Oakys Garage Motorcycle wheel respoke lacing

Figured I'd put up a video on how to respoke or lace a motorcycle wheel. O'Connor Motorcycle and ATV Repair [phone] see other videos for Part two called Motorcycle Wheel Trueing

[@cramersclassics]

Very well done! Helpful on my Kawasaki H1 500 Triple re-spoke.

[@motopatisserie2398]

Thank you ! must of did my rear wheel 5 times! There was no data on which angle goes where thank you!

[@alanyuan1049]

Thank you sir.

[@CBCycles]

Oaky I wanted to thank you for helping me get my wheels laced, great video! I'm restoring a '67 Suzuki S32-2 and was stressing over the re-lacing job. Both rims got laced real quick thanks to you. Great truing video too!

[@azezman135]

must see this vedio kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrIqoFpprlnnMk

[@danbourke4344]

I just used the straw trick and did my wheel in 10 minutes. I would not have tried doing my own wheel before seeing this video. Thanks

[@paulbull1993]

Okay, thanks for the help on the first stage of re-spoking a motorcycle wheel. I have been struggling with this, looking at other videos etc. I watched your video and it just clicked. My wife just watched me do a little dance in the living room as I punched the air with happiness. While waving a (newly spoked) 1962 Honda cub wheel in the other hand. Now it's time for part two - cheers

[@guilianovasquez8352]

Muchas gracias sr. 🙏 big help. 🇸🇻

[@8119Drew]

Thanks Oaky. Useful tips, especially when aligned to photographs of my old wheels prior to spoke removal. Anyone watching this before thinking of starting, take some photos of your wheels first... as if you didn't know that already!

[@grafton261]

Thanks very much for posting this video and also the one on how to true a wheel , your explanation was just the thing I needed to properly rebuild the wheels on my Suzuki DR500s , it made the job very easy and straight forward

[@my3sons386]

Thx brother 🙏🏼

[@ODoyleRoolz22]

Hi, wanted to say thanks for this video. Really helped me out with putting new spokes on my 40 year old motorcycle wheels. The local shop wanted $50 for lacing, so i love DIY and saving money with a little help from the internet.

[@Steverinomeister]

Hey Oaky After years of searching for a Baby Dream in decent condition I finally bought one yesterday. An 800 miler needing a complete cosmetic restoration. Your videos are Great!

[@ronanrogers4127]

Great video, and a very nice wheel too!! I love the old style, classic spoked wheels. I had many wheels built for my classic triumphs and nortons, akront rims and stainless spokes, but never had the courage to do it myself. I'm keen to try this one day, thanks.

[@graysonbalfour2765]

You helped a lot

[@cotdogct]

Great job explaining and very detailed! Thanks

[@iowancamera]

Thank you for posting this. You removed all of the mystery and I feel that I can do this myself now.

[@jaydavis0927]

You should have used antisieze on the spoke threads.

[@vinfuture1]

After 12 years your video infomation compare with others recent wheel respoke lacing videos to shame. Keep this video on. Good classic skill work will be loss forever in future

[@mecanicodejetski]

Thank`s , just lace the spoke rims following your instructions.

[@michaelrose8878]

Very helpful, waiting on my wheels and spokes as I write this. complete restore on a 1966 ca77

[@oaky132x]

Thanks, and you're welcome

[@zakzhango2495]

Thanks for useful video but surely drilling though the rim will allow it to rust?

[@hubertbehrendt1438]

Yes it will rust.

[@kirkconway]

Hi Guy, It's Kirk, tis KDX 250 of mine has all loose spokes on trhe back wheel. Ohhh mannnn,,,,, that iritating krinking sound of loose spoke's. arghhhhh. i llike you being there to talk to about bike stuff. I was thinking about a set of akront's on a Norton 850 commando. the rim's would be with disc front, disc rear. heard the holes are offset on steel rims on Norton's.

[@rokkinhorse1]

Hey Oaky, Thanks alot for posting that "how to" video for re-spoking. I've re-spoked two wheels from a Yamaha TW200 and I'm ashamed to tell you how long it took me to do it. I have a rear wheel from my Kawasaki 1500 with a cracked rim, courtest of a greenhorn at the dealer who cracked it on a tire machine. I need to replace the rim on that wheel and will probably do the job with some twisted style spokes from Buchanan's. Keep up the good work! Rok

[@ivorforward9173]

Thank you for such a clear easy to follow video . I have just bought on line a set of spokes that are 5mm to long, so there is only 10mm of thread contact length instead or 15mm because the hub side of the nipples are overshooting the thread on the spokes. Do you think this is a big problem or should I buy another set ? BTW, it's a front wheel of a 1952 BSA.

[@tarqiii]

Hero!

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

wont they rust where you drilled the holes?

[@ideias1974]

Thaks a lot, from Portugal, I going to try to spoke my 1960 Royal Enfield, Keep the good job.

[@DirtyMrRogers]

I wish I could find a shop that still did it, seems it's a lost art, and I'm on my own this go around. thank you!

[@mircea415ify]

What paint did you use for the hub ? I'm working on a 1978 Honda express and it's the one thing I'm not sure of . Thank you ..

[@colscols]

thankyou very much for your time great vid

[@oaky132x]

Thanks...comment noted

[@evythingelseistake]

Seriously got me out of a bind, TYx1000

[@leifingetorgersen2628]

Nice video! im trying to find stainless or chrome spokes for my 2003 Honda 750 ace. do you know where i can get them? Cheers!

[@davidwhite9293]

Nobody says what length spokes used

[@jackfrost4618]

Thanks for the lacing video. Was wondering what you would suggest to fill somewhat deep scratches in an aluminum hub. And what paint do you use to paint them? Thanks

[@rdanderson71]

cool video very helpful but sure wish someone would have mentioned measuring offset before i took cut off wheel to old wheels.

[@adeelshahzad2456]

fine sir and good programe

[@CrAiGzEE]

great vid, helped heaps

[@oaky132x]

@webmonkeyuk Thanks...comment noted

[@jamesrickwood6333]

such a good video,,,, thanks

[@Croc1able]

Can you do a video off relacing a back wheel on a yamaha xt1200z 2013

[@petermbooth]

Thanks for the video. A question: My spokes have either a 90 degree angle OR an angle that is bigger than 90 degrees. In the video you say that the inner spokes are less than 90 degrees. I'm hoping that you mean larger than 90 degrees, meaning at the hub end the spoke has been bent LESS than 90 degrees leaving that end a little flared out when compared to the outer ones that are exactly 90 degrees. Does this make sense? (I should have checked before I took my wheel apart!)

[@KapteinOpel]

You should have glass blasted the hubs instead, then you could have polished them back up. I believe there are also acid solutions available for cleaning aluminum to new finish. But then again they dont remove chips and scratches, bondo does...

[@schummiehugo]

okyyyy my frend. i look your,s movi,s ant an make mi bikeweel.. i most tank you for the good info .. i dit it your way.. ant it was good. tank you gr

[@azezman135]

must see this vedio kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrIqoFpprlnnMk

[@rossie273]

thank you

[@sudrnchakra]

Hi Oaky, I wanted to know if a 36 hole vintage brake drum like the one shown in the video can be laced to a 32 hole rim. Figure the -4 spokes can be omitted example to from the left and 2 from the right side of drum.. tis is an upgrade for a very old dual purpose mini bike, any thoughts on configurations are helpful, the new rim after all will have its 32 spokes on.

[@oaky132x]

@MassacreSound They were painted or "panted" as you put it....not one scratch on hub or rim

[@oaky132x]

@kirkconway Can't go to Kansas, but you can send them to me if you want. Thanks, Oaky

[@webmonkeyuk]

Really instructional video, if a little slow moving

[@oaky132x]

Hi Gabe, I get rims/spokes thru Ebay, try to get D.I.D rims/spokes, yeah from taiwan/Indonesia

[@cormacoreilly9224]

Check out Canatomy or youtube 'The Guinness Care Package'

[@DLSheaux]

Thanks!!

[@dhj22]

Have you posted a video yet for truing a wheel? I very much appreciated this one, but your comment at the end stating that you would post one for truing has me looking for it.

[@photocowan]

is it possible to lace up a rim like this to a 79 xl250 hub?

[@kirkconway]

Boyyyyyy,,,,, mike you can come here to kansas, and do my rim's on the couple bike's Ive got. 83 Kawasaki KDX 250, loose spokes on back rim. 77 Honda CJ 360 rusty rim's. you do nice work

[@MassacreSound]

Ive seen a few guys do it this way, spoking the hubs first then putting the wheel over it. I dont know how you guys do it that way, if those wheels were panted they would have been scratched to hell.

[@kirkconway]

Hi Guy whwere are you at anyway?

[@stobrecsandro]

did you ever do BMW GS wheels. is the principle same? Thanks.

[@oaky132x]

Wow, 200k views!!!!!!! Yikes...lol, ty

[@oaky132x]

Smart guy, and good looking.lol

[@ledomengineering]

I like that at the 9min.14sec. mark, that you ran into trouble or was confused with something and then skipped to the end of the second row lacing. What happen? Other than that, nice work.

[@Geszti9202]

Thank you for sharing this! I'm just about to restore my dad's old bike and i had no idea how to do this correctly till now. Thank you once again!

[@oaky132x]

@msharlick What? I'm in Western Mass, What's "were are you from Oaky" mean?

[@azezman135]

must see this vedio kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrIqoFpprlnnMk

[@gabrielpitamic3107]

Hey Oaky love your instructional video, I wanted to ask you where you got the new chrome rim from Taiwan, do they carry all makes as I am looking for a CB 360 1974 rim and a Honda 550F super sport 1977 rims, can you let me know what is there contact info?

[@msharlick]

were are you from Oaky

[@jimmaytimmay3080]

spoke the universe or mi gold. ,expanding ho joke

[@RobertKelii]

I did one of these videos. Take a peek and tell me what you think. Search KZbin: (06) 1971 SL 350

[@oaky132x]

I can see you are sooooo jealous FRED, I have a new Honda shirt too!!!! And two CA95's for sale. I'll give you a great deal on the black one....call me...Oaky

[@oaky132x]

$50.00 is cheap.....and so are you...lol...now that you can do it you can charge $50.00...LOL...glad I could help...Oaky

[@mrrice5274]

@oaky132x Is it possible to take a motorcycle wheel and replace the rim with a wider rim but still use the original hub? I have a BMW wheel that is too narrow for my taste and I would like to find another wider rim off of some other brand of motorcycle so that my end result would be a wider rim/tire but the same hub. Is that possible?

[@oaky132x]

@illbeda 36 I think

[@dhj22]

Never mind....I just found it.

[@rm85rider4]

@oaky132x Having a hard time with English? Your username is oaky right? Hes asking you where YOU are from. trying to make things difficult huh?

[@robertengland8769]

I don't care. Whether it's a wheelchair wheel, bicycle wheel, or motorcycle wheel, it's all the same spoke pattern.

[@colscols]

building wheels is slow and the man gave up his time to show you the art why have a gripe? some people !

[@jeanpierreoliv7498]

totalmente atrapalhado!!!! se fosse um aro pintado já teria arranhado a tinta!!!!! vou te dar uma dica coloque um raio por vez!!!!!