ClearwaterBMW
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well
i must have my decision by 0800 (EDT) on tuesday
so....
which wheels will get i get?
greg
i must have my decision by 0800 (EDT) on tuesday
so....
which wheels will get i get?
greg
If you intend doing any offroad, ever, or selling the bike to someone who might want to go offroad, or if you want the bike to look nice......
Spoked rims all the way!!!
(wonder will anyone notice I like spoked rims?)
Spoked rims all the way!!!
(wonder will anyone notice I like spoked rims?)
Chris Terry
Registered user
I prefer alloys, as I don't like spending hours cleaning & checking spokes. Alloys are fine for light rough but if you plan to do "stump jumping" & "quarry diving" go for spoked rims (as they can be beaten back to shape when bent). In my opinion the 12GS is a road machine that looks like an offroader !.
Go for alloys (and save money).
Go for alloys (and save money).
Wraithwrider
Guest
You!
Peter
Fanum
Toubab
I've heard several people who went for alloys wish they'd gone for the spokes, but none the other way around.
I'd get spokes.
I'd get spokes.
Big Lee
Registered user
Alloys, unless you love spending ages cleaning spokes 
Although the spokes do look good.
Although the spokes do look good.chippelmike
Registered user
What wheels?
Spokes of course
Gs,s look really cheap on alloys and I would think the resale value will reflect this. Mike.
Spokes of course
Gs,s look really cheap on alloys and I would think the resale value will reflect this. Mike.
TheJoker
Registered user
Spokes of course - they're more rare than those poofta alloys 
The labour of cleaning spoked wheels isn't much bigger if you get the right brigade of brushes and other tools.
I chose spokes for the coolness factor - I love the fact that you can change a spoke without taking the wheel off
If you're not bothered about the money, go for spoked wheels - if you'd rather have a gadget or beers, go for the alloys.
The labour of cleaning spoked wheels isn't much bigger if you get the right brigade of brushes and other tools.
I chose spokes for the coolness factor - I love the fact that you can change a spoke without taking the wheel off
If you're not bothered about the money, go for spoked wheels - if you'd rather have a gadget or beers, go for the alloys.
It all depends on the colour.....
If you are going to get a gurlie yellow bike, get spokes....looks better IMHO.
If you are getting the boring Blue.....Alloys, and if you are getting the really cool red one, it has to be alloys. Sooooo cool.
I've been green laning, track stuff, ireland where the roads are shite, and France where the roads are good....and the alloys have been no touble at all.
But make your own mind up!!
If you are going to get a gurlie yellow bike, get spokes....looks better IMHO.
If you are getting the boring Blue.....Alloys, and if you are getting the really cool red one, it has to be alloys. Sooooo cool.
I've been green laning, track stuff, ireland where the roads are shite, and France where the roads are good....and the alloys have been no touble at all.
But make your own mind up!!
gfspencer
Guest
I have wires and I DON'T spend HOURS cleaning them - and I keep a VERY clean bike - that gets ridden in the rain. Alloy wheels are easier to clean but not that much easier. (I have alloy wheels on another bike.)
Le singe
Guest
One of each?
Who's going to decide which is spoked,the front or the rear?
Who's going to decide which is spoked,the front or the rear?
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