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Im looking to get some bigger rims for my 07 america. The only ones Im finding are the BC ones which are wire wheels. Are there any other options? Where can I find compatible rims? Thanks for any suggestions!

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Thanks for the links! From what I can tell tho both of these are still wire wheels tho. Im looking for a bigger wheel that isnt a wire wheel.

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If they were available they'd be just as expensive as any other custom wheels. I think my buddy paid $3600 for a set of RC Comp billet wheels about 10 years ago. Custom wheels are about your only option, I'm thinking, and they're spendy. Other than, say the Metric TV contestant(s), most people around here (myself included) are too chea... er, I mean too frugal to do that. Large wire spoke rims are within reach of most people from a cost perspective.

Ah, I see. That explains it. Thanks. I just dont have the wire hubs so without that I cant do the upgrade. I'll see what the wired options are.

Thanks again!

actually , to go to a larger front rim (say a 21") and not have to change out stuff, you will need to have a larger rim laced onto your stock hub............

Steven, if you're serious you may see about trading your alloys for wire wheels with a member here. Simple solution for the cost of freight and some tire unmounting/mounting.

Put an ad in Classifieds if you're serious.

RE: trading your alloys for wire wheels

That's a great suggestion. Let me do the math and see what it would work out to. I have a limited budget and need to pick and choose what I do. I just figured if I were going to all the effort to rake out the front end it made sense to do that with the larger rims installed. May make more sense to keep mine, but dang they look good with the larger rims!

Yes, yes they do.

http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/524/dougs-2003-bonneville-america/

John, dammit you just HAD to post pics of Doug's bike again didn't you!

MuwahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

21 by 3.5 inch front and 17 by 5.5 rear


with 18 by 3.5 front wheel

Has anybody ever tried to crosschange the Thruxton or Bonneville wheels?

I'll tell ya, if I had some extra cash layin' around, I would go with exactly the rim/tire setup that Grzegorz now has on his bike, 'cause not only goin' to a 17-incher in the rear allows for more "modern" rubber options, but I think it looks better than the stock 15-incher back there, because I think it balances the overall look of the bike between the front and rear better too.

Ya see, I've always thought the stock 15-incher back there looks slightly too "meaty" from a side view of the bike and in comparison to the stock front 19" rim/tire.

And, that front 21-incher Grzegorz(and Doug, and a few others have gone to around here) has on his bike also just looks better and more "correct" up there than does the stock 19-incher, because of how the forks on our bikes are raked-out and longer than are on the standard Bonnies.

(...in other words, I REALLY like the looks of Grzegorz's bike, including how he's blacked out the front end...well, that is except I'll NEVER understand why the heck the guy didn't go ahead and black-out the lower triple-tree TOO???...but then again I've told him that to his face when I was over in Europe a few years ago...didn't I, Grzegorz ol' buddy?!)