Front wheel Options????

[Orangecnty250r]

I did a search and found a few things....I saw that in 2006 Douglas did a custom front wheel for derrick (back then all he had to do was fill out a custom form) , then the policy changes then I saw the run that was done this year (minimum 24 wheels):( :( ....they also wont sell undrilled:mad:

Whats left out there with no offset, I need an 11 inch with 4 hole...6 5/8 diagonal hole to hole distance.....any possibilities out there....looking for an extra tiger front to play with. Does ITP have anything....help:eek:

[blue27]

that converts to 4 x 168.275, so I guess a 250R wheels does not fit I think they are 4 x170? What if you took a 250R rim and had it redrilled to what you need. You would just have an extra set of holes in it. IDK thats one option.

[blue27]

I was looking at an 1988 old Chaparral catalog and the list a ITP 10x5 4on166 bolt wheel....wonder if that was a wide front Tiger wheel?

[Orangecnty250r]

Its a shame they wont sell them undrilled

[HondaHarry]

billy golightly got some blank halves from somewhere, when he did his flat track R now the 500. he told me who it was a long time ago. but I forget now. search some threads or pm him I guess. it wasn't douglas wheel or itp im pretty sure. im curious as well. I also heard douglas is doing minimum orders on 11s too. Grr. HH

[The Goat]

I've been getting a little interested in buying a ten rather than an eleven inch rim.

Honestly, I've toyed with the idea of buying a wide rim, bringing to the guy up the road, and getting him to cut it and weld it to the correct offset.

[Orangecnty250r]

There has to be more options like custom machine shops etc etc....does anyone know if these are cast or turned down??

[blue27]

I toured Douglas wheels years ago and the wheel starts out as a flat round piece of aluminiun and is "pushed againt a mold, but this is all done while turning. Similar to a pottery wheel, the mold is the oppposite of the wheel. Then the two halves are welded together and the holes are drilled, all four at once. Then polished.

[HondaHarry]

just did a quick search.

betcha these guys can do it.

http://www.keizerwheels.com/default.asp

[HondaHarry]

more:

http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showpost.php?p=579354&postcount=21

link: http://www.realwheel.net/about.php

Hope this helps. HH

[The Goat]

also...a lot of rims these days are cut with water. i forget what the process is called. hydrocutting maybe? idk. Just highpressure water.

[Orangecnty250r]

Good info...I printed it , Thanks

[200x Basket]

i would redrill a 250r and weld up the extra holes. problem solved.

[Orangecnty250r]

Thats the perfectionist that haunts me on a daily basis....if they quote a million bucks I may do that

[Billy Golightly]

OC If i was home I could cook one up for you without any problems...the wheel halves I got from REAL took about a week to get to me and the machine and weld time I did in just 2-3 hours.

[Bigbore]

that converts to 4 x 168.275, so I guess a 250R wheels does not fit I think they are 4 x170? What if you took a 250R rim and had it redrilled to what you need. You would just have an extra set of holes in it. IDK thats one option.

Remember... Tiger was made here. They may not have used a metric wheel. It should be checked with a caliper to be exact.

OC. I can center up a wheel with the probe on my cnc mill and redrill the holes exactly. The bad thing is that the old holes would still be there.


To cut with water is called: waterjet

I've watched an aluminum wheel turned on the lathe and your kind of right. They do take a wooden mold half and push against it with the center. They turn it, but instead of having a tool post they have a lever that works in a series of holes that allows someone to work the tool against the disk and shape it as it turns. You can't have any under cuts in the mold because if the disk followed the undercut, you wouldn't get it off of the mold half. After they have them done they weld the halves together.