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Hopefully a picture of my TLR200E's rear wheel rim is below. Would you guys consider this to be so far gone as to need replacing with a new rim? I've had a look on the Central Wheel website and Excel rims come in at around

Booma, Congratulations on an excellent looking bike. I have a TLR200E sitting in bits in my garage and I'd really like to get it looking like yours. Is it possible to go through what you do to the frame and forks to get them looking like that. I'm contemplating getting my frame sand blasted but have no idea whether to have it sprayed or enameled. It looks like you have the forks polished - what needs to be done to get them like that? My wheel hubs are a mess too. What did you do to yours before getting them re-spoked and re-rimmed? Where do you suggest is the best place(s) for spare parts? Pete

Many thanks for your suggestions Steve. I'm south of Gloucester. There was no sign of loctite previously being used to hold in the old bearing. However, as you'll see from the photo, there were 4 spot punches - the bumps of which must have been polished up by the outer wall of the bearing spinning round inside the hub. I had a look at the Loctite web site today and the 461 bearing sealant is good for gaps up to 0.2 mm (as long as its given 72 hours to set). I think some of this along with several more spot punches interleaved with the existing ones should do the job. What do you think? Pete

Update: The local Honda dealership still has a microfice of the 1984 TLR200! There are 2 bearings in the rear hub: a 6301 on the sprocket side and a 6201 on the drum side. The o.d. of the 6201 is 32 mm. I measured the old one (which fell) out with a vernier and its 32 mm. The hole where the 6201 should fit measures 32.2 mm. I'm not sure how or what the previous owner did to get it to this size. The wall thickness is 4 mm so machining it out further will be dicey. Any sensible suggestions on how to make it fit without a) bodging it, and spending a huge amout of money on getting it done and having to fit different shaped spindles/spacers? For context, Honda UK can supply a brand new hub for

Can anyone out there tell me what size bearings should be used in the rear wheel of a TLR200E? The complete NTN 6201 LU bearing on the drum brake side fell out when I took the brake drum off. The hub looks ok - there's no crack in it so I'm wondering if the bearing is the right one. TIA, Pete