spoked wheels, or not??

[ghost-rider]

hi all, seen a nice 1200 gs today, but it had spoked wheels, what are the pros and cons of these?, or are there any???, or is it purely personal choice???

cheers, Andy

 

[Decster]

or is it purely personal choice???

Spoked wheels are for serious off-road. They are heavier if weight is an issue for you.

I prefer the look of the GS with spoked wheels

 

[Bryn]

hi all, seen a nice 1200 gs today, but it had spoked wheels, what are the pros and cons of these?, or are there any???, or is it purely personal choice???

cheers, Andy

The spoked ones IMHO look much better than the cast ones Its down to personal choice though as you say...

If it were me spoked wheels would be an added bonus

 

[John Armstrong]

Spoked wheels look "right". Heavier, so not so good for the handling, if you surname is Rossi.

Alloys best for the road, easier to clean and don't look "right" on a GS.

YMMV and All IMHO

 

[cowboy]

THERE IS ONLY ONE WHEEL AND THAT WHEEL IS SPOKED

 

[Twotter]

THERE IS ONLY ONE WHEEL AND THAT WHEEL IS SPOKED

Don't you need two though ???

 

[Micky]

1) Spoked wheels much stronger than the alloy ones but harder to clean

2) Spoked wheels look the biz

3) Alloy wheels look naff on a 'macho' bike

4) Alloy wheels made of putty and will dent at the slightest sign of a pothole



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[RogerJ]

Spoked wheels, or not??

Micky's 4th point is spot on. Spoked wheels will deflect a good bit fartherunder impact like potholes and such before they go out of true. Under same impact a cast wheel will bend/flatten and stay that way. Spokes are the way to go and the cleaning isn't so bad. Cheers!

 

[wadham]

I have just bought a GSA with spoked wheels, my first bike without alloys since all bikes had spokes in the 1970's - except the Yam RD 400 of course. And thats a good thing to remember, that all bikes used to have wire wheels.

I worried and had a GS 1200 before with alloys, but I really have not noticed any difference on the GSA. Its fine it works and no problems.

 

[VAL. H.]

hi all, seen a nice 1200 gs today, but it had spoked wheels, what are the pros and cons of these?, or are there any???, or is it purely personal choice???

cheers, Andy

You order your bike with spoked wheels and I'll then swap you my allies

 

[ghost-rider]

thanx lads!!, some good posts there, i had a feeling there would be no problem with spokes(apart from the cleaning!!), but i just thought id ask to see if anybody had ever come across any problems.

 

[patboy]

Spoked wheels, no problem, I have them on my 05 GS and there great easy to clean and look the biz. Spray on diluted muc off use a soft brush and they come up a treat. Easy Peasy!