Anyone still run silver rims?

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Edited Date/Time 5/14/2022 12:12pm
Please share your silver rim bikes, i'm bored of the dark side.
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llaliberte22 5/12/2022 1:42pm
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Went back to silver last summer on the 125, I'm also very bored of black bike and everything being black
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I have come full circle. Use to like the black and colored rims. After see photos of older bikes I’m starting to dig silver rims again.
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mbw479 5/12/2022 2:17pm
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Nothing wrong with silver rims, black looks good but scratching a black rim with a tyre lever sucks, with silver not so bad.
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I just bought a set of silver hoops to lace up for my KTM build that I really need to get cranking on again…
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Permeance_Flux wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549596/s1200_F60E1966_15C1_4C1A_9196_E4B827E7618F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549595/s1200_36208110_41D3_4521_BE89_EB70CE65BFBB.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549598/s1200_6C9F0E6D_CAF2_408D_ABEA_B792C4B88335.jpg[/img]




That's a clean 2006 RMZ
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flyliketrains 5/12/2022 5:05pm
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Rickyisms wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549602/s1200_1F690A11_6C20_48F7_A837_3B54F2735ECC.jpg[/img]

Is this an 80cc??? Looks really cool just seems like so much extra empty space around the motor. Not knocking just curious about the displacement.
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Rickyisms wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549602/s1200_1F690A11_6C20_48F7_A837_3B54F2735ECC.jpg[/img]

flyliketrains wrote:
Is this an 80cc??? Looks really cool just seems like so much extra empty space around the motor. Not knocking just curious about the displacement.
It’s David Pingrees 125 he built a couple years ago.
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Nathaniel129 wrote:
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Nice...Wink
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Motobeau179 5/12/2022 6:21pm
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Stock GasGas guys get the silver. Not bad, and not having to worry about scratching them is a plus.
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profeshenal125 5/12/2022 6:34pm
5/12/2022 6:34pm
2 hr 04 cr125 raining in single bike pics, they really shine bright in the sun. Other pic is 2 04,s and a 05 apart. I like silver wheels but I wish Honda stayed with gold 87 was the last year.




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Permeance_Flux wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549596/s1200_F60E1966_15C1_4C1A_9196_E4B827E7618F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549595/s1200_36208110_41D3_4521_BE89_EB70CE65BFBB.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549598/s1200_6C9F0E6D_CAF2_408D_ABEA_B792C4B88335.jpg[/img]




I spy Gorman
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500 Mike wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/12/549670/s1200_P9010005.jpg[/img]

The more time passes the more I think these are the best looking bikes ever made.
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Permeance_Flux 5/12/2022 7:20pm
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
I spy Gorman
Yes sir, was a sick day. I was the only one on the track and riding through the mist on a foggy day. Tbh, I sold the rm-z back in 2018. Low-key wish I still had it. Only thing I would change is the SFF fork on it, blowing through seals like crazy. Bike performed very well in the trails too.
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mattyhamz2 5/12/2022 7:34pm
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
I spy Gorman
Permeance_Flux wrote:
Yes sir, was a sick day. I was the only one on the track and riding through the mist on a foggy day. Tbh, I sold...
Yes sir, was a sick day. I was the only one on the track and riding through the mist on a foggy day. Tbh, I sold the rm-z back in 2018. Low-key wish I still had it. Only thing I would change is the SFF fork on it, blowing through seals like crazy. Bike performed very well in the trails too.
Those are the best kind of days at Gorman. I live close so I’ve ridden there many times when it’s drizzly and everyone else gets off the track so I’m the only one out there and those are some of the most fun days I’ve ever had on a bike.

Was that a 13?
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Permeance_Flux 5/12/2022 9:31pm
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
I spy Gorman
Permeance_Flux wrote:
Yes sir, was a sick day. I was the only one on the track and riding through the mist on a foggy day. Tbh, I sold...
Yes sir, was a sick day. I was the only one on the track and riding through the mist on a foggy day. Tbh, I sold the rm-z back in 2018. Low-key wish I still had it. Only thing I would change is the SFF fork on it, blowing through seals like crazy. Bike performed very well in the trails too.
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Those are the best kind of days at Gorman. I live close so I’ve ridden there many times when it’s drizzly and everyone else gets off...
Those are the best kind of days at Gorman. I live close so I’ve ridden there many times when it’s drizzly and everyone else gets off the track so I’m the only one out there and those are some of the most fun days I’ve ever had on a bike.

Was that a 13?
14, I was pretty disrespected when I ultimately traded it in at Malcolm Smith’s. Sales manager tried telling me they were going to have to spend 400 on replacement plastics and graphics, even though my bike was cherry. Meanwhile I see one of their demo FC450’s with weeping fork seals being sold in the front of their store. Too bad RM-Z resale is bad, or I wouldn’t have let it go to them.

I had a 18 fc350 after trade, and though I loved the motor on that thing, the chassis still wasn’t quite as good as the RM-Z. I felt that on the Suzuki, the harder you rode it the better it performs. Maybe I just prefer a stiffer frame, idk.
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OrangeJuice158 5/12/2022 10:21pm
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mbw479 wrote:
Nothing wrong with silver rims, black looks good but scratching a black rim with a tyre lever sucks, with silver not so bad.
Exactly why I prefer silver now
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JM485 5/12/2022 10:25pm
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I’m not a black rim fan at all, silver for me:


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tek14 5/12/2022 11:50pm
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Silver rims are ticket to 1970. Makes even modern bike look crap.
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