Silver wheels - Unpopular opinion

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Edited Date/Time 2/27/2021 10:52am
With Gas Gas running silver wheels is a silver wheel comeback on the horizon??
Personally I'm over black wheels, 50+ hours and half a dozen tyre changes and they dont look as near as nice as a clean, polished set of silver wheels..
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731chopper 10/1/2020 5:03pm
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Black rims definitely don’t age nearly as well as silver but I still prefer them on some bikes. I think the silver looks fine on Gas Gas though.
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Dirty Points 10/1/2020 5:03pm
10/1/2020 5:03pm Edited Date/Time 10/1/2020 5:05pm
Anything but black.

And silver is the definitely the best from an ease-of-ownership standpoint.
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skeef 10/1/2020 5:06pm
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Growing up I always wanted black wheels, at the time all bikes came stock with silver. Now I find my OCD self putting extra strong sharpie cover ups on my black wheels. Although my KTM wheels with the matte finish have held up well. I dig the silver wheels on the Gas Gas. I still think a Suk with gold wheels is still the best looking set up.
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Sr_Vet_Rider 10/1/2020 5:10pm
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skeef wrote:
Growing up I always wanted black wheels, at the time all bikes came stock with silver. Now I find my OCD self putting extra strong sharpie...
Growing up I always wanted black wheels, at the time all bikes came stock with silver. Now I find my OCD self putting extra strong sharpie cover ups on my black wheels. Although my KTM wheels with the matte finish have held up well. I dig the silver wheels on the Gas Gas. I still think a Suk with gold wheels is still the best looking set up.
* Yellow rims
(Gold on 80’s Honda’s)
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Shezzy557 10/1/2020 5:16pm
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skeef wrote:
Growing up I always wanted black wheels, at the time all bikes came stock with silver. Now I find my OCD self putting extra strong sharpie...
Growing up I always wanted black wheels, at the time all bikes came stock with silver. Now I find my OCD self putting extra strong sharpie cover ups on my black wheels. Although my KTM wheels with the matte finish have held up well. I dig the silver wheels on the Gas Gas. I still think a Suk with gold wheels is still the best looking set up.
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
* Yellow rims
(Gold on 80’s Honda’s)
Silver wheels with a colour matched hub (blue for yamaha, red for honda etc.) Is the look factories need to go for
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Sr_Vet_Rider 10/1/2020 6:17pm
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Shezzy557 wrote:
Silver wheels with a colour matched hub (blue for yamaha, red for honda etc.) Is the look factories need to go for
I like that idea, but Suzuki’s need the YELLOW rims.
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vansnxtweek489 10/1/2020 6:21pm
10/1/2020 6:21pm Edited Date/Time 10/1/2020 6:21pm
I remember when I saved all my grass cutting money to get a set of black BBR wheels for my TTR125. Everytime I changed tires a lost a few tears over the marks. I tried rim savers, cut up milk jugs, even pieces of rubber, still got marked up. One thing is for sure though, she was the baddest looking TTR at Currituck MX.

Of course it was the only TTR there...but anyway.

Black FTW!!!
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500 Mike 10/1/2020 6:24pm
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I guess I am too old school. Silver rims only for me. I had an "83 Maico Sand Spider with gold rims once. They were just OK...... but loved the power of that thing.
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Shezzy557 10/1/2020 7:19pm
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Shezzy557 wrote:
Silver wheels with a colour matched hub (blue for yamaha, red for honda etc.) Is the look factories need to go for
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
I like that idea, but Suzuki’s need the YELLOW rims.
i've got a rmz that i want to keep purely because it has yellow rims
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hubbardmx50 10/1/2020 7:29pm
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#SilverWheelsMatter Smile
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crc245 10/1/2020 7:42pm
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Bring em' back!
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motoarmageddon 10/1/2020 8:37pm
10/1/2020 8:37pm
Dubya USA would love it if silver rims came back. They would make a ton of money selling black rims to the new bike buyers
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Lurk Ing 10/1/2020 9:58pm
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Chasing a gold 1.60 x 12 28 spoke and 1.40 x 14 32 spoke rims ATM for a decent price if anyone knows
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Jardo 10/2/2020 7:36am
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Okay, Here's my theory:

A bike comes with chrome rims from factory looks okay but as it ages starts looking goonish and stock. That Same bike, you add black aftermarket wheels to and it looks beautiful. Same goes for the opposite situation. Bike comes stock with black rims and as it ages starts looking goonish. Add aftermarket silver wheels and now it looks beautiful.

Another point. I have a '19 crf with the stock black rims. I like the look of silver wheels on this bike but I would never get them because I feel it makes my bike look like a too '17ish.
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FWYT 10/2/2020 8:41am
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Personally, I am way over any color-anodized aluminum bits. Look cool when new, but
fade and get knicked and then look like shit. Ain't got the time or $$$ for that.
I'd rather buy fresh tires and fluids.
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Falcon 10/2/2020 8:45am
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I'm with you, FWYT. There are a lot better things I can waste my money on than different-colored hoops.

(Now, if I needed to replace a wheel set, I'd consider changing colors. I like the blue wheels on the factory Yamahas... now if they'd only drop the black plastic. Sick )
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ATKpilot99 10/2/2020 8:48am
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Silver is all I like now . Used to be on the black rim bandwagon. I've never liked any other color besides those two including gold Sick
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Adam43 10/2/2020 9:07am
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Have always hated black wheels, and I'm sure most folks who change their own tires agree.
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DJS721 10/2/2020 9:25am
10/2/2020 9:25am Edited Date/Time 10/2/2020 9:27am
Bought the new KX450 and not a fan of the black rims....these will be silver in the near future

Black frames, plastic, wheels....on dirt bikes is just a bad idea IMO
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cjgarza21 10/2/2020 9:33am
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Jardo wrote:
Okay, Here's my theory: A bike comes with chrome rims from factory looks okay but as it ages starts looking goonish and stock. That Same bike...
Okay, Here's my theory:

A bike comes with chrome rims from factory looks okay but as it ages starts looking goonish and stock. That Same bike, you add black aftermarket wheels to and it looks beautiful. Same goes for the opposite situation. Bike comes stock with black rims and as it ages starts looking goonish. Add aftermarket silver wheels and now it looks beautiful.

Another point. I have a '19 crf with the stock black rims. I like the look of silver wheels on this bike but I would never get them because I feel it makes my bike look like a too '17ish.
I’ll trade you the stock silver rims off my 18 😎
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Phil109 10/2/2020 10:09am
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Black rims look cool sitting in the garage all clean. Once on the track is doesn’t matter. Main thing I hate as always mentioned, is I can make a black rim look like a zebra after a few tire changes 😂
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Mr. Afterbar 10/2/2020 10:20am
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I still like black rims. My vehicles have black rims too. Not as cool as when they all came stock with silver. Agree on Suzuki's and yellow rims!
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crowe660 10/2/2020 10:43am
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If you’re trying to impress the track snacks, silver wheels make you look faster.
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pete24 10/2/2020 11:31am
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im living in the past and have always liked silver rims heres my 20 kawi with 89 graphics

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Lastander 10/2/2020 12:01pm
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Silver rims and red hubs matter
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Scull79 10/2/2020 7:17pm
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Black rims don’t matter. Silver rims rule!
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feelit2morrow 10/2/2020 8:14pm
10/2/2020 8:14pm
I remember the wheels that were 2 colors from the early 00's... Anything but those.
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Lightning78 10/2/2020 8:29pm
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My kx250 has those shoulderless silver trims and I think they're sweet
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Thisusernameisavailable 10/3/2020 4:24am
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Shezzy557 wrote:
Silver wheels with a colour matched hub (blue for yamaha, red for honda etc.) Is the look factories need to go for
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
I like that idea, but Suzuki’s need the YELLOW rims.
Absolutely agree with both the last comments!
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