What how did that happen? Just out of the blue? CRocker?
No...I was cleaning my bike today...getting ready for the ride to Miller for WSB this weekend...and I noticed a flat spot on the LH side (sitting on the bike)...funny, I thought...I hadn't seen that before...no impact marks on the new tire...must have been there when I got the bike (5k miles ago!)...but, I got to looking at the other side of the wheel, and noticed what looks like hairline cracks opposite the flat spot...they are near where the polished area on the rim meets the rough-cast center section of the wheel...inside of the bead-seating area...hidden in an area where there is some corrosion...I just had a new tire and wheel bearings installed too...not blaming the tire guy for not catching it...I figure he saw the flat spot, but, as long as the tire seated, didn't think twice about it...
I had just taken a shake-down ride too...checking everything out...thinking "Man! This Connie is nice! She doesn't wobble when I take my hands off the (newly installed Storz) bars...she doesn't weave around in corners...she doesn't vibrate at all! This bike is pretty well sorted out...I'm proud of the way she acts!"...go figure...
Thanks for the ebay link...I already got it taken care of...I just sold an '87 parts bike to a guy with a 2001 Connie...he mainly wanted the tank, engine, and bags...and it hadn't been picked-up from my garage yet...so, I emailed him and bought back the wheel he had no need for...seems as though something might be going my way in this whole scenario...
Thanks for asking...and ride safe!
Brad