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My most recent experience with spokes/tube type tires has been on my W650. Knock on wood, but at 47000 miles, no flats, blowouts, etc. No maintenance on spokes other than to check periodically for loose ones. I do make it a point of installing new tires (BT45s) at a specific mileage rather than waiting for the tread to vanish. Much less chance of a puncture this way.
BMW takes a different approach to spoke wheels on their GS type bikes. My 1991 GS has wheels mfg'd by Akront, a Spanish company I believe. They cross-brace the spokes, in other words the spokes attached to the right side of the hub are attached to the left side of the rim, and vice versa. They also attach the spokes to the very outside edge of the rim, outside the tire bead. This allows them to run tubeless tires on a spoked wheel. I suppose a broken spoke could be changed with the tire on the rim, although I've never had to do this.
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2003 T100 (790cc) Lucifer Org and Silv: 122/42 jets, TORs, 17T, UNI filter, no AI, Polaris bellmouth, Metzeler ME880 tires, Progressive 440 shocks (105/150 springs),11-1126 fork springs, gaiters, MotoTwin low bars, 6024 lamp, htd grips, 12v outlet.
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