Rocket Ron, will you be purchasing your KTM at Rocket Motorcycles in San Diego, just off of Morena Blvd?

A nice enough shoppe, to be sure.

The Toad favours the Triumph Tiger, but alas, both of these other wise excellent mounts are shod with inferior tube type wheels.

Good luck getting the rear off of the KTM. From what I have read, 'tis nigh on impossible with out the aid of a motorcycle shop. It is unconscionable that manufacturers are too cheap to fit proper wheels to such powerful (and expensive!) bikes. A flat with tubes can be disasterous. Unlike the superior tube less wheels (also known initially as "safety wheels"), tubed wheels lose air instantly.

Not good.

Would you have tubed wheels on your car? Of course not. I may yet test ride this bike, but most likely I will avoid it. I could not ride it for any distance with out being haunted by the spectre of being stranded by a tiny nail.

I just do not understand the thinking behind the use of these archaic wheels. Other than the sheer beauty of a spoked rim and their inherent resilience to pot holes, what have they to offer. Spoked wheels in tube less flavours are offered by other manufacturers...

By the way, my current motorbike runs on tubes, and yes, I do not care for it, but it was what I could afford. I can afford a KTM or Triumph, but I am having difficulty justifying their (for lack of a better term) cheapness as regards wheels. I looked into having my rims sealed, but determined it was utterly unsafe (for me).

The Lord be with you.

The Toad