Wheel Fixin'

[bhudgins]

Hi All,

I am in the St. Louis, MO area and have an R1150Rt (2003). I have a little bump on my front wheel (from pothole?) that is causing vibration in the front end when riding. I am looking to find someone locally who can straighten out my wheel. Any suggestions? Gateway (local dealer) has suggested Willie's Wheels in Denver. I would rather deal with someone locally if possible as I like to spend my $$ (Very hard to come by) locally if possible.

Other ideas? Live with it?

Have new tires (bought at the BMW Rally in St. Paul). Just need to get this wheel rollin' correctly.

Any advice is much appreciated. (Sorry for all the parenthesis).

Thanks-
Bill

 

[ragtoplvr]

I think your dealer meant this guy
http://www.woodyswheelworks.com/

those wheels are expensive. I want experience, no sense letting someone local learn on them. Not worth the risk.

Good Luck

Rod

 

[bikerfish1100]

Woody's has a great reputation, but have yet to use them.

I've used these guys for some K wheels. Brought them to tighter tolerances than BMW would have shipped them with.
Outstanding work, very fair pricing.

http://www.mcwheel.com/motorcycle.html

 

[roborider]

I sent my R90 spoke wheels to Woody's and they botched the job. Eventually we got it fixed, but it cost me a couple of months in downtime and there was no compensation or even an apology for the poor work.

I have used MCWheel about 5 times and every time it has been perfect, and fast.

MCWheel is the only place I will use in the future. I would NEVER use Woody's again, and I can't recommend them.

Don't worry about local. Pick a good downtime, like winter, and send it to MCWheel and get it done right.