Triumph Tiger 955i - to spoke or not to spoke?
Hi, I am planning a two up trip from the UK east to OZ over approx. a year and have been thinking about what bike. I am coming round to an old lowish mileage Tiger 955i pending a test ride but have the dilemma on whether to go for the older spoke wheeled bike (looks the part) or the newer cast wheeled bike. I want to be able to plug basic punctures so if I buy the spoke wheel version I will want to seal the spokes to run tubeless tyres whilst carrying tubes to get me out of trouble. The cast wheels would be easier (no spokes to tighten that could then break the seal inside) but are they tough enough? I know this depends on the trails we travel so all I can say is that we are not off roaders but will go where we have to get where we want to go so this will probably include pot holed tracks etc. What do you think?
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