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Started by SwampMonster, December 27, 2011, 07:23:11 PM

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SwampMonster

December 27, 2011, 07:23:11 PM
So while I was doing some sanding in prep for polish on my rims. One of them rolled off of my work bench and the lip is bent. It isn't that bad but it is enough that I do want to fix it or get it fixed. I have called every local rim repair shop in my area no one will touch a bike rim. So either I have to fix it myself some how or pay to ship it out of state. Any ideas on a safe reliable way to fix it before I spend a few hundred in shipping.

Speeddog

#1
December 27, 2011, 08:13:36 PM
Have you talked to your local moto shops?
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mgrisham

#2
December 27, 2011, 08:18:21 PM
Theses guys seem the best. I haven't needed them, so no PE: http://www.framestraightsystem.com/
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WetDuc

#3
December 28, 2011, 04:58:16 AM
I have used Metrowheels (out of Atlanta, GA, USA) and was very satisfied with the pricing and services offered to fix my banged up 3 spoke Marchesini off the M695.  They did a great job, wheel was shipped both ways and they paid for one of trips, cost about $120 total and the repair results are 99.999% indistinguishable from original.
2007 S2R1000, 2009 M696 & 2008 M695 (foster bikes)

ducpainter

#4
December 28, 2011, 05:04:40 AM
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
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ducatiz

#5
December 28, 2011, 05:34:01 AM
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
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Howie

#6
December 28, 2011, 05:53:59 AM
They do good work and have excellent turn around.

ducatiz

#7
December 28, 2011, 05:55:50 AM
They are having a "Beard Battle" to see who will give up and shave first... lol
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

zooom

#8
December 28, 2011, 05:57:26 AM
the upper pic guy looks a lil like Hacksaw Jim Duggin...LOL
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ducpainter

#9
December 28, 2011, 02:30:23 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on December 28, 2011, 05:34:01 AM
lol..  the proprietors at MC..

They're fixing wheels.

You don't need to be a movie starhandsome ;).
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ducatiz

#10
December 28, 2011, 03:25:28 PM
i could care less what they look like their beard battle pics are funny that's all  [roll]
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducpainter

#11
December 28, 2011, 03:28:01 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on December 28, 2011, 03:25:28 PM
i could care less what they look like their beard battle pics are funny that's all  [roll]
I see no battle...

just a couple o' guys. ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ducatiz

#12
December 28, 2011, 03:29:17 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 28, 2011, 03:28:01 PM
I see no battle...

just a couple o' guys. ;D

go to their site and click what's with the stache at the bottom
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducpainter

#13
December 28, 2011, 03:32:10 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on December 28, 2011, 03:29:17 PM
go to their site and click what's with the stache at the bottom
missed that...

Jeremy's ass is sucking blueberries. ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


SwampMonster

#14
December 29, 2011, 06:35:21 PM
Much more reasonable than the place I had been talking to. Thanks for the help.
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