Wheel straightening

[andydavis]

I just got back from two months in Mexico on my 2009 R1200RT. I dinged up the wheel kind of horrendously on a couple of piche baches. Here's a photo. It's at the shop now. They previously straightened it after last year's trip (not as bad). My question is, does heating and straightening these cast wheels have weakening effect? It seems to me that the wheels are a fairly soft casting alloy...I'm guessing there will be no significant local hardening effects?

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I'm asking: others have done this without ill effects?

[Steve398]

I had my front one straightened here in the UK a couple of years ago, no problems.

[Grant]

I've had several wheels repaired here in Australia over many years owing to some terrible unnoticed potholes. Mine have always been 'cold rolled' successfully. Just make sure the repairer checks the run-out with a dial indicator to make sure it's restored to being circular and also that the wheel is DPI (dye penetrant inspected) crack tested before returning it to service. Cracks in cast alloy are not usually visible to the naked eye.