Man that stinks. I was looking at trying to get a set of the gold wheels. It looked like you could get the pair for about $900. I'll have to call my dealership and see what they can did up. If euro bikes come with the gold wheels they have got to come from Japan too. Just a matter of doing some homework I guess.
When the time comes to change tires, I am going to have mine powdercoated gold. Just a thought.....
It will probably run you $200-$300 or so to have them both done.
I'd love to swap my gold wheels for black...Got black R1 forks and wheel on the front and it looks the business. White bike with no gold is what I'm after. Black everywhere there used to be gold and red rim tape maybe?
I'll probably just end up powder coating the back black when I get new rubber in a few months as I don't think anyone locally even rides an FZ8 let alone wanting to swap wheels!