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Wheel Weight differences
- Thread starter RC4MAN
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About a gazillion pounds,
Nothing is cast in stone but cast wheels are stone.
I feel obligated to mention that I have cast wheels on my 81. I love them, they keep the bike firmly
planted on the ground
planted on the ground
I converted madness from cast to spoke with dual discs I looked back and showed I lost 6 lbs but most of that was due to later model sport bike rotors.
Another reference
Build Thread...Special to Cafe Bike
Another reference
Build Thread...Special to Cafe Bike
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Only on perfectly smooth , flat ground, if moving. Lighter wheels maintain better contact with the road.(assuming here that oem cast wheels are heavier than oem spoked)I feel obligated to mention that I have cast wheels on my 81. I love them, they keep the bike firmly
planted on the ground
The ligthest wheels for an XS would be modern, forged aluminum or magnesium flat track wheels, or some 17" Blackstonetek carbon fiber wheels.
My humor doesn't translate well to the written word only. I was intimating that they were so heavy they wouldn't leave the ground.
IIRC, my stock spoked wheel with oem alloy rim, a single 320 mm ISR disc (about 1.4 kg), 90/90-19 Pirelli MT60 weighs around 10 kg. I can double check this later.
