Anyone seen this over on ADVrider. How sexy are they! Phwoaaar!
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288592
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288592
oooo,err! If I had a 1200 I wouldn't mind some wheels like this!
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As said, very sexy looking but.......
According to Woody, there's a saving of about 3lbs over the OEM wheel. You have to have saved a lot of weight elsewhere first to justify the swap on the basis of weight saving (even if it is unsprung weight).
According to Woody, there's a saving of about 3lbs over the OEM wheel. You have to have saved a lot of weight elsewhere first to justify the swap on the basis of weight saving (even if it is unsprung weight).
I'd think it probably has more to do with bling than weight saving. Not my cuppa but still very nice from a GSee engineering point of view
You could save 3lb by not stuffing that final mince pie down your throat over Chrimbo 
Nice looking bits of kit.
But why would one want to go from tubless tyres to tubed?????
That would add back one of the three pounds straight away
Any change from £1,000 ???
Yes, very beautiful - but how much for a pair?
Yes, very beautiful - but how much for a pair?
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Can he not afford tyres
Nooo
.............you can now buy tyres in several different colours other than just plain old fashioned black. Do try to keep up with these technological advances
This guy specified his in the latest off road camouglage colours
OK OK, they look great...........BUT, do they look great enough to warrant an obviously high amount of cash to fit to a GS??
Sure, maybe if I was building a HPN special - but I reckon that the wheels on the GSA look pretty fine already - nice black rims (that BMW invented to allow tube tyres) and a fine looking hub. Am I really going to notice a couple of pounds off the unsprung weight? Besdides you can't really see the front hub because we have a disc each side and the rear hub is mostly covered with the panniers that I seem to never remove!
I realise that I am talking to myself as I am certain that a large number of us have already mentally spent the money since seeing the pictures!
My wife calls it man jewellery
Sure, maybe if I was building a HPN special - but I reckon that the wheels on the GSA look pretty fine already - nice black rims (that BMW invented to allow tube tyres) and a fine looking hub. Am I really going to notice a couple of pounds off the unsprung weight? Besdides you can't really see the front hub because we have a disc each side and the rear hub is mostly covered with the panniers that I seem to never remove!
I realise that I am talking to myself as I am certain that a large number of us have already mentally spent the money since seeing the pictures!
My wife calls it man jewellery
Woodies Hubs
I have a set of woodies wheels on my beemer, and from all the work in getting them up and running , I would say the new hubs are made to sort out the problem with aligning BMW hubs with straight pull spoked rims like Excel
as you know the BMW Rims are designed for tubeless tyres inc the HP2 an spokes run to the outside of the rims, and when you try and align bmw hubs with excel rims the spokes have to be slightly "Cocked" or Bent to align with the center line as against the outside align with the BMW rims
is there any price for the hubs yet
pg
I have a set of woodies wheels on my beemer, and from all the work in getting them up and running , I would say the new hubs are made to sort out the problem with aligning BMW hubs with straight pull spoked rims like Excel
as you know the BMW Rims are designed for tubeless tyres inc the HP2 an spokes run to the outside of the rims, and when you try and align bmw hubs with excel rims the spokes have to be slightly "Cocked" or Bent to align with the center line as against the outside align with the BMW rims
is there any price for the hubs yet
pg
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