This is the truest statement yet.

 

I never had to clean the mags on my fxdl. Cant see dirt on black mags.

 

That was my experience. Couldn't tell a difference.

Exactly.

 

The first time you have a "blowout" with your tubed spoked wheels, you will appreciate the slow leak down of a tubeless tire on a cast wheel. A tube is like having a balloon inside of your tire.

 

Some laced wheels are tubeless.

 

True. The first time I saw those was on a California Moto Guzzi about 12 years ago, at Baxter Cycles' annual event at Marne, Iowa. The end of the spokes were in the outer edge of the rim, not over the tube.

 

I've had both; couldn't really tell the difference. I do enjoy the ease of maintenance on the cast wheels of my RK though...

 

I have spokes, look good and hard to clean. The issue with spoke rims is they require tubes and spokes come loose, not a lot but they do and then require truing. I would go cast over spoke, my .02

 

Charloo, the next time you have to true your wheels, due to loose spokes:

Put one drop of blue Loc Tite on the end of each spoke, inside your rim, before you put your rim strip back on, after truing the rim.

You will possibly never have a loose spoke again.

 

Agreed. Plus, a tube change on the side of the road is no fun. With a cast wheel it's mostly plug and go.

Most Harley spoked wheels are tubes so you have a better than 90 percent chance it's tubed.

Other than subjective aesthetics, for a cruiser-type bike, I see zero advantage to spokes. I dislike the skinny front tire on my bike and plan on a cast wheel sooner than later.

I've had both and the fatter cast wheel handled markedly better than this spoked wheel.

I wouldn't worry about unsprung weight. It's unnecessary on a street bound Harley.