so, anyone tried them yet?I still haven´t seen a pair whith tires mounted on them, and was curious to se what they look like, as them being 1" wider than the ol´halibrand 12 spokes.
The Radir web site looked like they werent out yet. They listed the size as 18"x3". I guess they're meant to be run with motorcycle tires. Were the old wheels that size?
I think? the hali´s where 2 or 2,5" wide,and the radirs seem to have changed in looks during development.
a good friend ordered them last year and they said they'd be out in a month....they are still not out
They're gorgeous! do look a bit fruity with brakes though... I have a pair of ten spokes (cast, not polished) on the front of the *gulp* bug
The old magnesium 12 spokes are American racing. Im never 100 % positive but I dont recall Halibrand making 12 spokes. terry
I've got a couple of sets of magnesium 15x3.5 12 spokes but there are some 18x2.5 Halibrands in magnesium on Ebay right now.
I don't understand what the problem is with those new 12-spokes, but it's been something like two years since I heard that they were in the works. Halibrand never made 12-spokes, but American made them in 15-inch and also in 17 by 2 1/2 and 18 by 2 1/2. There are articles about both companies on this page: http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/ I've also written a page about some of my own old wheels here: http://www.roadsters.com/mag/ And you can read about the newly-revived Real Wheels at: http://www.roadsters.com/real/ Dave (602) 233-8400 http://www.roadsters.com/
Maybe the hub is shaped like that to give more meat to drill into for the brakes? Looks good, but different.
guysffcourse the 12 spokes were made by american,my mistake,tired..so,they all 18" were 2,5" wide then?.5" isn´t much to worry about,I want it to look good when mounting a ribbed 3.00x18 or so whith out the rim looking to wide,if they ever get that production going,buying 30+yrs old magnesium stuff on ebay seems a little to optimistic to me,but if anyone has apair they might sell,let me know.
dude, Too tired/lazy to email you, there are some pics here though.if they're not detailed enough for you, i can take some more thought i'd better link it rather than post pics of my 'nazi staff car' http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97900&perpage=15&highlight=ladies%20and%20gentlemen&pagenumber=1
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