But can someone explain to me the desire/trend to have black wheels?
Personally I've been wanting black wheels for well over a year now! I was just away to buy them for my ED30... and then some idiot wrote it off for me! If black wheels aren't an option on the R, then I'll either be powder coating the originals, or buying some aftermarket ones... in black or a very dark grey. I see they're not an option on the Roc R.
I don't know why I like them... I just do!
They didn't appear on the ED30 options list over here - but I think you could ask the dealer nicely and get them instead!
Hopefully that'll be the case with the R.