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Originally Posted by CaptMoto Ahh!! I see your mechanic is probably confused himself, The spokes on the GS1150 Beemers are fitted in the opposite way as conventional spokes, so much so that they are tightened on the edge of the hubs, you can just about see it in the pic below and, that the other part that goes into the rim is again fitted through an attachment that does not interfere with the inside perimeter of the rim itself. Which is a total different cattle of fish. Our Takasago Excel rims do not feature such avanced manufacturing and as you can see in the other pic below these are just hoops with eyelets for the spokes to be fed through and unless you have them sealed they will let the air pressure out if used without tubes.