CB11OO EX wheel rims

[sprint]

Hi

Are the wheel rims of the spoked EX anodised or natural alloy finish?

[Verlinia_imp]

I'm pretty sure they're anodized. They have a nice shine to them that I don't think you'd get with just a natural finish.

[Whoops]

The spokes on the 2017 EX are stainless steel instead of zinc-alloy plated on the previous models.

https://hondanews.eu/eu/lv/cars/media/pr...-cb1100-ex

"The CB1100 EX features redesigned 18-inch spoke wheels, wearing 110/80 R18 and 140/70 R18 front and rear tyres. Smaller aluminium hubs lace the wheel rim with 40 longer stainless steel (rather than the 48) zinc-plated spokes."

[Cormanus]

Doesn’t that say they’re zinc-plated stainless steel?

[sprint]

Thanks for the replies. The rims do look anodised, but there is nothing available to actually confirm?

Yes spokes are st/st, but nipples are only plated steel which are already corroding. Plan to replace one at a time when I change the tyres with nickel plated ones. I am hoping/assuming that by just replacing one at a time it will not cause the rim to go out of alignment?

[Whoops]

Doesn’t that say they’re zinc-plated stainless steel?

Well, it absolutely could be worded more clearly if there is a difference. I remember watching a review video that stated they were stainless, but now you have cast a bit of doubt on that.

Would you need to zinc-plate stainless steel? I would imagine if it wasn't necessary the bean counters would nix that from an accounting perspective during production. More than that though, stainless is already corrosion resistant. More resistant than zinc plating actually if the stainless steel is not some janky alloy.

When I ask Google if you should zinc plate stainless steel, it's AI response says:
"No, you generally should not zinc coat stainless steel because doing so can actually decrease its corrosion resistance, as the zinc layer can create a galvanic corrosion cell with the stainless steel, leading to faster degradation in certain environments; essentially, you are adding a less corrosion-resistant metal to a more resistant one, making the overall protection worse."

But then when you dig deeper on the citation for one of the responses, it gets a bit muddier.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Zn_pla...less_steel

I feel like I woke up this morning pretty confident that the things I know, I know. Now I'm not so sure. The cracks in the foundation are starting to show.

[Cormanus]

Crikey! I shouldn’t have clicked on the link.

My apologies for any part I may have played in corroding the foundations, Whoops.