Stainless steel spokes

[pint6x]

Having seen Motorworks do a Stainless steel spoke kit for the GS at £39 + vat, I rang a spoked wheel building company in Salisbury ( www.brickwood.co.uk) to find out what they might charge to do the wheel rebuild.

They quoted £50 a wheel + vat and said it was a bugger of a job.

So approx £160 all in to have your GS wheels rebuilt with stainless spokes. Perhaps not.

 

[andy white]

Cheaper than James Sherlocks, I think its about £200 a wheel

 

[Deadskin]

Cheers Phil for the info

Been thinking about anodising the wheels ,
mabey black

G

 

[Smartbazza]

going down the anodising route also. thought of dark grey/silver to hide the dirt better than black.

 

[pint6x]

going down the anodising route also. thought of dark grey/silver to hide the dirt better than black.

is that rims & spokes or just rims ?

how much does it cost ?

 

[Deadskin]

Just the rims ala excell

 

[BiG DoM]

My understanding is that stainless spokes are weaker (had them on my F650 and had to replace a good number!) and that is why they are not OEM on the GS.

 

[Deadskin]

My understanding is that stainless spokes are weaker (had them on my F650 and had to replace a good number!) and that is why they are not OEM on the GS.

Any Adventure riders care to answer

 

[Bilks]

hELLO........



Nein........mine ist camuflarged !

Bilks. (were was u Gates last Tuesday - too dark ?)

 

[ROLLINSDAN]

Just the rims ala excell

Are these rims really excell?!

 

[snoopy]

Spokes on my 1150 are chromed - or have they cut back on recent models?

 

[philthy]

There's these as well

http://www.devonrimcompany.co.uk/bmw.htm

I get the impression a lot of wheelbuilders don't like doing them

 

[cookie]

I get the impression a lot of wheelbuilders don't like doing them

brickwood weren't interested when i last rang them. too much grief.

devon rim seemed much keener + they get more practise being down the road from sherlocks apparently