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WM or CM profile?

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So i bought this 18" aluminum rear wheel for my triumph and after removing the tire, I think I know why it was so cheap. I was told it was from a sportster and is stamped 43008-70. Can anyone tell by the shitty pic if it is a CM or WM profile?
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That can be cleaned with walnut shell, in a blasting booth or outside on a big plastic tarp ... lets you recover some of the walnut shell .... local blasting store shold have it .... i keep 2 big 80 lb bags around ...
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It cleaned up no problem. I found the reason it was so cheap is because it is definitely a CM profile. I was told that in the early 70's Harley made wheels that could only use a specific type of Goodyear tire (the CM) profile. If I mount a WM, TL, or MT type tire to it the wheel will spin on the tire under heavy braking or acceleration. The correct type tires are of course no longer made.
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Check with Coker Tire.... seen too many restored bikes , with them on .... they do a lot of the old profiles....
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