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Broke a spoke on my KLR 650 last Thursday, now I'm rethinking the whole wheel
Riding home from work last Thursday on my 2011 KLR 650. Hit a pothole on Route 9 near the old mill. Heard a loud ping. Got home and found a broken rear spoke. Figured I'd just replace it. But when I pulled the wheel off, three more were loose. Then I checked the rim runout with a dial indicator from Harbor Freight. It's got 0.040 inches of wobble. That's way past spec. Now I'm sitting here with the wheel off, wondering if I should try to true it up or just buy a whole new rim off eBay. Anyone else deal with a warped rim on a budget dual sport? What's the most you'd sink into a 13 year old bike? I'm at 38,000 miles and the engine runs perfect, but the wheels are getting tired.
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faithf772d ago
So you're basically riding a bent paperclip at this point.
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jakeperry2d ago
Oh man, you're not wrong @faithf77 - my bike is basically a rusty triangle with two wheels at this point. The rear fender fell off last week and I just zip-tied a piece of plastic over the tire to keep from spraying mud up my back. Kind of a running joke among my friends, honestly.
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