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Wheel identification?

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So after quite a bit of searching (here and everywhere else) I have been unable to find any info on this set of wheels that arrived with my projects.
I have all the brake parts to make it work but was curious to know what kind they are!
No numbers or casting marks on any part of the wheels. Really weird.
The look kind of like some Lester ones I've seen but not quite the same!
Any clarity would be cool and thanks in advance for info.
 

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They look like Lester wheels. A popular alternative to be able to run tubeless tires back in the 1970s. The Moto Guzzi internals should bolt right up in that front wheel.
 
I thought the same thing.
The front had dual discs on it, from which I pulled the hats to get the wheel straightened.
Sadly the floating discs are so rusted they may not be revived.
All of the Lester wheels I saw actually had part numbers cast into them and try as I might I couldn't find ones with this particular spoke anyway, made even more fun due to lack of numbers or anything else in the casting.
These look more like the Skyway mags I had on my bmx bike in the mid 80s than like the snowflake style things I found on the interwebs.

The other entertaining thing I hadn't thought about was learning that there are tubes in (only some?) wheels.
You can tell I know squat about motorcycles in general.
The spoked wheels obviously would need tubes but cast ones probably no?
Oh, the learning curve-
 
If there are retention ridges on the rims, you can run tubeless. They help to hold the bead in place if pressure drops. If not, you should run tubes.
 
Absolutely those.
Apparently (kind of?) a rare model because yours are the only others I've seen.
Good to see that I'm not looking at a hodgepodge of things that won't work.
 
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