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A friend of mine picked up an old Yo-mamaha IT465. runs great and only cost $400. The rear tire is toast. The rim is 17"!! tough to find a tire for it. He found internet prices of $100-$170 that's just for one tire by the way. Looks to me there is plenty of room for an 18" rim. Problem is , I bet the spokes will be tough to find. Does anyone know of a good source that could get us set up with the right spokes for this thing? I planned on getting a rim at a local junk yard. The hub is an old drum brake type.

thanks for any help.

Heck i'd see if you could make a complete late model 18 rear wheel with disc brake work. Or maybe a A or C series KDX rear wheel which is 18" and drum brake?

Maybe something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rear-Whe ... enameZWDVW

http://www.r.russell19@verison.net

This guy laces wheels. I bought a set of his wheels for my new bike from him and he does a great job. I found him through E-bay.

His phone numbers are

813-949-6211
Cell: 813-892-6503

Just for an example, he was going to lace a new Excel rim onto my old wheel using my spokes and hub for $200. Not to bad a deal. He was going to paint my hub for me also in that price, so just a relace and new rim might be alittle cheaper. This does'nt include shipping though if I remember correctly.

Colorado Mike wrote:A friend of mine picked up an old Yo-mamaha IT465. runs great and only cost $400. The rear tire is toast. The rim is 17"!! tough to find a tire for it. He found internet prices of $100-$170 that's just for one tire by the way. Looks to me there is plenty of room for an 18" rim. Problem is , I bet the spokes will be tough to find. Does anyone know of a good source that could get us set up with the right spokes for this thing? I planned on getting a rim at a local junk yard. The hub is an old drum brake type.

thanks for any help.

all the DR650's are 17 and you can run a maxxis iit or kenda trackmaster 760 for around 50 to 70 bucks try http://www.chaparral-racing.com for starters.

Try American Motorcycle Tire out of Scottsdale, AZ. http://www.americanmototire.com

Their prices are quite good and shipping was fast.

I think the KLR650 has a 17" rear as well.