My bike came with spokes and I bought a set of take off cast wheels. They were complete and they bolted right on. No different spacers or anything like that.

 

The wheels I bought are completely bare. I'll have to transfer over hardware from my spoked wheels.

 

I’m thinking about doing this too. Nice street tires on the mags and more off road ones on the spokes. Less hassle than changing tires back and forth. I was looking at tire changes like the rabaconda but they’re upwards of $550. Seems like for a little more you’d just have a second set of wheels to easily swap.

 

Once you get past the initial investment it'll be worth it I think. Could comprimise but why do that I f you can avoid it. That's why I'm dumping my laced wheels. I never offroad the bike and only tour/do track days. The reduction in rotational mass and lack of spoke maintenance is gonna be nice.

 

To swap wheels back and forth, what do you do to avoid TPMS messages when riding with the wheels that dont have the original sensors?

 

I do.. I just ignore it.

I have thought seriously about employing a "jeep trick".. In which you place the TPMS sensors in a sealed section of schedule 40 PVC pipe and then pressurizing it with nitrogen to whatever pressure turns the light off. Then stow the pipe on the bike or zip-tie in to the frame somewhere. This pretty much disables the TPMS. The warning light is mainly on because it can't find TMPS sensors.. But if they were always on the bike, no issue. You might have to do one pipe for each sensor, I don't know if there is a single pressure setting that will satisfy both sensors..

The only reason I haven't done it is I'm afraid of building a small pipe bomb.. Sure, schedule 40 PVC can handle 450 PSI but it would be subject to the union of the cap adhesive... Maybe threaded black pipe or machined aluminum pipe? 42 psi isn't that much, I imagine it sounding like a 22 caliber rifle. Maybe I'm being over cautious or ridiculous.

 

I do.. I just ignore it.

I have thought seriously about employing a "jeep trick".. In which you place the TPMS sensors in a sealed section of schedule 40 PVC pipe and then inflate it with nitrogen to whatever pressure turns the light off. Then stow the pipe on the bike or zip-tie in to the frame somewhere. This pretty much disables the TPMS. The warning light is mainly on because it can't find TMPS sensors.. But if they were always on the bike, no issue. You might have to do one pipe for each sensor, I don't know if there is a single pressure setting that will satisfy both sensors..

The only reason I haven't done it is I'm afraid of building a small pipe bomb.. Sure, schedule 40 PVC can handle 450 PSI but it would be subject to the union of the cap adhesive... Maybe threaded black pipe or machined aluminum pipe? 42 psi isn't that much, I imagine it sounding like a 22 caliber rifle. Maybe I'm being over cautious or ridiculous.

That's a pretty good hack idea 💡 wouldn't worry no more about it than riding around while sitting on top of a hot engine with gallons of gasoline between your legs 😉