Difference in weight of wheels

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  • akreider

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    Difference in weight of wheels

    Is there a significant difference in the weight between the older star mags and the next model mags with six spokes?

    I want to see if it would be benificial to switch to the newer mags for weight reduction. I know the newer gixxer wheels would be best but I just got new tires and want to make a cheap easy swap.

    Adam
  • Guest

    #2
    I put pre '98 600 katana wheels on my '83. They are a lot lighter!

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    • akreider

      #3
      Did you have to do any modifications to make them fit? How much of a performance difference did they make?

      Adam

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      • Guest

        #4
        Rear wheel was an almost direct swap, for the front I just swapped the whole fork assembly, steering head bearings are the exact same. Took some modifing of instrument mounts ect. But the handling is better, radial tires rock!

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