Which front wheel can I swap mine for? (Had an accident)

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Manfred2025
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Which front wheel can I swap mine for? (Had an accident)

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To make a long story short I recently had another terrible accident with my 2006, 650 Rap. This time I was riding in a straight line at 130km/h and the front wheel basically broke like glass in pieces. Looking at the history of the bike at the dealer I found out that the front wheel had been repaired in a "reputable" workshop in 2010 (way before I bought the bike). It's evident to me now, that faulty repair was the cause of my previous accident too.

My question now is if anyone knows which other bike front wheel could I swap mine for? I'm asking this because I wish to avoid the burden of buying a motorcycle wheel and importing from Europe.

Your help would be greatly appreciated, greetings from Mexico.
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Wow hope you are ok!... Some technical peeps might be about later to help


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Try and get one from a breakers.
There is someone who specialises in breaking Raptors on eBay.
I will try and find there user name.
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