A pair of fresh spokes determine the face of a classic motorcycle. But more than once problems have arisen by enthusiasts who cut the old spokes out of cost savings themselves and proudly arrived at the spokes specialist with the remark: "Do me new rims and spokes".
The problem is that often the spoke specialist has to look in his crystal ball whether the hubs are 'offset', off center, or not.
So always go with the wheels in their saddest condition, but as complete as possible to the spokes specialist.