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Has anyone done this befor? Mounting spokewheels on a SV? I think it will look very cool on my naked, because I like the retro-style.

Something like the Moto Morini...

http://snelleeddy.punt.nl/upload/Mot...rambler_21.jpg

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Would be nice on a retro/cafe racer bike like yours. Are you going painted, chrome or stainless? Or still to decide?

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I think I will start with just chrome, it depends on which rims I will use. Also thinking of a mono rear end and a nice retro paintjob, nothing rediculous.

But first things first and find all the stuff I need. :)

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Dual disc front hubs aren't all that easy to find unfortunately, since most supermotos run single front discs. That's going to be your most complicated part I think, it's what put me off most. But, I've since found that a single disc is actually pretty decent on the SV if you use good parts (mine has a modern radial caliper, a big 330mm disc and a brembo radial m/c, and works well, though I'm not pushing it massively hard even on track)

But, the new Yam tenere has a dual disc front hub, as do some BMWs (the later funduro I think). And you can lace a 17" rim to those, most likely.

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ktm/magura racing front brake with 310mm disc would quite happily launch me over the bars of the 560 with one finger, i reckon it should have enough juice to stop the SV, but you'll generate 4x the heat stopping from twice the speed so perhaps not the best idea for racing...?:confused:

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I'd love to do this to my SV as its going to be a finished cafe racer in a couple of weeks ;)

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Yep. Mine's stood up well to trackdays but maybe someone fast would find it different. Certainly for racing it'd be a bit brave :D The humungous disc does help though. Praps there's one out there that'll fit to a spoker.

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Just looked at the svrider site and there's a fantastic picture of a chromed sv with spoked wheels...

http://forum.svrider.com/showthread.php?t=62142

About halfway down the page.

I love the cafe racer look on sv's - hopefully soon I'll be able to get it done on mine...:cool:

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That looks really nice

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This will be harder than I tought.
The biggest problem is the front wheel. Because I still want to use the upsd from the R1, I have to look for a wheel that fits the R1 braking discs (main reson: the diameter of the discs is 298mm...). Some models of the Virago have a spoke wheel where the discs fit on, but the wheel bearings have a big difference in size. The axle diameter of the R1 is 22mm and of the Virago it is only 15mm. There are no bearings I can mount into the virago-wheel that I can use and to make a custom axle is also no option, to complicated... Anyone with an idea???

The rear wheel wil be less difficult I think.