I’d started changing a few rusty spokes, which you can do with the wheel in the bike, just let the tyre pressure down fairly low just enough to stop the nipple falling inside the rim, then unscrew the nipple and remove the spoke.
However on closer inspection most of the nipples were rusty, so I decided remove the tyre and strip the wheel, doing wheel bearings and seals at the same time.
Spokes and nipples came from SM Pro Wheels. Who are part of Central Wheel Components.
Job was pretty straight forward pull bearings, ones in the hub I pressed out then swap spokes and nipples. Due to the spoke lacing I found it easier to do groups of 3 spokes then rotate the wheel 180 and do another 3 to keep the rim true.
Bearing and seal part numbers are shown in the gallery. One side of the wheel has a Nilos seal which is basically a metal washer. Bearing used were all Koyo. I also replaced all the cush drive rubbers with parts from Gear 4 Motorcycles.
The closeup pictures of the rim show changing individual spokes. Once undone with my spoke tool, I unscrewed the head to allow me to spin it between the spokes for removal. All of the spokes were corroded in and required pliers to assist in their removal.
Hub was given a full clean prior to reassembly.
Anthony at Haines fitted and balanced a new Pirelli Scorpion rear tyre for me and when balancing confirmed the rim was perfectly true. Interestingly he was also able to remove most of those enormous lead weights you can see in the photos, as they weren’t required to balance the tyre.