Honda CB750 Sandcast

General Category => Links to Auctions and Classifieds => Topic started by: chrisnoel on June 26, 2016, 09:12:21 am

Title: Rolled edge rim on SL350's
Post by: chrisnoel on June 26, 2016, 09:12:21 am

I knew I wasn't crazy.  I was picking a junk yard years back and stumbled on a Honda 450 with a rolled edge rim on the back.  It had wheel weight holes in it and I wasn't sure enough of the exact dimensions I would be looking for so I left it and went inside to pick the shelf bins. 

Scouring e-bay this morning I found this auction.  Sure enough it's a rolled edge rim with wheel weights.  The seller thinks it's a 19" wheel and I'm assuming he's right.  Perhaps another model had the correct 18" wheel on it?  Sure would be nice to find such a unicorn even if one had to weld up the wheel weight holes to make it work.

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-SL350-1970-Rear-Wheel-and-Sprocket-19-/231989277764?hash=item3603a37444:g:sWoAAOSwADNXPL9Y&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-SL350-1970-Rear-Wheel-and-Sprocket-19-/231989277764?hash=item3603a37444:g:sWoAAOSwADNXPL9Y&vxp=mtr)

Title: Re: Rolled edge rim on SL350's
Post by: Steve Swan on June 26, 2016, 09:24:06 am

Chris, good to hear from you !  Looks like you are on to something !  Keep up the great sleuthing !

Title: Re: Rolled edge rim on SL350's
Post by: chrisnoel on June 29, 2016, 06:58:00 am

Probably won't pan out so I wont keep going down that trail unless I stumble on an example that will work. 

Does this look like a rolled edge rim to anyone but me however? 

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-CB750-K0-K3-Rim-Original-/301999225262?hash=item46508e79ae:g:vBsAAOSw7ehXQ0Yh&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-CB750-K0-K3-Rim-Original-/301999225262?hash=item46508e79ae:g:vBsAAOSw7ehXQ0Yh&vxp=mtr)

Title: Re: Rolled edge rim on SL350's
Post by: kp on June 30, 2016, 12:39:23 am

Hi Chris, I emailed the seller and he said it was a 19" although this model had an 18"
The other rim does look to be a rolled rim but the trouble is that photos can be so deceiving. I've bought 2 rims over the years and both times they turned out to be flat edged. You need to ask him for some close up pictures

Title: Re: Rolled edge rim on SL350's
Post by: chrisnoel on July 14, 2016, 04:48:51 pm

Thanks KP. 

I got a laugh out of this one.  Seems you could get your hands on what looks to me like a sandcast mirror.  Catch is you have to buy the GS750 attached to it. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GS750-GS-750-motorcycle-parts-1977-1978-/122043805364?hash=item1c6a60aeb4:g:aGMAAOSw0kNXhUqn&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GS750-GS-750-motorcycle-parts-1977-1978-/122043805364?hash=item1c6a60aeb4:g:aGMAAOSw0kNXhUqn&vxp=mtr)

I'm sure the seller would have no idea why someone would want this mirror if he was asked. 

Looks a bit too crusty for me to be interested.