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Got it together yesterday

What you think? I'm going to reinforce it somehow

Stayed on at work for extra hour to make a start, cleaned my best rim up, marked it, then cut it using real thin cutting disk, then cut a length steel 3" wide, and bent it round the gas bottle of our welder as we don't have rollers http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss140/bobspeed_album/Mobile%...

The way they do it here on cars is cut the rim off where it sits on the centre, then cut strip of steel what ever width you want to run? Roll it in the rollers, then tack it to you wheel centre, then tack your rim back on, then just weld it all up! Charge about £45/50 a wheel, but as this led is go...

Going to take it in to work tomorrow and clean the rim up, then cut it in half, and try find some sheet to form a band and widen it??

Well I'm going to try it on mine, and try make a deep dish for rear and offset the engine to compensate?? Watch this space

Hi guys, just wondering if any of you have had your wheels banded? That's what we call it in UK anyway? It's big in the car scene here, basically cutting your rim in two, and welding a band between them to get what width you desire? But Iv never heard of it done on a bike? Iv got two honda Melody, o...

Cool bike, plus love the beer can

Pineapplegti, in fairness I wouldn mind living in Vegas, visited few years ago, seen some stunning bikes and Rods there, and normall still solid, not Corroded like most vehicles here!! And you Yanks seem to have so much more bolt on tuning goodies cheap too

Yeah your right there,

Yeah il have one running between them! The other on I'm going to build a 125/250 melody when I find a donor bike

My latest complete with showing basket!!! So at least I can built one out of the two

Iv just bought another one, so il have melody's everywhere soon

41 from across the pond in UK , and gone back to scoots from R1

Well I just found this site while looking up Honda Vision/melody tuning? We mainly seem to have Vespa's/Lambrettas, as scooter scene over here in UK, and Iv noticed the honda Zoomber (ruckus) taking off here, but Iv just got hold of a81 Melody, had a few scoots over the years along with my super bik...