respoking wheels?

John-

Spoke&nipple prices I'm finding make no sense.
$6 per spoke_nipple seems right only if parts
are turned.

AFAIK these parts are made by cold forging blanks which are cut from wire and actual manufacturing cost is on order of a few cents/each in million piece quantities. A plain steel or Nickel plated kit should have enviable wholesale and retail margins at $20-$30wheel

The demand must be really low.

If I can get the CB650 going for not too many $ I'm just gonna hunt up some used 17" alloy wheels and put the savingstoward better quality tires. If kits were $30/wheel I'd relace them but $90(Nickel plated steel) is crazy.

Parts prices? I need two small plastic 'T' for fuel distribution to carbs. They go between left and right pair of Kehins. $22/each from Honda. I can cut 4 grooves for O-rings and braze up two brass T's in an less than an hour.

-Duck

supply and demand,theres a lot more small block chevys being rebuilt than z1s,now if youre trying to collect parts for a 482" 409 chevy i can build another 1428 turbo motor cheaper than i can build my motor for my "55 chevy!

store.eastcoastwheels.com/index.html

Wow- have you ordered from them? Way cheaper than Buchanan for a more custom wheels! Those excel rims are great1

I havent placed an order yet.. they are working on finding a front hub for me XS650 project... they have good prices and a good selection..