I built my first motorcycle wheel using a rusty rim (snad-blasted and powder coated), and a seperate hub, and a selection of recycled spokes for my Ural.
I did it all using a wooden wheel-balancer, made from wood lying around the house!!
I am no skilled wheel builder, but my result came out pretty well using the information oon this webpage:
Spoke Wheel Re-building and Truing - webBikeWorld
As for balancing, if you are using the same tyre on the same rim, as long as you try to keep the same spokes for the same holes (where possible), I would say just mark the tyre with chalk and a corresponding mark on the rim, and then mount the tyre to match this mark on re-assembly, and I think you will be 98% percent there...
HTH
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