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    Spoked wheels on a shaftie?

    OK, first posting here, please be gentle

    I have an '83 GS850GL and would like to fit it with spoked wheels. I'm aware that the shaft drive makes this a difficult task with non-factory wheels, so I guess my question is this.

    Are there other Suzuki models of about the same era that were shaft drive, and had spoked wheels, and would fit without much modification?

    Please and thanks.
    matt
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    Welcome and at least you found the technical forums, but I think what you are prosing might be more involved than an appearance mod.

    I personally dont fix things that are not broke and I like the tubeless rim on mine so would not know where to begin... but I really dont think there where any spoked shafties.

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      #3
      There is a later model Suzuki that uses the same drive spline, with Spoked wheels. I can't remember the name of it. TheCafeKid will hopefully chime in with some info on that. I'm not sure the experiment was finished to see if the wheel would actually work.
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        #4
        Rumors abound about replacing GS shaftie wheels with that of a Suzuki Madura GV 1200. I've never seen proof that it works, nor am I sure if it is even possible, but it would be nice to find out.

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          #5
          The GS450GA is a shaft-drive available with spoked wheels. Theres one for sale in my area right now..see pics for the wheels

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          http://nh.craigslist.org/mcy/1761291270.html

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            Hi,

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