Where can you buy supermoto 17" rims?

[oJaXo]

hi there, my mate (who also has a dtr) is planning on supermoto-ing his dt125r. He wants to relace some supermoto rims on to his orginal hubs. We were wondering, where can we get supermoto 17" rims?

many thanks.
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[meach]

have a look here
https://www.central-wheel.co.uk/cwc/supermoto.html

not going to be cheap though and if you can get the right size etc
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[oJaXo]

thanks for the link but unfortunately they didnt have the right sizes
the sizes i need i think are
Front - 3.00/17
Rear - 3.50/17

many thanks.
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[prawny1]

Have a google wheels of another 125 motard, they will be around the right sizes for a dtr swing arm, i was thinking of gilera cougar rims for a dt i had a few years back but ended up selling the bike, tdr 125 wheels might be another option worth investigating as they should be a dirrect swap.

Possibly something from the derbi or husqvarna two stroke range could work as they use a dtr engine (one of the husqvarna models is a motard any way) that way the sprockets will line up but you might need to change spacers and bearing etc to fit the dtr spindle.

[oJaXo]

yeah ive heard that tdr and dtx 125 wheels fit the dt with little to no work but the only problem is i cant get them anywhere lmao. really hard to find.
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[prawny1]

check edit.

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[oJaXo]

haha oh no he wouldnt,
also, really awkward to find lmao
thats why i thought it would be easier if i could find some 17" sm rims that would fit and just relace them to my original hubs.
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[Carl Howell]

When I was going to do this (didn't bother in the end) a chap off visordown.com called 'brokenlegs' would lace up the rims to my hubs for me. Was one of the cheapest I found.

If he wants to keep his original wheels for a bit of offroading I've got a set of standard (18" and 21") wheels but the spokes are knackered so would be idea to get the SM rims laced onto them. PM me if your interested.

[prawny1]

Tbh thats why i was considering gilera cougar rims, they are a little narrower that a typical sm set up (only 130 section tyre on back) but they are nice looking flat sided alloy rims and are 17" back and front.

Pretty easy to find in breakers yard due to the rest of the bike being pretty bad at taking learner neglect and dfalling to bits, you will still have to source spokes no matter how you decide to box with it unless you just rethread and shorten the dtr spokes if they are tidy enough.

[c_dug]

Theres a few companys who will do custom ones for you but i warn you you'll pay out the arse for them, really not worth it imo.

c_dug
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[oJaXo]

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[prawny1]

Some of the older 50cc motards are turning up in breakers now having been hammered by learners, i bought a reiju 50 sm last year for £100 for my little brother to trash around the car park at his dads pub, battered with some plastics missing but the rims wher good, got nicked out his shed a couple weeks later he was gutted so i got him a little zip 50.

[oJaXo]

would any 50cc motard rims be big enough for a 125 though?
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[prawny1]

Just found these they might interest you.

Gilers gsm 50 wheels in black,

On ebay item number 20047013177 for rear wheel
Item number 200247014306 for the front

They are both buy it now at £20 each, located in bishops itchington? warwickshire

they should take 100/80-17 front and 130/70-17 rear which are not much smaller than cb500 tyres (110/80-17 and 130/80-17) and tbh the dtr swing arm and forks arn't the wdest things in the world so these tyre sizes may be about right.

they should be plenty strong enough for a 125 mate you probably find some of these 50cc bikes have the same wheels on there 125 counterparts anyway, most 50 motards are about the same size as 125 bikes anyway and the rims don't look out of place on the 50 so will look good on a 125, google for a gsm 50 and take a look for yourself.

A deristricted 50sm will give about 65mph and have to deal with corneriing and breaking forces involved so have to be pretty tough they also handle the odd jump pretty well to

[oJaXo]

[prawny1]

search for gilera wheels there will be 19 items in the normal auction catagory but They will be in ebay shops section towards the bottom of the page with 106 items showing just click view all and mooch through you will find them bud.

Or go to advanced search select the items in shops bit to the left of the page then put in the item number, i just did it and they came up.

[G]

Do you want them for looks or for perfomrance?
If it's just for the grip, not the looks then it might be worth looking at getting some road tyres in trail sizes - surprising how much grip they can give!

[oJaXo]

ok ty mate, while i am looking at those i dont suppose anyone knows where i can get some 17" supermoto rims from do they?
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[oJaXo]

[Carl Howell]

[oJaXo]

[Carl Howell]

Don't know. That's the size of the rim. Those are the ones he would of made for me and he does know his stuff so I presume so.

[oJaXo]

if it does that makes things sooo much easier because i thought only 3.00 and 3.50 x 17 fitted the dt125r.
by the way, what does the "3.50" or the "4.25" refer to?
i thought it was the width of the rim but i checked mine a min ago and it said 1.85x18 on the rear which when i measured in inches was no where near.
what measurement is it in and is it refering to the width lol?
thanks everyone.
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[prawny1]

Sounds like he was going for a 120 front 150-160 rear, which is good for most sm bikes but anyone that has fitter big nobblies (not the widest tyres around) will tell you they can hit the chain on a dt,

so im thinking a 150-160 rear will be a tad wide for a dt and to be honest would be overkill on a 26bhp bike and expensive on tyres for a 125, as those sizes are pretty up there price wise as superbike stuff and who would want to be paying around £200 a pair tyres on a 125