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Any local knowledge would be very much appreciated here. A damaged front rim means that I cannot ride any further for the moment. I'm sat in Aomori trying to find someone who can rebuild my wheel with a new rim or just get the current one into a working condition if at all possible.

Does anyone know of a good wheel builder in Japan? It would be easier to get to someone in northern Honshu or Hokkaido, but anywhere in Japan would do.
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Matt, hi there,

just got your message. I am located on Shikoku (also a TA rider). Let me see what I can do. Maybe get with my local dealer, also one of our teachers is "into" motorcycles and got his connections. I assume you are riding the European TA? Can you give me the size and other details for the rim. I will contact you again as soon as possible (mails to klausdorth{at}web.de).
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Matt, once again ....
My friend / teacher came up with this one:

http://page14.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/j...ion/s297466557.

Don't know whether this is what you are looking for!?!?!

Could not find anything else on the net so far.
One more option might be the Koushin Cruisers.
There is a US Forces base up in Aomori - those guys are also always willing to help a fellow traveller!!

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I talked to a friend who is a mechanic, and he said that the wheel from the 400 that is up for auction in Klaus's post 'should' fit your bike. It may need to have the bearings replaced to fit though. Bearings are easy to get, so this may be the best option. Having someone buy that wheel up for auction and send it to Aomori is probably the fastest and cheapest way.
If you go for a new rim to your old hub. Any decent bike shop should be able to handle that. In fact, a bicycle shop may even be better at lacing the spokes.

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Matt, did you solve your rim issue?
We haven't heard from you since your initial call for assistance.
I see from your SPOT tracker that you have moved on to Sendai.
Update us on what you need, and I am sure someone can come up with a solution for you!
In fact, there is a large Honda dealership about 2 km from the location of your last SPOT update.
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Not solved yet. I have moved on to Sendai since I was led to believe that it would be easier to solve here, but since arriving so many people have recommended stuff in Aomori I wish I had stayed there

That wheel from the 400 is no good unfortunately. It may fit but I need a dual disc version.

The Honda dealership here can rebuild it with a new rim but they want to do it in a very main-dealer-ish way. That is, 10 times the price it should be and using only genuine replacement parts. They want to get new spokes sent over from Italy.

Someone else sent through a list of garages in Sendai and other cities last night so I will spend the day visiting them before maybe moving on to Tokyo. I can get hold of the rim easily enough but I never thought finding someone to make a set of spokes would be this difficult.
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