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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Spokes Aint Spokes - or are they?
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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 55009" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>I think torque wrenches have become popular because the motocross boys use them quite a bit. If a spoke is damaged they replace it and run it up to the correct torque, and they are off to next race. I loaned my torque wrench to another Vincent owner who proceeded to pull a nipple through a brand new steel rim. This provoked a discussion where I was told that Buchanan's had revised their figures lower. I called Kenny Buchanan and talked to him for about 20 minutes and he said that they had not amended their torque numbers. He told me they vary quite a bit from make to make. He said a Harley Sportster front hub will break at anything over 25 lbs. My understanding from our conversation is that you can run the spokes looser, it just increases the likelihood of breakage. </p><p></p><p>I don't know if they still include instructions with their spokes, but attached is a copy of the instructions I received when I ordered spokes and rims from them for the racer. I think I have a good sense of feel, but I thought that the instructions were included specifically to overcome that. Still, I think you should follow your sense of feel, after all you are riding it. My sense of feel now is that everybody is riding around with loose spokes!</p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 55009, member: 1177"] I think torque wrenches have become popular because the motocross boys use them quite a bit. If a spoke is damaged they replace it and run it up to the correct torque, and they are off to next race. I loaned my torque wrench to another Vincent owner who proceeded to pull a nipple through a brand new steel rim. This provoked a discussion where I was told that Buchanan's had revised their figures lower. I called Kenny Buchanan and talked to him for about 20 minutes and he said that they had not amended their torque numbers. He told me they vary quite a bit from make to make. He said a Harley Sportster front hub will break at anything over 25 lbs. My understanding from our conversation is that you can run the spokes looser, it just increases the likelihood of breakage. I don't know if they still include instructions with their spokes, but attached is a copy of the instructions I received when I ordered spokes and rims from them for the racer. I think I have a good sense of feel, but I thought that the instructions were included specifically to overcome that. Still, I think you should follow your sense of feel, after all you are riding it. My sense of feel now is that everybody is riding around with loose spokes! David [/QUOTE]
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