I managed to get a mint set of wheels from a KLR300 that are fitted with Gold Excel rims. I'm going to strip them and use these rims as donors for the XT wheel rebuild.
There seems to be a fair bit of disinformation out their from the wheel building companies. Hagon don't supply Excel rims but have told me that the rims are drilled specifically for each bike and so a rim from one bike won't fit another.
I spoke to Talon who do sell Excel rims and they told me that they are all pre-drilled at the manufacturer stage so as long as it's the correct diameter and spoke hole number, it will fit.
The KLR spoke lacing patterns is the same as the XT, rim diameter is correct and 36 holes, so if I can sort out the correct spokes I can't see the problem.
So purchase of the KLR wheels/rims + two sets of S/S spokes will give a total of about £250. Half the price of Central Wheels (If I can build them)
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