to remove the spokes, do they need to be numbered so you put them back in the original spot? This video gave me the confidence to true my wheels and they came out butter thanks! But I'm worried taking them completely off would be hard right? Any info you can share that would be awesome. if you're to busy to respond no worries you paid it forward enough as it is and I respect you for that! If you want to see pictures of my 72 mph DIY E-bike give me your email, it's pretty awesome looking has taken me 8 months, and your videos helped so much on doing finish work it's not much different other than the power source. Say healthy and stay safe bro.

[@xUglyGodx17]

TUSK Glad to see you happy again at what you best !!

[@miguelangelprudencio4383]

impresionante la paciencia que tienes!!!!!!

[@brandonkunze7146]

Tusk Love the build series Cameron! Doesn't even matter the bike, just love your attention to detail!

[@mymotorbikeobsessions]

TUSK. Great video, very informative. Probably should do this on my CRF450 flat tracker since I have no idea how true or tight my wheels are.

[@danielmcfarland908]

TUSK great job man! I did one awhile ago and I struggled. Wild love to give another go!

[@motoholic5359]

TUSK Wheel looks amazing!!

[@landlockedviking]

TUSK And if I ask nice can they include an end for ttr125 spokes?

[@CurtisBrandt]

I bought a spoke torque wrench and figured that would really help get the spoke torque correct. However, after torquing my spokes as described, my front wheel went really out of round. Loosened and re-trued, got it pretty straight, then re-torqued and again it went crazy. I don't know where I got off the path. I torqued no more than 1/4 turn per time around the wheel, doing every third spoke as shown. Frustration.

[@RRDfinland]

I have smpro titanium rear rim which has 8mm holes what is correct nipple D size (nipple neck) will 7mm=10G/275 work?

[@brodyrichard263]

Man I need help....my wheel seems straight but I clearly hear a inconsistent gritty sound coming from my front rotor ...wheels seems straight. spokes are all good but I see some uo amd down move ment maybe even in the tire between the wheel amd tire but the rotor seems bent I'm lost man any advice? Or how do I know what to g ok get fixed because I domt wanna spend unnecessary money..and since the spokes and rotor are separated would bent wheel or un true spokes cause this sound from my rotor? I have videos of the sounds if I could email to you?

[@michail1963]

when Im doing the final tightening exactly how all manuals describe it (max 1/4 turn and then go to each 3rd spoke - skipping 2 in between) it has distorted my wheel out of perfect true...happened to me several times already - dont know what I am doing wrong:(

[@danyst-gelais9505]

Why would you need to true the wheel, if all the spokes end up beiing tighten at the same torque ? Pls answer me, because I plan to do it myself

[@outon2s]

Nice video, did you powder coat those wheels and hubs?

[@mattnelson8805]

Tusk Got a pair of hand guards on my 250r for them wicked nice

[@geoffreybolderstone9641]

what model is your tusk wrench as most start at 30 lb- in.

[@word4077]

Is the sequence the same on a 36 spoke as a 40 spoke?

[@Toma.s]

TUSK ! This video is absolute GOLD

[@matuka8250]

TUSK! Thanks Cameron, easy to understand and well explained. I like the way you show it on the video as well. Keep up the great work. Going to have a go myself.

[@cliffkiracofe6772]

Awesome video thanks, try a zip tie for ghetto indicator bar

[@eriknash8783]

When a wheel seems 50/50 out of true, how do you decide which direction to true to? How do you know which section is in center?

[@PercyJackson93]

Just pick and choose. When all the spokes are tight you'll only have the option of loosening to take the rim to the other side so it all works out by the end

[@goonygoogoo2]

I broke 6 of my spokes riding a HD Sportster Nightster...Do you think its going to be possible for a novice to do this job ? any advice :) Thank you

[@markusb8438]

TUSK Best truing tutorial i've seen so far!