'Mags' Instead Of Spokes For Motocross Bikes?

[KXwestYZ]

Hi I was just wondering if it was possible to get 'mag' wheels instead of spoke wheels for motocross bikes? I have a KX 250 and everytime I go out I clean it from top to bottom and the bloody spokes take about 75% of the time to clean!! lol

I have googled a lot about this and cant find anything - I see plenty of BMX bikes and normal motorbikes with mag wheels but not seen any motocross bikes with them or any companies offering them..

Can anyone help?> 

[Sapper]

Though they are strong for bicycles, they could never hold up to the abuse a mx bike would give it. They would bend too easily and not recover and most likely crack.

[SachsGS]

1970's Rokon 340s had magnesium "mag" wheels.

[socalcajun]

Damn you clean your spokes?  Nothing a good pressure washing won't take of.

[JETZcorp]

All the attention I pay to my spokes is to blast 'em with the hose after every third ride or something.  I suspect they probably like having a little grease on there to keep things nice and rust-free.  It's like the chain, you don't want to just blast away whatever protective agent it's got, particularly if you're doing so with a rust-causing medium like water, as in pressure-washing.  A quick one-over on the rims with some moderate pressure is enough for me.  If you want to do an "out-of-the-crate" restoration, I guess you'd want to detail it but I don't see any reason to mess with it otherwise.

[TMKIWI]

You wash your bike jetz ?

[JETZcorp]

Occasionally, I hose it down.  Like I said, about every third trip or so.  I honestly don't see the point of detailing it down to museum spec, just so it will go right back to how it was after fifteen seconds of riding.  If I had so many bikes that one or more of them would park for a season, I'd give it the toothbrush but I can't justify all that effort for two bikes that I ride every year and that really no one ever sees in the garage.  Well, except for my step-brother who lives in the garage, but he doesn't care.

[2T Institute]

Hi I was just wondering if it was possible to get 'mag' wheels instead of spoke wheels for motocross bikes? I have a KX 250 and everytime I go out I clean it from top to bottom and the bloody spokes take about 75% of the time to clean!! lol

I have googled a lot about this and cant find anything - I see plenty of BMX bikes and normal motorbikes with mag wheels but not seen any motocross bikes with them or any companies offering them..

Can anyone help?> 

Short answer is yes if you want them made from plastic/nylon/ABS and no if you want either cast aluminum or magnesium. Spoked whhels have 'give' in them so they will take the abuse off road demands.When spoked wheels are used in road racing with sticky modern tyres the rides say they can feel the wheel flex.

[KXwestYZ]

Thanks for all the comments! - sounds great if I could get nylon or plastic Mags but does anyone know where to get them from?

[TMKIWI]

When spokes dont work.
The Yamaha Z spoke.

[Coop]

Occasionally, I hose it down.  Like I said, about every third trip or so.  I honestly don't see the point of detailing it down to museum spec, just so it will go right back to how it was after fifteen seconds of riding.  If I had so many bikes that one or more of them would park for a season, I'd give it the toothbrush but I can't justify all that effort for two bikes that I ride every year and that really no one ever sees in the garage.  Well, except for my step-brother who lives in the garage, but he doesn't care.

Well one benefit of washing it after every ride is it lets you inspect it and often times I find problems while washing it that I didn't know about that could end in a ruined ride. But since I find them early I fix them.