Bubba_T, myself and many others have tried to hunt down someone who would plate those wheels. As soon as they see or find out that the connector rivets are stainless the answer becomes No. As to wind drift, I never noticed it on my SERK, just liked the look of a non fairing bike better without the solid wheels. Both my SERKs had wire wheels. The 1st one, standard 40 spoke H-D's, Elvis 80 spoke H-D . I love the 03 wheels on my Road Glide however. As you know, LD is one massive motorcycle and the beefy wheels look good on it. As to wind drift. RG's in general react differently to wind than an RK or EG. With an EG, sometimes the wind will grab the batwing fairing to where you think God is trying to get your attention. I never noticed any issue with the flexible windshields of the RK's. With the RG, the whole bike will drift but it's something you get used to quickly and adjust.I honestly believe that an RG would drift irregardless of what you put on it for wheels. That fairing is one big sail and with a king tour-pak on the back , that's a lot of surface area to catch the wind.
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