82 Katana wheels

[Luna]

Are the cast wheels on 82 Katana painted ?

[Guest]

The wheels are painted black on the interior portion of all the spokes and wheel. The vertical surfaces (edge of wheel, face of spokes) are bare aluminum. Everything is clear coated. The are the typical cast wheels for most, if not all, 1982 Suzuki motorcycles.

[Nessism]

Some good photos of the 1982 Katana here showing the wheels to be silver...https://ridermagazine.com/2012/09/04...z-katana-1982/

I'm not sure about the exact manufacturing process used but for most GS's the wheel is painted and then machined and polished which leaves the rim edges and top of the spoke ribs raw aluminum. The inside of the rim appears to be anodized, but I'm not positive.

[Guest]

Some good photos of the 1982 Katana here showing the wheels to be silver...https://ridermagazine.com/2012/09/04...z-katana-1982/

I'm not sure about the exact manufacturing process used but for most GS's the wheel is painted and then machined and polished which leaves the rim edges and top of the spoke ribs raw aluminum. The inside of the rim appears to be anodized, but I'm not positive.

I stand corrected. The paint on my 1982 Katana 750 are black, but pictures definitely show a silver finish on the GS1000S wheels.

[johnod]

The wheels are painted black on the interior portion of all the spokes and wheel. The vertical surfaces (edge of wheel, face of spokes) are bare aluminum. Everything is clear coated. The are the typical cast wheels for most, if not all, 1982 Suzuki motorcycles.

This is right except for the black, the paint is silver.



See Fiche.

https://www.partsoutlaw.com/oemparts...f0/front-wheel

[Nessism]

I've never seen a clear coated GS wheel.

[Rob S.]

Some good photos of the 1982 Katana here showing the wheels to be silver...https://ridermagazine.com/2012/09/04...z-katana-1982/

I'm not sure about the exact manufacturing process used but for most GS's the wheel is painted and then machined and polished which leaves the rim edges and top of the spoke ribs raw aluminum. The inside of the rim appears to be anodized, but I'm not positive.

If I'm not mistaken, aren't those "snowflake" wheels, similar, if not identical to my 11e of the same year?

Billy Joel has a shop/museum/tax write off out on Long Island. My bud spotted the '82 Kat and said, "Hey, that's your bike! Same engine."

I never tire of folks underestimating my Suzi - because then I get to set them straight.

[johnod]

If I'm not mistaken, aren't those "snowflake" wheels, similar, if not identical to my 11e of the same year?

Billy Joel has a shop/museum/tax write off out on Long Island. My bud spotted the '82 Kat and said, "Hey, that's your bike! Same engine."

I never tire of folks underestimating my Suzi - because then I get to set them straight.

Quite a few bikes had the wheels, my 79 GS1000S has them, different size though.