wheels ?

[jetmechmarty]

I'd like that. It's just like the XS1100 Special wheel, but with a drum brake and a sprocket. It's a 16" wheel. Thanx!

[prometheus578]

"Gentlemen, a clarification if you please..."

"Artillery" spoked wheels?
Never heard that one before.
What is the root meaning of the term?
'semblance to wheeled artillery carriages?

[jetmechmarty]

"Artillery" spoked wheels?

Yes...the stock wheels look like that found on old artillery pieces. Don't you think so? I think Fredintoon started it, but it certainly fits in my book. I go further and refer to the XJ wheels as "chariot wheels".

[TopCatGr58]

Oooh, oooh, I have a theory?

First, John, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so be thankful that Kat beholds you!! Like Marty said, it's your bike, make it how you want it. Now I can see how Kat might want the Curved "girlie" spokes on her Foster Child, vs. the "MANLY" straight ones, but if that's what you like, go for it!

Theory: For Chariots....battle type, tended to get spears and such stuck into the spokes to try to disarm, the curved design allowed the spear to get directed towards the rim during rotation prior to getting broken....spoke is stronger where it mounts into the rim, more likely to break spear than spoke vs. the straight spoked kind, where spear might impact spoke right in middle and possibly break it, disabling the chariot?? JAT?
T.C.

[John]

Re: Oooh, oooh, I have a theory?

Originally posted by TopCatGr58
[B]First, John, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so be thankful that Kat beholds you!! Like Marty said, it's your bike, make it how you want it. Now I can see how Kat might want the Curved "girlie" spokes on her Foster Child, vs. the "MANLY" straight ones, but if that's what you like, go for it!

Oh man, that hurts!
Yeah, it's kinda like metal tool boxes in place of saddle bags...if ya know what I mean.
Try telling all the XJ riders that their wheels look 'girly'!

[TopCatGr58]

Redneck Engineering.

Originally posted by John


Oh man, that hurts!
Yeah, it's kinda like metal tool boxes in place of saddle bags...if ya know what I mean.
Try telling all the XJ riders that their wheels look 'girly'!

What do you Xpect from a RedNeck wannabee?

Yeah, I'm waiting for the flames, but I'm sure they know it's all in jest!

[prometheus578]

Yeah, it's kinda like metal tool boxes in place of saddle bags...if ya know what I mean.

Oh, now THAT was funny!
Nice shot across the bow.

[fredintoon]

Imaginative yes,

but (sorry TC) wrong!
Theory: For Chariots....battle type, tended to get spears and such stuck into the spokes to try to disarm, the curved design allowed the spear to get directed towards the rim during rotation prior to getting broken....spoke is stronger where it mounts into the rim, more likely to break spear than spoke vs. the straight spoked kind, where spear might impact spoke right in middle and possibly break it, disabling the chariot?? JAT?
T.C.
Hi TC,
T'wern't the Romans, t'was the Victorians that popularised swirly spokes. They had a valid reason too. The 19th century saw a huge industial demand for wheels of all kinds, pulleys, carts, you name it. All made from cast iron. Solid wheels are too heavy for most uses so they are spoked to save weight. Cast iron shrinks like a bastard as it cools from the molten state and straight spokes tended to snap off at the rim as the spoke shrank more than the rim did. OTOH a curved spoke could bend to a slightly shallower curve as it cooled, allowing the wheel to keep it's integrity.
So if your bike has sand cast iron wheels the spokes are swirly for sound engineering reasons. If your bike has aluminum die-cast wheels they could have straight spokes instead so any swirly spokes are there for reasons of swirly girly affectation.
Fred Hill, S'toon.

[trbig]

Since the XJ is supposedly the slowest of the bunch, they had to curve the spokes so it would make me FEEL like I was going fast! lol. Just call me Girlie-man I guess.. lol. I do happen to like them much better than the straight spokes too John.

Tod