Hi everyone - well I've finally got round to starting the restoration on my TLR200 - the bodywork is away being painted, and I'll be stripping the rest of the bike down to get the frame powder-coated too...

However, what I am really after is a replacement rear rim for the TLR rear hub... I have a very good condition front wheel from a TLM220 (with disc brake) which is the same DID rim as the TLR, only in silver anodized instead - and ideally would like a matching rear DID rim, as it's a shame to have to replace a perfectly good front rim just to get a matching pair.

So does anyone know where I might find a suitable rear DID rim (either a 2.15 or a 1.85 width) to match the front? I've tried the usual retailer channels and come up with nothing... is there another bike of a similar vintage that might have used the same spoke pattern that would work?

Alternatively, is there a more modern 36h tubeless type rear rim for example, that comes in silver anodized and would lace to a drum brake rear hub?

Any advice and pointers would be most appreciated...

Jenny x

i have a tubeless rear rim of a 1990's beta on my tlr 250 it fits when using stock honda spokes

Hi Jenny.. A later tubeless rim you should be able to get from these people...

http://www.mxbits.com/acatalog/Excel_Motocross_Wheel_Rims.html

Or if you want a wheel building then these may be worth a call....

http://www.central-wheel.co.uk/smpro_mx/smpro_mx.html

EDIT; Just visited your website and realised you are handy with the spanners

Edited April 18, 201115 yr by bo drinker

Or try here and ask Colin about tubeless rim conversion as he is working on those for the TLR250 at the moment, although the 250 and 200 hubs are different I believe. Or possibly a replacement tubed rim which can be anodised silver.

http://www.tyoffroad.webeden.co.uk/#

Hi Jenny - hows that leg of yours coming on?

To match the front to the silver rear, you could always pick up a 315 front complete front end, the yokes will go straight on - only need a new steering head bolt made up, hey presto, some fine front forks, front disc and matching silver rim?

If you want to keep it fairly original, I know a lad in the local club who has got central wheel components (not tied to the company in any way, just good reports) to lace up an anodized gold 315/4rt DID tubeless rim to the standard TLR hub - i think he had to get the front done aswell however to get a perfect colour match.

Hope this helps

Iain

Edited April 19, 201115 yr by bucki3

Aha - thank you guys, this is great info... so it's feasible that a later Beta or Montesa rear rim could be laced in, I'll start looking for one!

Just to clarify - I've got the forks, wheel, caliper from a TLM220 (or might have been a 250) - but using my original TLR yokes...

So now have a front brake that actually works, even if a few purists might frown - at least they are still all Honda parts x

The 35mm forks fitted straight in, and the wheel did too (without the fork brace - gotta love sloppy forks eh?), the TLR yokes as I'm sure you know are quite a bit narrower, so I had a spacer machined to replace the speedo drive and line everything up properly - only now the wheels is slightly off-centre so I need to change the offset of the rim towards the disc by 4mm, which might be tricky as there is not a lot of clearance between the spokes and caliper body already... I'm sure there is a solution out there (yeah - like a set of yokes with 164mm centers instead of 156mm?!)

Ideally I'd like to keep the front DID rim as it's in really good condition, but if I get no luck finding a suitable silver rear rim to match (colourwise at least), then I might end up just buying a pair of Excels or something and getting both wheels rebuilt.

Many thanks, and please keep the ideas coming!

Jx

Be careful if buying a flanged tubeless rim from a 90's Beta as some of them are 32 spokes, not 36.

4RT tubeless rear rim Jenny, no leaky spokes!