Tyres help, but then the sparks won't fly!
Seriously, having the right pressure in your tyres and your suspension setup well, you should not have any difficulties.
On the issue of trying to tell if you rims are already buckled, put your bike on a stand under the engine, lock the handlebars, and use a pointer firmly attached very close to your rims, carefully rotate your wheels and look for deviations against your pointer.