We stopped at the local motorcycle boneyard and found a front wheel that should work for the dragon trike. It’s a 2.50×17 from a Honda CL70 Passport scooter/moped.

It was probably serviceable as is, but most of the spokes were lightly rusted, and the hub was a bit unsightly, so I elected to unlace it. Having trued a wire spoke wheel in the past using these and other directions, I think I can rebuild it. Besides, now I can paint the hub purple like the engine pieces.

If it sounds tedious to remove 36 spokes, wire brush each and sort them by the bend in the head, don’t try it with 120.

The same boneyard had a new tire of the proper size, a Cheng Shin moped tire. It was only $7, so it was hard to pass it up, but upon reflection, maybe I should have. It’s rated at a maximum speed of 50 km/h. That’s 30 mph for US. I found a nice Michelin Gazelle rated for at 93 mph from BikeBandit. It’s on the way.