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I ve just picked up a 1975 strada and it could do with new wheel rims and its forks rechroming, can anyone steer me in the right direction ( no pun intended ! ) Its a cracking bike but needs a little bit of fettling to let it shine .

It would help if we knew where you are.

Im in the new forest , milford on sea . cheers

I have had some wheels done at Brickwood Wheel Buiders ,Old Brickwood farm, West Grimstead, near Salisbury , tel 01722 712701 and can recomend them.The only problem is finding the place !
Good to see another Morini rider in this part of the world,that makes three I think

cheers,Dave.

cheers for that , i ll give them a buzz , I think there is another 3.5 in hordle who I need to look up . the bike is fab for around the forest and great fun . I ve always thought they were a good bike since my teens , 25 years later I proved myself right. I also ride a 1200 corsaro which is a real blast

mgb81 wrote:I ve just picked up a 1975 strada and it could do with new wheel rims and its forks rechroming....

New stanchions are available from Paoli-Tarozzi via Disco Volante (http://www.discovolantemoto.co.uk)

The cost difference isn't much and I haven't been totally happy with the finish I've got recently on re-chromed stanchions from Philpot Hard Crome (http://www.pittedforks.co.uk).

Perhaps I'm too late to offer advice, but I had wheels built by both Brickwood (as suggested) and Hagon.

Hagon, whilst slightly more expensive, did a VASTLY better job. I also found that posting a wheel to Hagon was easier than driving to Brickwood. It certainly cost me more than £25 of my time getting there and back.

What was the difference in quality? I asked both to polish the hubs, Brickwood was poor, Hagons was superb. I asked both to fit butted spokes, Brickwood forgot and fitted standard spokes. I had a slightly kinked Borrani Rim, Brickwood said it was irrepareable. Hagon charge £5 to fix it!

cheers for that , Im going to use the bike for the summer and sort out the wheels and stanchions as a winter project . Have you any pointers for tank and panels respray