i just bought a 954 and and it has chrome rims... the problem is that the rear rim is bent but not too badly.. can chrome rims b fixed or should i just buy a new rim and get it chromed?

 

If its not that bad meaning pretty small (pictures would be very helpful) you can try a rubber mallet, only thing is if it puts enough stress on the dipped area it could crack....If your not concerned with the idea of the chrome cracking then do this as a temporary fix....ive seen single chrome rims on ebay alot so look there in the future.

 

how does it ride... that's the main key

 

i got pix btu i dont know how to post dem

 

 

and you didn't see that when you bought it!?

 

That dent is not that bad, although I wonder how it got on the rear rim. Pound it with something soft. If you get it close enough the balence should be okay.

 

Thats not bad at all, take a rubber mallet to it! If possible take it to a rim shop and have them balance it after you straighten it as much as possible.

 

Here is a picture of my wheel after I hit a pretty good sized rock that was in the middle of the road (for whatever reason), anyways the tire would not hold air and I thought that I was going to have to scrap the wheel. I looked into buying a used wheel from someone on eBay or someone that was parting out a bike on different forums but I was skeptical because I could not look at the wheel in person before I bought it. I heard of wheel repair shops and I found Wheel Works http://www.wheel-works.com, they are based out of California and get wheels shipped to them from customers all over the country for repairs. They charged me 160.00 to repair my wheel (re-bend and balance it both vertically and horizontally) so there is no wobble even at 150+and you can barely see where the bend used to be. I'm sure they could re-bend a chromed wheel because they do Harley stuff too, but I'm sure you could just call and ask them about it. They told me they have never had a wheel that had been repaired ever come back from breaking, but I'm sure that any type of re-bending would weaken the metal a little bit.Just another option for you to consider that may cause less damage to the wheel than a rubber mallet or whatever you might try to use to pound out the bend!

 

I like Icefoxes idea. I do not like using second hand parts. There is no telling what some idiot did with them.