Hi all,
I'm buying a year 2000 1150GS and have the option to take a pair of 17" alloy spare wheels (with discs and pt worn bridgestones). I've toyed with this being a good idea as I could have spare tyres on spare wheels for going off-road should the desire arrive.
My concern is that the original bike has bigger wheels and I wonder how the smaller wheels would affect the handling etc. As they're alloys I figured I'd put road tyres on them and knobblies on the alloys, but could go vice versa. Not completely convinced it's a good idea, given that I'm not likely to be doing much off road (never done any yet) but the option would be fun and I like to learn new skills.
Would appreciate any advice you could offer on the pro's and cons, and whether you think it a worthwhile thing to do. I've never done tyre changing at home, and would tend not to unless absolutely necessary as you can't balance tyres as well at home I wouldn't think, though I'm reasonably mechanical and sure I could learn if it's a worthwhile skill to collect, but having spare wheels would make changing out tyres a 10 minute job.
Cheers,
Justin.
I'm buying a year 2000 1150GS and have the option to take a pair of 17" alloy spare wheels (with discs and pt worn bridgestones). I've toyed with this being a good idea as I could have spare tyres on spare wheels for going off-road should the desire arrive.
My concern is that the original bike has bigger wheels and I wonder how the smaller wheels would affect the handling etc. As they're alloys I figured I'd put road tyres on them and knobblies on the alloys, but could go vice versa. Not completely convinced it's a good idea, given that I'm not likely to be doing much off road (never done any yet) but the option would be fun and I like to learn new skills.
Would appreciate any advice you could offer on the pro's and cons, and whether you think it a worthwhile thing to do. I've never done tyre changing at home, and would tend not to unless absolutely necessary as you can't balance tyres as well at home I wouldn't think, though I'm reasonably mechanical and sure I could learn if it's a worthwhile skill to collect, but having spare wheels would make changing out tyres a 10 minute job.
Cheers,
Justin.