Bob:
Exactly! I bought three of the 5.5" wheels, too... I was merely describing
the different varieties to help others distinguish between them if they had
a set. I actually found one once, about 7 years ago in a small wrecking
yard in Oregon (the 5.5") but upon receiving it, found that the inner rim
surface was terribly damaged by contact with the upper wishbones, and that
the bead breaker had damaged the wheel considerably, too. I sent it back,
and have not found another since. A shame, since the TR250 at this yard
had all four wheels! I checked them all, and all were scraped up really
good! Oh well, that's racing! I wouldn't mind having the 6's on one end
and the 5.5's on the other, but sooner or later I'll have to run into the
fourth... maybe through this list!!
Thanks!
Pete Chadwell
>Hi,
>
>You are describing the same wheels that I have. Sounds like you have 5.5
>and 6 inch varieties. The one with the "dish" at the interface of spokes
>to the outside wheel are 5.5 inch and the ones that are "flat" are the 6
>inch.
>
>What happened in my case is that I got three 5.5 inch rims in the initial
>purchase and when I did find a 4th, it was by chance a 6 inch. This was
>okay more or less. I wound up putting the 6 inch on the rear so that the
>front end geometry wasn't too wierd. I have noticed that the handling is
>a little wierd with the slightly "offset" track due to one side being
>wider than the other.
>
>At any rate, I looked high and low on the east coast for that forth rim,
>and I waited more than a year before I bought it and the seller would not
>budge on his price. He _knew_ what he had, so he would not let it go cheap.
>
>If it is any consolation, I'll notify the triumphs list if/when I sell my
>set with the name of the buyer in case he wants to break up what I sell
>him. I know that he will probably want to sell one or two, becasue he has
>three also.
>
>Stay tuned!
>rml
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