Hawk 250 Front wheel wobble (spokes tighten)

flopsweat · 07-31-2023, 08:11 AM

I'm beside myself with pride, because I DID IT! It was waaay easier than I had built it up to be, maybe about 2hrs from lifting the bike to a test ride. Couldn't find my tiny crescent wrench so I just used an adjustable wrench and took care to not mar the soft brass spoke nuts. After many youtubes, zip ties were my guide, I slowly improved the side-to-side run out, then onto the vertical, then went through and tightened all spokes, then went through and did it all again. Some spokes were much looser than I anticipated. Then the test ride up to 55mph went great, it made such a huge improvement in the slight bounces I'd get at 40-45mph. Finally I feel confident again for the 5hr ride downstate next weekend to take the ARC course yet again.

Also got my new IMS folding shifter lever put on, which feels great as it's a tighter fit than the oem lever so I'm really getting a better sense of how the gearbox actually feels.

07-31-2023, 08:11 AM	#1
flopsweat Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: The burbs of Chicago Posts: 235	I'm beside myself with pride, because I DID IT! It was waaay easier than I had built it up to be, maybe about 2hrs from lifting the bike to a test ride. Couldn't find my tiny crescent wrench so I just used an adjustable wrench and took care to not mar the soft brass spoke nuts. After many youtubes, zip ties were my guide, I slowly improved the side-to-side run out, then onto the vertical, then went through and tightened all spokes, then went through and did it all again. Some spokes were much looser than I anticipated. Then the test ride up to 55mph went great, it made such a huge improvement in the slight bounces I'd get at 40-45mph. Finally I feel confident again for the 5hr ride downstate next weekend to take the ARC course yet again. Also got my new IMS folding shifter lever put on, which feels great as it's a tighter fit than the oem lever so I'm really getting a better sense of how the gearbox actually feels.
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