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Offline Cabmkr

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Vintage Avenue Spoke sets
« on: January 09, 2012, 02:10:11 am »
     I was wondering if anyone has any feedback on these spoke sets from  Bangkok, Thailand on Ebay. I am rebuilding a 75 TY250 and being these are 1/2 the price of OEM they seam pretty attractive. Athough I wouldnt think of these for my YZ or IT Im thinking these would be ok for prodding around on the TY.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-TY175-B-C-TY250-A-C-D-F-R-JAPAN-SPOKE-72PCS-D-/360417392274?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item53ea8cf692

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Current rides/projects 75 MX125B, 75 TY250B, 75 Carabella Rally 175, 76 TT500 Ice bike, 78 IT400E 79 CB750F , 81 XS650H Street Tracker, 81 YZ250H X2, 93 DS80

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Re: Vintage Avenue Spoke sets
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 07:36:23 am »
I've used them a couple of times and had no problems. They're a single diameter the whole length though, they don't go to a thicker guage near the rim like some of the oem spokes.

I can't see what the problem would be using them on a YZ?

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Re: Vintage Avenue Spoke sets
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2012, 08:58:43 am »
Yeah I have bought a few sets for MX250/SC500 etc and they have been great to deal with.
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Re: Vintage Avenue Spoke sets
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2012, 12:03:04 pm »
I bought a F&R set for my KT250 from them and was caught out with a long time for them to arrive. There were two postage options advertised. I chose the more expensive/quicker option and the time to arrive was well outside what was advertised as normal and more in line with the cheap postage option. We communicated back and forth quite a bit and I ended up with the opinion that he was good to deal with, but he was being let down on occasions by his countries postal service.
The spokes are OK, but not OEM quality ie the threads are cut not rolled and the threads are not all straight on the spokes, nor are they all threaded for the same distance from the ends. The nipples look fine. The right number of each type turned up and after lubricating the threads, I could get nipples to screw onto all of them.
I am yet to assemble the KT wheels with those spokes so I can't vouch for them being exactly the right lengths.
In my opinion I would buy their spokes again if I couldn't get OEM (which is the case with KT250 spokes). For TY twinshock wheels I will continue to buy OEM spokes at $80-$90 per wheel.
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Re: Vintage Avenue Spoke sets
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 12:42:33 pm »
I've used the Thai spoke guy a number of times and other than being short changed  a few spokes on a couple of occasions (gladly rectified by the seller) and the occasional unexplained delay in shipping time, I'm pretty happy.
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Re: Vintage Avenue Spoke sets
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2012, 09:44:50 pm »
Thanks for the input guys!

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