The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => R65 Technical FAQ/Procedures => Topic started by: Kikemon on June 30, 2025, 07:34:54 PM

Title: Wheels
Post by: Kikemon on June 30, 2025, 07:34:54 PM

I have a new to me R65LS. I was thinking I might eventually want to powder coat the wheels and was wondering if anyone has had positive or negative experience doing this or had any recommendations. Also, the bike has pretty high mileage (77K) and I was thinking I probably should check to be sure the rear braking surface is ok before I invest in the wheel, but I don't know how to do it. Is there a resource for this on-line that anyone knows about? I have a shop manual on order but it will be a while before it arrives.

Title: Re: Wheels
Post by: Bob_Roller on July 02, 2025, 07:48:55 AM

The LS 'composite' wheels have two  separate cast parts  they will show a 'crack' where the two parts meet .
Not a concern they all do it, BMW's 'fix' for this was white tape on the white wheels .

Title: Re: Wheels
Post by: Barry on July 02, 2025, 01:41:08 PM

I have the rear drum specs for a standard R65 but I'm pretty sure the LS has a slightly larger diameter. Anton Largiader reckons the LS is 220 mm vs 200 mm for the R65

https://largiader.com/articles/drums/ (https://largiader.com/articles/drums/)

For what it's worth the maximum oversize for the R65 drum is 1.5mm