Okay, so I have made a boo-boo and I'm trying to work out which way I go from here.
My cruiser came with a steel spare wheel, which I don't mind the steel part, but it doesn't have the 60mm offset. It used to be so bad that it would only be 5mm off the tie down rail, but after performing surgery it now clears the tray, but it really would only be suitable as a get out of jail card if I had to put it on. Added to that rotating the tyres becomes a painful job as the tyre would need to be swapped off the rim, or I let it get old and never let it wear out..
So I had the genius idea of buying a 5th factory mag. Problem solved right? Well I managed to source a set of 4 (he wouldn't split them) and got them home, and realised that while they are very similar, they are not identicle. Mine are the shiny ones with the lip on the centre cap, and the ones I bought look painted/matt finish and the centre cap doesn't have the lip. I'm assuming that they are both factory mags, and probably a different option available at the time. Or was one from the 105 vs the 100 series?
Besides cosmetics, is there any functional difference? ie could I still use it as a spare, and just kinda drive around with one odd looking rim. Or should I just sell them and learn my lesson and try again? I'm leaning toward selling them, but before I list them I kinda want to know why the two types exist for my own personal information and to make sure the next guy doesn't make the same mistake.
My cruiser came with a steel spare wheel, which I don't mind the steel part, but it doesn't have the 60mm offset. It used to be so bad that it would only be 5mm off the tie down rail, but after performing surgery it now clears the tray, but it really would only be suitable as a get out of jail card if I had to put it on. Added to that rotating the tyres becomes a painful job as the tyre would need to be swapped off the rim, or I let it get old and never let it wear out..
So I had the genius idea of buying a 5th factory mag. Problem solved right? Well I managed to source a set of 4 (he wouldn't split them) and got them home, and realised that while they are very similar, they are not identicle. Mine are the shiny ones with the lip on the centre cap, and the ones I bought look painted/matt finish and the centre cap doesn't have the lip. I'm assuming that they are both factory mags, and probably a different option available at the time. Or was one from the 105 vs the 100 series?
Besides cosmetics, is there any functional difference? ie could I still use it as a spare, and just kinda drive around with one odd looking rim. Or should I just sell them and learn my lesson and try again? I'm leaning toward selling them, but before I list them I kinda want to know why the two types exist for my own personal information and to make sure the next guy doesn't make the same mistake.