An update on my spoke wheel conversion.

[Aussieflyer]

Is there an actual benefit to having spoked wheels?

Good question. Yes, there's two benefits:

1. They just look cool! Yep that's subjective, each to their own.

2. There can be a slight performance benefit due to Cb1100 spoked wheels being lighter than the mag wheels. The lighter wheels allow the bike to steer a little quicker and for the suspension to act bit faster. To get these benefits it's necessary to use the lightest tyre set up possible which means eliminating the tyre tubes and using tubeless tyres. I used an Outex tubeless conversion kit and refitted the original Dunlops - the handling improvement was noticeable and welcome however tubeless spoked wheels on a Cb1100 does not a hyper sports make!