From my somewhat limited experience of re-building wheels (tried three times, cocked it up twice and got it spot on once!) I�d have stab in the dark that he didn�t measure the dish or offset with the original wheel off the bike before he started, especially as a lot of drum braked commuter bikes (which sound like the sort he works on) have hub/rims in line. It�s a mistake I made (and a common one apparently); that of falsely assuming that all front wheel rims sit on the centre line of the hub - some do some don�t (almost all rears have a dish to accommodate the sprocket.)

Now, I confess I don�t know about XTX wheels specifically and their dish/offset, but I�m guessing this might/could have happened? Trouble is without a true OE spoked wheel to take measurements off it�ll be difficult to find out what it should be now, unless you can find one, get the specs from Yamaha or contact a wheel builder who does know?

I found the easiest way to measure the dish is to lay the wheel (with spacers in) on a flat surface so it rests on the spacer�s end. Then measure from the rim�s edge to the flat surface it�s sitting on. Repeat for the other side. This will give you the necessary measurements before you begin, in order to check the newly built wheel has the correct dish before refitting and give you a chance to adjust it.

I guess you could measure how much your wheel needs to move over to the left to be in the centre of the space between the forks by taking the distances from the inside of the fork legs (but this might isn�t going to be all that accurate). The spokes can then be loosened and retightened to pull the rim over by that amount.

Of course all the above is guesswork and assumes he (your fitter) had the correct spokes, got the left and right ones on the correct side of the hub and has tensioned everything properly. Were/are the fork legs aligned correctly before the pinch bolts were tightened?

getting it sorted!

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