remove gold finish from wheel?

[bigredhead]

Glass bead ? what's that about ?

[Blown 331]

Glass bead ? what's that about ?

Just like sand blasting but you use crushed glass instead. My dad has a blasting cabinet. He has glass beads, plastic, walnut shells, sand and I think something else.

[Kintore]

Yah same here Blown, I would try glass bead or sand. Personnaly im tryed sand for my old rusty rims on the back of my R. Then start rubbin...

[Apollo]

I would like to know the answer to Jeb's question about the color of '86 Tri Z wheels being silver and are they still available?

[a-camp]

A.o. is the other medium used for blasting. Aluminium Oxcide. Thats what alot of cycl. are done with. Its gray+

[Jeb]

I would like to know the answer to Jeb's question about the color of '86 Tri Z wheels being silver and are they still available?

I was trying to point out the obvious. The 85 red and black special edition had silver rims. The 86 model had gold like the 85 yellow and black model.

[Apollo]

Thanks Jeb. Those are cool looking bikes. I do not know much about Tri Z's. 85 to 86 are the only years made, right? What is different about the '86 campared to 85's? Is the speciel edition just cosmeticly different?

[Jeb]

I believe the only difference in the 85's was color combo.

The 86 was basically the same, but had some great updates. It had bigger 39mm forks as opposed to the 35mm forks on the 85s. It also had 9" rear rims and 21" tires as opposed to 8" rims and 22" tires on the 85. 86 also came with a 23"-12 front tire/rim whereas the 85s had 25"-12. 86 has a six speed tranny and the 85 a five speed. Plus a few other differences like coolant bottle location.

But yeah, 85 & 86 are the only year models I know of. The yellow 85's were released in '84.

[Derrick Adams]

I got lucky and bought a polished rim off ebay a couple months ago. It looked kind of gold in the picture, but turned out to be just stained. I'm still polishing on it, but it's looking sweet.

[AZ250R]

just buy a dam douglas rim, what is the freakin fascination with shade tree mechanic cob jobs these days. maybe someone needs a factory rim, juet sell the darn thing, spend $70 and get a better, stronger polished aluminum wheel!

I don't know about Yamaha rims but stock Honda, late model 250R, rims are much stronger than any Duglas rim! Believe me, I've bounced both off bolders & the stock ones hold up better.

[gasmask]

just called Recreation Tires 800.858.4737.23.5/8/11 is $75.00...Douglas Wheeles 23/8/12 is $90.00 866.477.9694... for 250r's...

[mike from long island]

second post has an aluminum front rim for sale problem solved now quit complaining lol and just buy it!!!!!!!!

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

the one for sale is a 85 silver one , yes, for the red/black one , if you dont need it i got four pm's from others wanting it,

[smokinp]

i think it was Jeb and some other users on the site thaT put a 85-86 250R front rim on a tri-z..has anyone looked into getting one for the 250R and putting it on there z?just a thought..

[mywifeknowseverything]

I remember that as well....I just cant remember if there were any problems getting it on...