AZ, Is the spoke nipple OEM weird or what? Can't you just get a replacement from Buchanans or some other wheel builder?
Aprilia's wheels on the Tuareg are tubeless spoked, with the nipples in the hub and the head of the spoke in the side of the rim. I'm sure other builders use similar or the same components, but I didn't know where to source one other than the dealer and my immediate google-fu was insufficient to the task.
I happened to luck out and the dealership only took a week to get the parts.
It may only be commuting to work, but the day is SO MUCH BETTER when I start it on 2 wheels instead of 4. I loathe traffic so much, and the motorcycle makes it so much less painful. Add the raw glory of an Arizona morning in April or May, and it's honestly just a great way to wake up. I missed it quite a bit, and today felt wonderful.