Ask Woody About Your Wheels

[Droptarotter]

Originally Posted by woody's wheel works

my pleasure

woody

Woody..............thank you so much for answering all my questions!

Cheers

[TajMan]

Thank you so much for the work on my wheel!
It was surprisingly straight when spun on the balancer before a new tire went on.
new Pilot Power 2ct

[elron]

I'm not new to biking, been at it for ~ 33 yrs, but I've never been much of a wrencher, other than oil changes, and any DIY has been mostly cosmetic stuff, although as an owner of a new 990 ADV R, that is starting to change . Please excuse my noob ignorance here if my question is blatantly obvious to you and others: Following are the specs on the new 2013 1190 Adv R and I note they come with TUBELESS 21" front and 18" rear wheels. My ?-would these be interchangable or adaptable to the 950/990's? Would their new 'off-road' ABS tech matter?

(info from Chilly's Enduro360.com site)
2013 KTM 1190 Adventure R Specifications

• LC8 V-twin engine with dual ignition, Keihin engine management, electronic fuel injection with drive-by-wire and slipper clutch. This is similar to the motor in the current RC8 model.
• Power: 110 kW/150 hp, Torque: 125 Nm, 15.000 km of inspections, KTM also promises low power consumption
• 235 kg fully fueled
• Multistage Combined ABS BOSCH
• BOSCH multi-Traction Control (MTC)

• Modern VDO instrument cluster

• Full WP USD forks with adjustable with separate compression and rebound
• WP fully adjustable rear shock absorber
• World’s first off-road modes for ABS and traction control.
• Trellis frame
• Tubeless tires on wire wheels – 90/90- 21 front, 150/60-18 rear
• Footpegs, seat height, handlebar position and adjustable windshield
• Modern VDO instrument package

[woody's wheel works]

Our Pleasure, thanks for the business.

Chris

Originally Posted by TajMan

Thank you so much for the work on my wheel!
It was surprisingly straight when spun on the balancer before a new tire went on.
new Pilot Power 2ct

[MJS]

Santa in the brown truck showed up the other day. In the boxes


And





Broke out the tire tools



Sweet. Thanks Woody and gang

[woody's wheel works]

Thanks for the info and post, always welcome here. We are trying to obtain more info on the wheels and would love to get our hands on a set to know exactly what they will and will not fit. Everything suggests that they are tubeless wheels, and appears that they are either using DID tubeless rims, or Alpina tubeless set-up, just would need to get/find close-up pic of the nipple area to determine. (more likely they went with DID as they have a closer relationship there). A close-up pic of the hubs would help determine what hubs are being used and whether can directly fit or made to fit the 950/990.

KTM has been known to make there hubs and wheels pretty standard, i.e. only making small changes year to year or keeping the same hub/wheel for years.

The ABS could be different, but looks similar to the newer 990s, would need to get a set in here, some better pics, and/or parts breakdown to determine.

Info from JC Hildebrand on the bike here and the mentioning of the tubeless wheels: http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/880/14...irst-Look.aspx

Obviously a major thread about the 1190 on ADV here: http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...784473&page=76
Certainly looks to be pointed more towards a street ride, then off-road bike. Will likely be building some 19/17 wheelsets for the added street performance.

As we get more info or if anyone has one already let us know and we will continue to update.

Thanks,
Chris

Originally Posted by elron

I'm not new to biking, been at it for ~ 33 yrs, but I've never been much of a wrencher, other than oil changes, and any DIY has been mostly cosmetic stuff, although as an owner of a new 990 ADV R, that is starting to change . Please excuse my noob ignorance here if my question is blatantly obvious to you and others: Following are the specs on the new 2013 1190 Adv R and I note they come with TUBELESS 21" front and 18" rear wheels. My ?-would these be interchangable or adaptable to the 950/990's? Would their new 'off-road' ABS tech matter?

(info from Chilly's Enduro360.com site)
2013 KTM 1190 Adventure R Specifications

• LC8 V-twin engine with dual ignition, Keihin engine management, electronic fuel injection with drive-by-wire and slipper clutch. This is similar to the motor in the current RC8 model.
• Power: 110 kW/150 hp, Torque: 125 Nm, 15.000 km of inspections, KTM also promises low power consumption
• 235 kg fully fueled
• Multistage Combined ABS BOSCH
• BOSCH multi-Traction Control (MTC)

• Modern VDO instrument cluster

• Full WP USD forks with adjustable with separate compression and rebound
• WP fully adjustable rear shock absorber
• World’s first off-road modes for ABS and traction control.
• Trellis frame
• Tubeless tires on wire wheels – 90/90- 21 front, 150/60-18 rear
• Footpegs, seat height, handlebar position and adjustable windshield
• Modern VDO instrument package

[woody's wheel works]

Thanks for the pics. Always a pleasure working with you. Look forward to hearing how they perform and seeing the kind of paces you put them through.

Thanks,
Chris

Originally Posted by MJS

Santa in the brown truck showed up the other day. In the boxes


And





Broke out the tire tools



Sweet. Thanks Woody and gang

[elron]

Originally Posted by woody's wheel works

Thanks for the info and post, always welcome here. We are trying to obtain more info on the wheels and would love to get our hands on a set to know exactly what they will and will not fit. Everything suggests that they are tubeless wheels, and appears that they are either using DID tubeless rims, or Alpina tubeless set-up, just would need to get/find close-up pic of the nipple area to determine. (more likely they went with DID as they have a closer relationship there). A close-up pic of the hubs would help determine what hubs are being used and whether can directly fit or made to fit the 950/990. ...........
.........
Info from JC Hildebrand on the bike here and the mentioning of the tubeless wheels: http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/880/14...irst-Look.aspx
........
As we get more info or if anyone has one already let us know and we will continue to update.

Thanks,
Chris

Thank you Chris,
Figured you folks would be keeping an eye on this. Indeed may be getting 19/17 conversions, but I also think the 1190 ADV non-R comes that way. It's just the R with the 21/18 combo. If these new wheels can be retrofit to the 950/990's that will be great, in my opinion. And if so, then I'm anxious to see how you'll make em better.

[Newfie_DR650]

Hey Woody,

Any luck on wire wheels for a 2008 Honda Varadero?

I think Honda made the wheels out of puddy or butter. I've destroyed one before and have now limited the bike to street use only. I'm glad I got an XR650R to take care of the off road excursions.

In an email a long while ago you indicated you were looking for a bike to measure and possible design a wheel?

If anyone in the Colorado area has a Varadero please bring it over for measurements. Varadero owners around the world would really appreciate this.

[Two Brothers]

Hey woody, wanted to know if you knew of a company that makes spokes wheel for sportbikes? If they are either tubeless or tube type. i want to keep the same size tires on it. Front 120/70r17 rear 180/50/17. any help would be awesome. thanks

[leadthrower21]

Do you have any advice for this set of Excel rims from a DRZ400SM? I've tried everything to clean them and still no luck. Is it possible to re-anodize them or am I stuck with powdercoat/new rims?

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by leadthrower21

Do you have any advice for this set of Excel rims from a DRZ400SM? I've tried everything to clean them and still no luck. Is it possible to re-anodize them or am I stuck with powdercoat/new rims?

for starters,,,if you are going off-road or competing in anything rough n tuff you do NOT want to powder-coat your wheels,,,makes em softer from our experience,,next

these wheels look like they've seen salty conditions and /or cleaning fluids like Simple-Green,,,theya ll attack the anodized finish,,,

so we take em strip and re-anodize,,...satin black or any othe rcolor ya want = $75 if you want a shiny finish add $25 for re-polishing the rim after it gets stripped...

Rim R&R and true + $100 ,,,circa one -two week turn around..


woody

PS if ya want em stronger ,,we can Superlace n true = $111 + ss spoke n nipple set = $125

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by Two Brothers

Hey woody, wanted to know if you knew of a company that makes spokes wheel for sportbikes? If they are either tubeless or tube type. i want to keep the same size tires on it. Front 120/70r17 rear 180/50/17. any help would be awesome. thanks

pal,,i've been doing stuff like that for 40 years,,,not many requests these days for that kin dof project,,,

and sorry i do not have specs on your oem wheels...so...

yse we can build dang near any thing ya want,,,

if you are lucky we can recycle wheels that are close to the specs/node points of yours...this keeps the cost down..otherwise we will have to re-invent it .
wheel sets like that will run between $2-4k depending upon lucky vs unlucky

this would be a winter-time project...we'd need both wheels with rotors/all spacers/cush an dsprocket drive assys..so we can determine the critical nodepoints..

FYI gone are the days when most manufacturers offered the public a mag AND a wire wheeeled version of the same wheel set-ups,,made life way easier for me...

holler

woody

[woody's wheel works]

Originally Posted by Newfie_DR650

Hey Woody,

Any luck on wire wheels for a 2008 Honda Varadero?

I think Honda made the wheels out of puddy or butter. I've destroyed one before and have now limited the bike to street use only. I'm glad I got an XR650R to take care of the off road excursions.

In an email a long while ago you indicated you were looking for a bike to measure and possible design a wheel?

If anyone in the Colorado area has a Varadero please bring it over for measurements. Varadero owners around the world would really appreciate this.

sorry mate,,just returned from the Rawhyde Adventur rallye in Moab,,,


talked with Zach,,he's checking his notes,,


woody

update: as far as we know we have not had any in here or built wheels for this bike. We would need a set of wheels to determine if we could adapt another set or build a custom set. So, if anyone out there is interested in sending or stopping by with a set of the wheels, give us a holler.

Thanks

[FlyingFinn]

Originally Posted by woody's wheel works

,,just returned from the Rawhyde Adventur rallye in Moab,,,

woody

It was a real pleasure to chat there with you, Zach and Mike!

Thanks for the work you guys do!

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Mikko