beemerboy Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 On 5/17/2024 at 6:18 AM, Rougarou said: .............See the Kalamata and gold look purty good First time I saw the GS in Kalamata I thought it was a U.S. Army issue motorcycle. As for y'all who don't care for the "Goldilocks" wheels, all I can say is don't make me go all SonofSaturn on your butts! 1 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 I skipped over this thread because gold wheels, no. But it sure took a turn there for a while, old FT days coming back. Since it's back to gold wheels, I'm out. The first post with gold wheels actually looks pretty good. Don't tell anybody I said that. 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 5 hours ago, Hosstage said: I skipped over this thread because gold wheels, no. But it sure took a turn there for a while, old FT days coming back. Since it's back to gold wheels, I'm out. I know, that was unexpected (was it even related ) I’m not going back to reread but it was kind of fun. 2 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 11 hours ago, beemerboy said: First time I saw the GS in Kalamata I thought it was a U.S. Army issue motorcycle. As for y'all who don't care for the "Goldilocks" wheels, all I can say is don't make me go all SonofSaturn on your butts! Every now and then, one of these will pop up on govdeals.com. All the ones I've seen had ultra low mileage,.....tan ones "sorta" have gold rims And they'll sell for $8-12k 2 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 21 minutes ago, Rougarou said: Every now and then, one of these will pop up on govdeals.com. All the ones I've seen had ultra low mileage,.....tan ones "sorta" have gold rims And they'll sell for $8-12k Do you lean more towards being a tan, or a green soldier? Oops, I did it again! JP8 is just really clean diesel, least that’s how I understood it. Would those bikes run on regular pump diesel? I would think yes but… 1 Link to comment
F16Viper68 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 You know what would make that GS 12 hours ago, beemerboy said: First time I saw the GS in Kalamata I thought it was a U.S. Army issue motorcycle. As for y'all who don't care for the "Goldilocks" wheels, all I can say is don't make me go all SonofSaturn on your butts! You know what make that bike look more like Army issue? Black rims. 1 Link to comment
beemerboy Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 9 minutes ago, F16Viper68 said: You know what would make that GS You know what make that bike look more like Army issue? Black rims. 4 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, TEWKS said: Do you lean more towards being a tan, or a green soldier? Oops, I did it again! JP8 is just really clean diesel, least that’s how I understood it. Would those bikes run on regular pump diesel? I would think yes but… 1 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 This thread is turning out to be a Keep It Funny thread. Y'all be crackin me up. 1 1 Link to comment
F16Viper68 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Well I think I found a solution which should satisfy both the silver and gold rim crowd. 1 Link to comment
F16Viper68 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 One thing that's always confused me about the gold rims is why are the hubs black? On my 2015 GS I have silver rims and silver hubs. 2019 black rims and black hubs. But the gold is a mix. Link to comment
roadscholar Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Nah, blue anodized wheels were the original cool setup : ) Gold wheels are from the 70's when BBS started making modular 3 piece wheels for race cars (so you could change widths, and tires w/o a tire machine) then it became a thing and morphed into street cars. 1 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, F16Viper68 said: Well I think I found a solution which should satisfy both the silver and gold rim crowd. That hurts my eyes. Link to comment
MikeB60 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 12 hours ago, TEWKS said: Do you lean more towards being a tan, or a green soldier? Oops, I did it again! JP8 is just really clean diesel, least that’s how I understood it. Would those bikes run on regular pump diesel? I would think yes but… JP8 is basically kerosene. I suspect they would actually run better on diesel we lost a little power in the Bradley when we made the switch in Desert Shield. The switch made since for the Army as we only needed one fuel for all ground and aviation equipment. My Bradleys went through 3 or 4 sets of fuel filters at first because the JP8 killed the algae and loosen up the crud in our fuel cells. 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 1 hour ago, Rougarou said: I'm for these 1 1 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 1 hour ago, Rougarou said: I'm for these I forgot about those! A friend of mine said her sister arrived to pick her up to go shopping with really bad spinner hub caps on her crappy Ford Escort, so cheap that they rubbed as they spun, making a nice tin clinking sound as they spun. She looked at them, looked at her sister, and said, "Nope", and went back in the house. 2 1 Link to comment
F16Viper68 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, MikeB60 said: JP8 is basically kerosene. I suspect they would actually run better on diesel we lost a little power in the Bradley when we made the switch in Desert Shield. The switch made since for the Army as we only needed one fuel for all ground and aviation equipment. My Bradleys went through 3 or 4 sets of fuel filters at first because the JP8 killed the algae and loosen up the crud in our fuel cells. Oh lord I just had flashbacks to when we converted our F-16’s from JP-4 to JP-8. So, so many fuel leaks, fuel probe issues, and incorrect fuel readings we encountered. It took us months to get those things dialed in. Shudder. 1 Link to comment
beemerboy Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 3 hours ago, Rougarou said: I'm for these Nice! You're letting your inner pimp come through! By the way, is it me or has this thread gotten way off track? Not that I give a damn......where's @dirtrider?? I feel the need to discuss welding techniques. 1 2 1 Link to comment
9Mary7 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 23 hours ago, TEWKS said: Would those bikes run on regular pump diesel? I would think yes but… Those bikes are made to run on almost anything....... I'd love to have one but not at the price they get for 'em. 1 Link to comment
syntorz Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 I keep coming back to this thread with hopes that someone's reply reveals how to make the spoked gold and black wheels work on a K1300S... Yes, I love the look and would buy in for sure! Link to comment
roadscholar Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 5 hours ago, syntorz said: I keep coming back to this thread with hopes that someone's reply reveals how to make the spoked gold and black wheels work on a K1300S... Yes, I love the look and would buy in for sure! Up thread before the pimp-daddy spinning wheels I mentioned BBS of Germany made the first gold racing wheels which more or less started the fad. I can't find it now but you can buy their wheel paint in aerosol cans. It's not cheap (saw it earlier on ebay for $57.) because they use actual gold flakes mixed with clear to get the proper color. Don't be fooled by imitators, it's not the same. Edit, in the early 80's Yamaha made some limited editions called Midnight Specials that were black with gold wheels and hubs. Don't know if you can still get the paint but they looked good and were very close to BBS gold. 2 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 So the choice is ugly, or ugly with gold wheels. Ok then. 1 Link to comment
EdM Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 I'm a fan of the gold wheels. I like to think I started the trend way back when I had a set of gold wheels built by Woody's for my F800GS. Love the gold wheels on my current F850GSA. Now the triple black, I just can't understand why anyone would want that. 3 1 1 Link to comment
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