hi everybody , , i have a minor buckle in the fzr? front wheel, there is a local place that straightens / modify,s alloy car rims , just wondering if anyone has had a rim straightened if it was safe, or can it even be done, have read online a business in the uk sorts them out with heat/ preassure ect (popcorn)
There was a guy in Victoria St Smithfield NSW,used to do all the racebikes.
Name is a blank,might ride down tomorrow and see if he's still there(outa curiosity)
Frame straightening,alloy welding the lot.
Get back to ya
rossco
scratched the itch
Aldertons 02 96892009
Can you ask em if Bill is still working there,pls
There used to be adds in one of the Aussie bike mags advertising wheel re-spoking and the straightening of alloy wheels. From memory it was somewhere in Melbourne but I don't recall any other details. Might be worth doing a google search if you havn't already done one. Sorry I can't help any further. Regards, Pete.
thanks guy,s , its good to know it can be fixed, :good2:
Not from down under but Wills rim repair North Carolina does them for $65 add $15 if he has to weld them $10 to straighten rotors. Quick turn around.
cheap enough , I asked the local guy today, charges max $80 same day service
About a month ago my wife ran off the edge of the road and hit a monster pothole and folder the inside bead of both passenger side aluminum mag rims on her Honda Accord so bad that they would not hold air. I thought that was going to cost me big bucks.
Some friends told me about a local machine shop (Petersburg Va) who fixed wheels on the side. They had a press with a bunch of jigs - dozens of sizes and shapes that fit in a press. So combination of press, jig and heat and they fixed them both in just a few minutes and charged me $45 a wheel. Which I thought was a deal. Been riding on em for weeks now, no problems. I know a guy who rides a BMW GS who had a wheel fixed there too.