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Apex rims

Post by cknight » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:16 am

Obtained a CB72/77 front rim from Apex about a year ago. Holes for spoke nipples were too small, and drilled at the wrong angles. Perhaps it was intended for a CB160 configuration. Used carbide burr to re-do the holes, then had to have it rechromed. Also had the large late model DOT-type stampings on the side flanges.

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Post by 68Cb77 » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:37 pm

yeah, it seems like for the extra 90 bucks or so, might as well keep the original rims. Vince, thanks for that tip in Toronto...www.customchromeplating.ca quoted me $100/rim over the phone. Seems a bit too good to be true. I'll go up in person and check it out.
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Post by Vince Lupo » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:08 pm

Glad that lead might prove worthwhile. I've been so out of the Toronto loop I don't know who's there anymore. I know McBride's is gone, CycleWorld, Ontario Honda, Leitner & Bush, Zdeno, etc etc.

Who is left??????

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Post by Vince Lupo » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:09 pm

Glad that lead might prove worthwhile. I've been so out of the Toronto loop I don't know who's there anymore. I know McBride's is gone, CycleWorld, Ontario Honda, Leitner & Bush, Zdeno, etc etc.

Who is left??????

68Cb77
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Post by 68Cb77 » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:44 pm

Snow City Cycle is pretty much it.....everybody's gone under because of insurance rates apparently. The guy I bought my Superhawk from was 19, and his insurance was going to be $5,000/year or something outrageous like that.
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Post by Vince Lupo » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:49 am

John -- I tried replying to your PM a few times, but I don't know if any of them went through. In reference to the Hagon shocks, try either Dave Quinn Motorcycles in Connecticut (I think he's at www.davequinnmotorcycles.com ) or British Cycle Supply in Wolfville, NS ( www.britcycle.com ). Just make sure you get the ones with the 'tuning fork' lower mount, as Hagon makes a couple of different black and chrome shrouded shocks.

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