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    KNOW YOUR… LIGHT WEIGHT WHEELS!

    Nov 10, 2018 4 minutes

    WORDS: PRETTY BOY PICS: HPS

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    FB: What are lightweight wheels?

    GH: In the past, aftermarket/ accessory wheels – ordinarily described as ‘lightweight’ – were manufactured from alloys of aluminium or magnesium, produced by gravity casting or by forging. However unless a wheel is significantly lighter than what it’s replacing, it isn’t really lightweight at all! You have to be careful nowadays with metal wheels as what some guys have bought as lightweight wheels occasionally turned out to be heavier than original equipment!

    FB: Why is that?

    GH: Because motorcycle manufacturers naturally know that the benefits of having the lightest wheels are massive (more of this later). They have lately often

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